Haaa!
See, whoever claimed money can't buy everything clearly didn't have enough money to buy everything!
In the words of my elder brother Ezra, 'You can purchase a nun's virtue if your pockets are deep enough.'
Now I didn't share Ezra's borderline psychopathic (and perverse) worldview, but in this specific instance? I was inclined to agree. The man had a point.
Trying to stuff back a smirk, I answered her, "Small things. Like when you inevitably become the duchess, I want you to open the North to the world, especially to the West. Return the favors I'll be doing you," I smiled. "But all that's in the far future. More immediately, I want you to side with me in an upcoming academic event."
Casey frowned, clearly not sure what I was talking about. When she asked me to elaborate, I did. It was going well. I was sure I definitely had her.
…Until I was done and noticed a ghost of a grin pulling at the corners of her lips.
I immediately decided I did not like that look.
