Above All Else: A Bad Boy Military Romance (Easy Team Book 2) by Gemma Hart

Author:Gemma Hart [Hart, Gemma]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2016-09-04T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Two

Cooper

She looked like a delicate sparrow.

That was the image that immediately came to mind as soon as I had caught sight of her.

It was a rare night off after a long mission and I had settled myself for a quiet night of slow boozing to unwind and readjust myself to a place with electricity and running water when I saw her walk in.

It was her shimmering brown hair that had caught my attention. Falling about half way down her shoulders, it had looked like a soft caramel cloud around her delicately boned face.

Her slim body was clad in shapeless scrubs. From the exhausted lines of her body and the capable strength her hands seemed to exude, clearly she worked long hours in a hospital. But she looked too damn young to be a doctor. And yet, there was an air of knowledge and authority about her that said she was clearly more than just some front desk receptionist at a clinic.

So from afar, I had watched her get plied with drink upon drink from her friends, who were clearly making an effort to distract her from something.

And although her friends thought they were doing a good job in keeping her mind off whatever it was that depressing her, I could see that in fact, it was the girl who was doing her best to make her friends think it was working.

With every drink, she tried valiantly to smile and to laugh. She encouraged everyone else to relax with her and joked with them when they ordered fruity drinks. Like a little sparrow, she flitted between each friend in conversation, keeping up the song and dance of a night out.

But the tightness around her eyes never left. The pain was etched in deep.

And I wanted to crack the neck of whoever had caused this beautiful sparrow like doctor this kind of pain.

“You know, it’s dangerous to be drinking in a place like this,” I said in casual warning. But it was true. This could be a rough bar and I had been surprised to see a group of scrub clad, squeaky clean hospital folk come in and take a seat.

The girl blew air through her lips, sending her hair flying off her forehead. I had to repress a smile at how fucking adorable it looked. After a month and a half of jungle dirt and gunpowder and blood, this woman looked like heaven on earth itself.

“I’m a regular here,” she said with an attempt at coolness. She didn’t quite pull it off since she was swaying a little in her seat. I put a hand on the back of her chair in case I needed to grab her from falling.

“Oh really?” I said, enjoying myself. “I didn’t know doctors frequented dive bars.”

She shrugged and gave me something like a slow wink. “Figure we can meet our patients before they come find us.”

I snorted. It was true. A lot of bar fights broke out at Reggie’s and I had no doubt that this doctor was familiar with quite a few of the faces around here from the ER.

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