Without a word, she came over and stood at the side of the bed, then looked at us expectantly.
"Yes, princess?" Ash asked with raised eyebrows.
"Could one of you please pick me and put me on the bed?"
Rock-Paper-Scissors?Cole shot through the link.
We all nodded, not taking our eyes off of her as he counted 1-2-3. We each threw out a hand and glanced to see if someone had won. I crowed in victory and leapt off the bed, making our girl giggle.
I swung her up like a bride and went to place her in the middle when she shook her head and pointed her finger to the foot end. I gave her a curious look, but set her down where she wanted.
I ran back to my side and jumped in as Posy folded her legs demurely to the side. Once I was settled against the headboard with my brothers, I saw that her hair was up in a messy bun, there was a pencil behind her ear, and she held a clipboard.
An actual clipboard.
"Now, boys, as I said earlier, I have some very important things to discuss with you before you leave tomorrow, so please pay attention."
Oh, my Goddess,Jay moaned through the link.She just needs a pair of those half-moon reading glasses to make all my sexy librarian fantasies come true.
I was thinking naughty secretary,I admitted,but that works, too.
"I know Ash is going to fall asleep soon," she was saying, "so I'll start with the most urgent one first. That way, when he falls asleep, I can put the rest on hold until you get back. Sound okay?"
Like good little puppies, we all nodded.
"Number one." She unclipped a stack of cash from her clipboard and held it up. "I won four hundred dollars on a bet today. The queen hasn't paid up yet, but I assume she's good for it. I want to use it to host a birthday party for Tyler."
"There's— There's so much to talk about in what you just said," Cole murmured.
Ash and I giggled.
"Oh, don't worry. I didn't bet withyourmoney. Emerson said he'd spot me if I lost, but since I won, it didn't matter. Anyway, Queen Lilah is going to help me plan it, but I don't know how much it costs. Will you loan me some if this isn't enough?"
"Of course, sweetness," Jay said for all of us. "We were going to do something, anyway, with the other betas."
"And you don't have to use your money. Save it for a rainy day. We'll cover it," Mason told her.
I don't think she knows too much about money, I linked my boys.Like how much things cost and stuff. I mean, she's worried that some balloons, a cake, and a few decorations will cost more than four hundred dollars.
And what did she mean,ourmoney? It'shermoney, too,Cole sounded puzzled.
We need to set her straight on a couple of issues, money being one of them,Mason linked back.
"We need to have a talk about money when we get back from Tall Pines," he said aloud.
"You can make up your own list of topics for discussion." She raised an eyebrow and gave him a stern look. "Right now, I'm going over mine."
"Yes, ma'am."
"Thank you." She took her pencil from behind her ear, licked the tip, and checked off something on her clipboard.
I let out a quiet groan and folded my hands over my growing erection.
Ahh!This girl is going to kill me!Cole was also struggling, it seemed.
"Moving on to number two, which is related to number one. I checked with Peri first, and she said she's ninety-nine percent sure none of you will have a bad reaction to me asking this. For that tiny one percent chance, though, I'm letting you know it's about Tyler."
She paused and looked at us.