Page 42 of Family Bonds: Coy & Angel

“We’ll see about that.”

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WAIT IT OUT

“You’re snapping your gum,” Angel said the next day after everyone had left.

“What?” he asked.

“You just snapped your gum. See, you did it and not me.”

She might have wanted to do it but had caught herself knowing that he was paying attention.If only he could pay attention to everything else I’m doing around him.

Angel didn’t think Coy was this damn clueless, and short of coming out and admitting that she was in love with him and had been since she was a teen, she didn’t know what else to do other than wait it out.

It’s not as if she had any other guy knocking at her door.

Though she knew Coy had women knocking at his. Even some of his employees.

At least he wasn’t interested in Abby.

But that did bring up another issue. That he was cautious about being the boss and here she was his employee too.

She might have misjudged this all when she was trying to plan it out for years.

He balled up a piece of paper and chucked it at her. Before she realized what he was doing, it hit her in the nose.

“Sorry,” he said, cringing. “I didn’t think it’d do that. Or that you’d at least block it.”

She might have if her mind wasn’t wandering.

“I didn’t think you’d throw it at me,” she said, picking it up from where it bounced on the floor. She pretended as if she was going to toss it in the trash and instead threw it at him.

Too bad she sucked at things like this and it missed him completely.

Which of course caused him to roar with laughter.

“You tried,” he said.

“Poorly,” she said.

“How much more do you have left to do?”

“I was finishing my last patient note before someone started to snap their gum,” she said. “But you can leave if you want. I’ll lock up.”

“I’ll wait for you,” he said. “Finish and I’ll go make sure the place is locked up.”

She went back to her notes and by the time he returned, she was closing her laptop down.

Angel was thrilled with all that she was doing. She still wasn’t filled up completely in terms of appointments, but she was able to check in and meet patients quicker and easier than Coy.

Plus when people needed to return now, most times they didn’t want to wait for Coy and were scheduling with her.

Lots of people were being called to see if they wanted to come in earlier with her. Most said yes, others were waiting for Coy, and she wasn’t going to be offended by that either.

“All set,” she said.

“What are you doing this weekend?” he asked.

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