Cade finally left work even though it was late, Ophelia could not understand why he was leaving so late, he was that workaholic when they dated but now he was just weird when he had to leave, as though he had no interest in leaving at all.
“Diana you have been hovering all morning, what did Mr Frost ask you to do with me?” Ophelia asked after Diana would not leave her tail all morning. She followed her and she almost went with her to the toilet once.
“Why would you think I am here on behalf of Mr Frost’s orders? I am your assistant so I have to be here” Diana responded.
Ophelia rolled her eyes, she could sense her father’s orders from a city away. He was always so predictable that it was a piece of cake for her. “I know my father and I know you partially. I have not asked you to shadow me for the fau so why would you do that unless you were asked dot do that by someone else?”
“You are smart really” Diana said with a tilt of her head.
“Of course, perfect grades all through school,” Ophelia said boasting. “So what madness is my dad cooking this time to have you be all over me?”
“He asked me to shadow you to make sure you kept a perfect appearance to prepare you to resume work soon”
“What?”
“He is prepping you to get to work soon and I am supposed to help you”
“And him?”
“Yeah”
“How are you helping him?”
“Well feeding him information”
“About me”
“Yeah”
Ophelia shook her head in disappointment as she could not believe her ears “And I thought you were my assistant, not his?”
“Well, Mr Frost gave me this job and my paycheck comes from him until I am legally transferred to you. To put food on my table I have to obey what my employer says” Diana said. She felt guilty for doing whatever Carter said but she had needs to be met and bills to be paid.
“Don’t you worry I am going to work harder and transfer you to me within a week”
“Is that possible?” Diana asked not seeing the possibility of her claim.
“I know what my dad wants from me, just to resume at his company for a director role and he would promote me to vice chairman pretty quickly” Ophelia explained. She had this conversation with him before, even though at that time she had clearly told him that she had no interest in being a part of his business.
However now she had grown and it did not seem so much of a big deal for her to work with him, he put food on her table and a right to brag about being rich this entire time. Even though she was not going to have children to do the same, the least she could do was to maintain the lifestyle for herself. She could not think of a life where she did not live as largely as she did now.
“But is that not wrong? Don’t the board of directors have to vote for the appointment of the vice chairman?”
“Oh, my dad doesn’t care about all that”
“Still I feel like it is wrong”
“When they became a director they signed a document that transfers their right of appointment of a vice chairman and chairman to him. They are at liberty to appoint and refuse to appoint any other role at the company but not those two roles” Ophelia explained.
Diana made her lips into a thin line, the man had really thought it true because of how thorough he was in thinking of the situation. “Wow, he is smart, he had thought thirty years into the future”
“Yeah which is why I would say it would take me two weeks at the very most,” Ophelia said and Diana believed. Maybe she could get a permanent role soon. “I am already a director there I just have to show up for work and that takes care of that” she added.
“Then I guess that settles that then, when would you get to work?”
“Monday? I have to start strong and you know what that means”
“I should bring over some documents so you can through the company style and familiarize yourself with it?”
“Of course not, why would I be worried about the company’s style when my style is in shambles,” Ophelia said with a gasp.
“What do you mean in shambles, you have the most perfect style in the country and that is just being modest about it” Diana replied confused about what she was saying.
“I know, I have a crown to protect and it would hurt my pride if I show up to work on the first day looking like I was homeless” Ophelia said sticking out her lower lip and quivering it as if she was about to burst into uncontrably tears.
“I can assure you that none of your clothes would make you look like you are homeless”
“But I do not have clothes that scream corporate, to clothes that scream boss lady and would make them want to respect me either” Ophelia said again trying to make a case.
“Are you just searching for reasons to go shopping?”
“And this is one reason why you would make a perfect and fine assistant, you understood without me having to say too much” Ophelia commended clapping her hands as if the girl had just put on a show for her.
“But you bought clothes while on your trip and then yesterday as well, do you want to go back and get more clothes?”
“You are right, that would be weird”
“I am glad you got it”
“Instead of going alone I could tell Cade to come with me to shop” she said happily as she took up her phone. “What do you think of that?” she asked looking up from her phone before she made an impulsive decision to call Cade and ask him to leave his day and come shop for clothes with her. ‘It is not a crazy idea after all, men in books who are way more busy than him take out their time to make sure that their girl’s shopping needs are all met without trouble ‘ she thought to herself.
“I guess if you would be going shopping and he comes you can call it an excuse to be out and get the media to respond.
“I am calling him now,” she said dialling his number and putting it to her ears.
“I can only imagine the headlines. Lover birds while they shop for clothes”