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than pretty—she was
stunning. It was the eyes. Never breaking contact from his own,
sending heat right to his core. Did his stomach just flip over?
What the heck was that he felt? It was both exciting and terrifying
at the same time.
    Her eyes might have been
looking at him casually, but it didn’t feel casual to him at all.
It was like she was seeing right through him. And right now she was
most likely seeing some idiot pervert who couldn’t even answer a
simple question. Head out of your ass,
man, he thought to himself.
    “ Sorry. No. Nothing on your
face,” he answered with a corner of his mouth lifting. “At least
nothing that doesn’t already belong there.” She had sharp
cheekbones accented by a cute button nose. Those whiskey-colored
eyes were almond shaped and wide, contrasting to her face, yet the
combination of big eyes and sharp cheekbones worked, and worked
well.
    Continuing to watch those big eyes, he
could almost see the wheels turning in her head, trying to figure
out how to react. A corner of her mouth quirked up, but before it
could completely reach her eyes, the elevator doors
opened.
    Wrapping both hands around her coffee
and the small brown bag she carried, she said, “This is my stop.”
Then walked off and turned to the right toward her
office.
    Lucas stepped off and turned left
after her departure. He couldn’t believe that happened. Nothing
like acting like a love-struck teenager. Could it be any more
embarrassing? Thankfully she didn’t know who he was. Next time he
saw her, he would be more prepared. Hopefully he wouldn’t be
distracted by her looks again.

 
Practical
     
    The next day the receptionist
interrupted Brooke. “There is a Cori here to see you. She said she
met you in the gym on Friday? Do you have time for her?”
    Startled out of her thoughts, Brooke
absently replied, “Sure, send her in, please.”
    A minute later Cori bounced
in, wearing bright pink scrubs. The squeaking from the rubber soles
of her shoes stopped when she stepped onto the carpet in Brooke’s
office. “Hiya, hope it was okay to stop in without warning? I was
up here filling out some papers in payroll and thought I would say
hi. And can I say wow . You look different. If I didn’t know I was actually walking
into your office I would have never thought you were the same
person from the gym.”
    Blinking at the hurried mouthful of
words that came out of Cori’s mouth, Brooke waved her arm toward
the seat in front of her desk as she reached across to turn off her
iPod. “No, no problem at all. Glad for the interruption. Have a
seat if you have a minute,” Brooke offered politely.
    Cori turned her head, looked around and
sat down. “Nice office. A bit small, but private. You get to listen
to music in here if you want? Pretty cool! It would be nice to
listen to music while I worked, would help get through the day. Or
maybe just drown out the patients, eh?” She laughed and shook her
head. “Anyway, I came by to see if you were going to be in the gym
this week. I didn’t see you yesterday and was looking forward to
the entertainment again. By the way, Dr. Wonderful was there
casually looking around the gym yesterday. My bet was he was
looking for you,” she said with a smirk.
    Brooke drew her eyebrows together,
pursed her mouth, and then it hit her. “Ah, Dr. Lester,” she said
with a smirk of her own. “I’m normally there right after work
unless I have a late meeting, like yesterday.” Her shoulders lifted
slightly. “Depending on how late, I might skip the gym all together
and head home. But thanks for the warning, I appreciate
it.”
    “ So—” The sound of the
beeper going off interrupted Cori. She looked down, then back up
quickly. “Crap, sorry, need to run. So much for my break. See you
at the gym today?”
    “ Yes, I should be there a
little after five,” Brooke answered.
    “ See you then.” Just like
that, Cori was up and out of the office, shoes rapidly squeaking
down the