16. The marriage discussion

MIRABEL

"Josh!" Beauty called out, waving her arms behind me to someone I think she knows.

I didn't bother to turn because I didn't know who it was. We were currently at the company career is for lunch. 

"Beauty." I heard the voice of the man named Josh and I still didn't turn. I could hear footsteps from behind me until I finally got the see the Face of the man who was now standing in front of our table.

He was tall and that was the only thing I noticed because I didn't bother to look at his face while I devoured my food.

"When did you return from your leave and why didn't you tell me?" Beauty asked. They had both hugged earlier when he came and now she was back sitting while he stretched his arms to pull a chair towards our table so he could sit. 

"I resumed today. I wasn't supposed to but I had to since I didn't have anything to do." He answered.

"You are quite the hard worker, aren't you? Instead of using your whole leave, you decide to come to work. I have to give it to you Joshua Salvador!" She exclaimed.

"And you are still as energetic as usual. How has it been going?" He asked before his eyes finally landed on me.

Although I wasn't looking at him, I could feel his gaze on me.

"Oh pardon my manners. Meet my new bestie, Mira. Mirabel actually but Mira for short," he replied. 

"Mira meet Joshua, Josh for short, the assistant head of the company's design team." She introduced and I finally got to take a closer look at the man.

He was handsome. He looked like someone in his late twenties to early thirties. He has long brown hair that he packed in a man bun and I didn't fail to notice his thick eyebrows that made him appealing.

"Nice to meet you. What department?" He stretched his hands forth for a handshake and I took his hands.

"She's the CEO's assistant and secretary." She revealed.

"Oh, my goodness. All positions for her? There was only one person who could get both positions. May his soul rest in peace."

"How did you do it? Pardon me but you look young so being able to take such roles, you just have quite the experience." He remarked.

"Not really. I just got lucky," I replied.

"I must give it to you. Mr Jameson isn't one of the easiest people to deal with. He's a perfectionist but a great boss hence the reason the company is in the position that it's in today. It's all thanks to him." 

"True." Beauty added.   

"Thank you," I replied shyly.

"You might get lucky though after all he's married and might not get overly angry all the time."

I froze when Josh mentioned it. Does he know who he's married to and does he know it's me? Our wedding wasn't loud because our families wanted to keep it within the circle and since I've started working here, he's the first person to mention Giveon Jamesons’s marriage.

"He's married?" Beauty sounded surprised proving my point that not many people knew.

"You didn't know?" He replied.

"Would I be shocked if I knew? How come the boss is married we didn't know? Who is his wife? Did he get married to his girlfriend, the rude and mean girl?" Beauty asked referring to Miriam.

"I also don't know who is married to. It could be Miriam. It has to be her. I think I saw her earlier at the office today," he replied.

"What a bad combination," Beauty snickered.

"Why?" My curiosity got the best of me.

"Miriam Lourdes is one of the biggest bitch on the planet earth. She would go about giving orders and bossing people around. She looked down on everyone and has just the same bad temper as the boss," Beauty answered.

"You are in for a long ride but you don't have to worry. You can always come to Beauty and me when you have problems and we will be sure to assist you." Josh informed me.

"Exactly. I wouldn't want to lose my bestie anyway. I am already too attached," Beayty confessed and I chuckled because it was obvious.

She cared for me. 

"Thank you," I replied.

"I'm going to go and order something to eat. If you both don't mind me joining your table," Josh mentioned and we both shook our heads simultaneously.

He left some seconds later to go order his food then he returned to join us at the table.

"I have so much to work on. For someone on leave, I came back to meet a lot of work," Josh chuckled.

"Our bad for not helping you. It’s not our fault we have a grump head who wouldn’t do anything." Beauty remarked, a smile tugging at the side of her lips.

I didn't fail to notice the way he was staring at her. He paid so much attention to her while she spoke and with Beauty's personality, she had so much to talk about. 

She ranted about everything and he listened, only saying a few words in response. 

Does he like her? I couldn't help but wonder but I said nothing.

"It was nice meeting you Mirs. I hope to see you more often," Josh said as he stood up from where he sat.

"As much as I'd love to hear your escapades, Beauty, you know I have work and that's why I came down late for lunch."

"It's no problem. At least you love to hear me talk." She said, grinning at him.

"I can never get tired of hearing you talk Beauty. Take care, Mira. Have a nice day."

With that said, he walked away leaving just Beauty and I on the table. 

"That's my senior boss by the way. He's is who I learned from and he played a big role in helping me with my first ever project," she informed me.

"Wow. He must be a good friend then."

"Yes. He is very tolerable, unlike the head of our department. He's always grumpy. A grumpy ass old man who leaves all the work for his assistant," she snickered and I couldn't help but laugh beside how she made her facial expression.