Chapter 55

JAY'S POV
"Have you decided on someone yet?" I had heard the question but it also felt like I hadn't. I looked up from the folders I had been forced to go through at a very bubbly Mr Davis who looked like he didn't mind repeating the question a thousand times. His smile was becoming more annoying than contagious and I was extremely distracted,
"What did you say?" I asked while trying to rail my thoughts back into place. I had been staring at the folders for minutes and yet I had learnt nothing at all. Nothing.
Davis sighed as if he was about to educate an annoying teenager, "I asked if you've finally decided on someone for the position" he said looking at me like I was lost. Apparently, he wasn't thrilled about repetition. Well, I did feel lost, what position was he talking about?
Then it dawned on me, "Oh, the personal assistant" I said offhandedly as if it didn't matter to me one bit as I tried to redirect my thoughts back to the office, away from Amber Swift.
Davis shook his head slightly, "Yes, the personal assistant. Have you decided yet?" He asked again. I knew I needed an assistant, the work load was too much but I wasn't ready to do that yet so I decided to close the Chapter off, for now. Davis was available, right?
I closed the folder I wasn't even reading in the first place and placed the reading glasses on top of it, "Do you have so much you're working on in the office, right now?" I said to Davis who looked confused and slightly taken aback by the question but answered anyways,
"Not really, everything has pretty much been in place since the twins got back. And I don't have much going on for me, why?" His expression showed me he had an idea about why I was asking but he still feigned ignorance. Davis was the exact opposite of Noah, it was insane.
I sighed softly, "I will just up and say it" I answered him before sighing again, "I know I need an assistant, badly" I made sure to emphasize on the badly to claim his attention which was easy to do, "seeing I can't bring myself to go through these important files, but I'm not ready for that yet" I added quickly as I waited for his response, it came out different from what I had expected,
"Alright, Mr H, take your time. And yes, I'll help you till then, you don't have to worry about it" he concluded with a flash of his brilliant smile which triggered mine. Did I say his smile wasn't contagious? I was bluffing. The triplets smiles triggered mine as fast as anything I had ever seen, Davis was in a close second.
He turned at the door as he made to leave the office, "I'm so glad you decided to come to the office, Mr H. We really need you here" he commented and with that, he was gone. I wasn't sure it was a good decision leaving my business and coming to Los Angeles but at least I hadn't had any run ins with Peter or Pauline and it was a good sign. It most definitely was.
A slight knock on the door drifted my attention from the folders towards it, "Can I come in?" My eyes followed the voice and was greeted by a pair of green eyes, Eve James.
I nodded slightly, "Sure" I had been preoccupied with Amber and her children, I had forgotten about the woman I was supposed to be preparing to get married to.
Mum had suggested I took her on a date but you can force the horse to the river but you can't exactly force the horse to drink from it. I had intentions to do things at my own pace and that wasn't going to change for any reason and most definitely not because mum wanted it to. Patience was a virtue, aren't parents supposed to know this more than us the children?
As I took a good look at Eve, I saw she looked like she had aged twice since the last time we saw but I decided against talking about it as she walked towards the seat opposite mine. It was funny how much changed with time and how much we changed along with it.
Eve James had always been beautiful and ambitious but having ambitions had both good and bad sides and in her case, it wasn't exactly having good impacts on her but who was I to judge? I had only just stopped womanizing and partying like a 20 year old.
She cleared her throat to attract my attention, it worked. "How have you been?" A simple question that meant more than it seemed. How had I been? There were a thousand ways to answer that question but I decided on the easy one.
I gave her a small smile, "I've been good, Eve. How about you?" I asked politely. She looked like she was about to have a nervous breakdown and I braced myself, Women were very complicated to be honest. Had I said something wrong? Wasn't I supposed to ask how she was?
"I've been....good" she answered but I couldn't help but notice the pause. Something was wrong, was I going to push? Not likely. Turns out she was going to share without my permission anyways,
"I've just been busy with the movie I've been working on and your mum had been pressuring me a little bit" she added pointedly. No wonder she looked tired, makes sense now. When you spend enough time in your bubble, you forget people actually have lives outside it. I hadn't just forgotten about Eve, I had forgotten almost everything about her and mum? Why was she getting involved in all these?
Eve James had gone from being the main lead in every play ever done in Oxford Oaks back then to establishing her own entertainment industry. It was a huge win for her and I was genuinely happy for her, besides, her establishment was going to end up saving our company if I could just play along with my mum's master plan.