"You pay to keep it up and running? Interesting business model." She liked boring. Routine. Expected. Tonight was none of those things, and she was glaring after a bartender who was still ignoring her when he threw that endearment in the mix and dark eyes were back on him in an instant. "Kitten?? Really?"
The look he was getting now was incredulous, but the napkins earned him some good will. He got a once-over, belatedly. Annnnd there went the good will, just like that. "As long as you stay behind that bar instead of pushing people into me, I think I can manage. Surprise me. You owe me something good."
She probably should have just cut her losses and called it a night, but as far as she was concerned, he owed her a new drink, and going home didn't sound especially appealing anyway.