Make him sigh when she resorted to smothering him with a pillow.
“Why are ye like this, lass?” Shayne asked as he reached up and pulled the pillow off his head and tossed it aside so that he could glare at the small woman releasing a satisfied sigh at a job well done.
“Oh, good, you’re up,” Ashlyn said, making his eyes narrow dangerously on the woman that was going to be the death of him.
“Why?” Shayne managed to get out as he lay there, tempted to pass back out, but he knew the moment he did, she would go for the pillow again.
“I’m hungry,” Ashlyn said, getting to the point, which he appreciated at the moment.
Never taking his eyes off her, Shayne reached over and grabbed his phone off the nightstand and tossed it to her only to have her blink down at it when it landed on the bed. Deciding that he’d solved her problem, Shayne closed his eyes and-
“Room service is backed up by two hours tonight.”
-buried his face against his pillow in an attempt to smother himself, knowing how this was going to end.
But before he had a chance to go into the light, the little brat was yanking his pillow away and tossing it aside. “I’m going to need you to get dressed and see to my needs,” Ashlyn said, drawing his attention to find her watching him expectantly, and when he didn’t move fast enough, or at all, she regally gestured for him to get on with it.
“I bought ye fifty dollars’ worth of junk food earlier, lass,” he reminded her.
Nodding, Ashlyn said, “You did, but unfortunately for both of us, fifty dollars at this resort only covered a candy bar, two waters, and a bag of chips, which I devoured an hour ago after you passed out, but not before you threatened to spank my ass if I woke you up.”
“Did ye try a delivery service?” Shayne asked, reaching over and grabbed one of the pillows that she liked to hoard and pulled it over his head.
“I did, which is why I am now presenting you with the honor of walking me to the nearest Italian restaurant so that I may partake of a slice of overpriced frozen pizza,” Ashlyn explained when the pillow was yanked off his head.
When he only glared, she said, “They also have a two-hour wait.”
Knowing how this would end if he didn’t get her that pizza, Shanye forced himself to ignore just how good this bed felt and get up only to grunt when that wasn’t fast enough for the little bully when he found himself unceremoniously pushed off the bed.
“I’m spanking yer ass later,” Shayne said as he stumbled his way into the bathroom.
“Worth it,” Ashlyn said, making his lips twitch as he quickly used the bathroom.
By the time he washed his hands and grabbed his toothbrush, Ashlyn was walking into the bathroom and hopping up onto the bathroom sink to ensure that he moved his ass. He didn’t remember her being this bossy before, Shayne thought as he quickly brushed his teeth and-
“So, I have questions,” she began, repeating the same phrase that she’d been using all week before she interrogated him. She had a lot of questions. Not that he could blame her.
“About?” Shayne asked, rinsing his mouth out with water before he grabbed the clothes she’d left on the counter for him and started getting dressed.
“Why haven’t I seen any ghosts yet?” Ashlyn asked as he pulled his pants up only to amend that with, “Besides your brothers.”
“Because my brothers are very efficient, lass,” Shayne said, only to chuckle when she released a disappointed sigh. “Did ye want ta see a ghost?”
“Maybe,” Ashlyn said as he pulled on his shirt.
“Would it make ye happy if my brothers allowed the next non-homicidal ghost ta get through?” Shayne asked, watching as she thought that over.
“I suppose that would be okay,” Ashlyn said with a sniffle and a pointed look at his shoes.
“So fucking bossy,” Shayne said with a teasing smile as he grabbed his shoes and pulled them on.
Once he finished getting dressed, he grabbed his phone and wallet off the counter only to feel his lips twitch when he heard the painfully familiar throat clearing that let him know that his soulmate was about to fuck him over simply because she could. He looked up in time to watch Ashlyn gesture to herself with a murmured, “You may now carry me.”
“Ye really are high maintenance, lass,” Shayne said, making sure to sound put out as he turned around and presented her with his back.
Within seconds, Ashlyn was climbing onto his back, had her arms and legs wrapped around him and her little chin resting on his shoulder. “This should be enough to entice him into coming out of hiding,” Ashlyn said, following that up with another heartfelt sigh as she pulled one hand away just long enough to gesture towards the door.
“How do ye figure that, lass?” Shayne asked, ignoring Quinn’s amused expression as he walked past him and headed for the door.
