I took a bite of the burger then pointed to my chest. “Me? I’m not watching all of them.”
Beck’s sisters had started to fight over the french fry bag.
Several of Beck’s other tall, gray-eyed brothers hurried into the waiting area.
“No fair, you already have a nanny for Annie and Enola?” one of them asked. He turned to me and gave me a brilliant smile, his hair rakishly falling over his forehead. He was the exact opposite of Beck, who might as well have been cosplaying Captain America with the way his hair was shellacked to his head.
“Can you watch my sisters too?” the new Svensson brother practically purred. “I’ll ah…” His eyes flicked down to my mouth then up to meet mine. “Make it worth your while.”
“Go away, Liam. Hire your own nanny,” Beck growled, pushing his brother away from me.
Liam grabbed the burger from me and took a bite. “Tasty.”
“Liam!” Beck put himself between me and his brother. “Get your girls and get away from my assistant.”
I accepted my burger back from Liam. Then he picked up two little girls, each with a fistful of french fries. “Not the hair, not the hair,” Liam begged as they tried to grab at him.
Beck shook his head and pulled out his phone.
“I’m telling Cressida to add you back into the system,” he said, typing. “This is such a disaster.” He sighed. “You can take the girls to, I don’t know, the zoo or something.”
“Excuse me. This,” I told him, motioning to Annie and Enola, “is not in my job description. If you want me to be a babysitter, you better authorize a fifty percent raise in the email you’re sending Cressida.”
Beck snorted. “I’m not giving you a raise. You’re lucky you have a job.”
“Maybe I’ll just quit,” I threatened.
“Go ahead. Make my day.” He held out a hand to the elevator, eyes narrowed, daring me to leave.
You need this job!I reminded myself.Rent is due. Your credit card bill is due. Your multiple credit card bills!
“Fine, I won’t quit, but I want an expense account,” I said stubbornly.
Beck made a disgusted noise and reached into his pants pocket.
Do not stare at his crotch, Tess!
He pulled out his wallet and slapped a heavy black credit card in my hand. “Put any expenses for the girls on that.”
“Do you girls need new shoes?” I asked them. “Maybe a size eight Louboutin pump?”
Annie nodded enthusiastically.
“You need to find a nanny first, not go shopping.”
10
Tess
Enola and Annie trooped after me as we walked into the Quantum Cyber offices.
Cressida gave a chirpy hello to Beck, who grunted and went into his office. The HR director scowled when she saw me.
“I have your laptop here,” she said. “Try not to screw up. And don’t forget you still have all of Ashley’s work to finish.”
“I have an important job to do for Beck first,” I said, purposefully trying to irritate her. “He just relies on me so much; you know how it is.”
“He only hired you as a babysitter,” Cressida said, tapping her designer heel. “Just you wait. He’s going to fire you for the third time.”
