Page 323 of Affair
And she wasn’t.
That had been the previous hours. At that time, she was being angelic.
When she walked in, it was a pretty sweet sight.
All of The Hunters were passed out in chairs and on the couches, while Merry was working at the console and MATE was trying to stick her fingers in Zayn’s nose.
Listen, if that was her AI’s kink, who was she to judge the supercomputer? As long as she kept doing her thing, she was minding her business.
When she dropped the beignets on the table, everyone there jumped from sleep and went for a gun.
While it was a bad idea to scare a Marine, she simply couldn’t help herself.
“Jesus Christ,” Jagger said, blinking the sleep from his eyes. “Wear a bell.”
She snorted.
Yeah, never.
That kind of defeated the purpose of sneaking up on them.
“Sorry. I brought you beignets, and MATE put the coffee on.”
Zayn stared at her.
“She put the coffee on?” he asked, smelling it. “As in she pushed the button?”
When she nodded, he looked wary.
“With her finger?” he asked.
She laughed.
Elizabeth would prefer not since she saw where Mate was trying to stick her fingers. She should have taken a picture of that.
“Don’t be insane. It’s controlled by the computer. It has a water line, and a bean bin that holds and grinds the coffee. All you have to do is ask her to make coffee.”
MATE smiled.
“I made it how the Major likes it. She tends to be the bitchiest one when she’s not caffeinated.”
Maura flipped her off.
“See?” MATE said.
Maura was to the point.
“I get one cup a day. If you were me, you’d be bitchy too.”
Elizabeth was amused.
“The toaster is also connected to MATE.”
Zayn sighed.
“Can’t we just push a goddamn button? Do we have to have computerized things?” he asked.
“MATE, turn on the massage mode on Zayn’s chair,” she stated.
