CHAPTER 11: The Suprise Motivation

The group worked so hard doing overtimes throughout the week and Eve was with them through out. She loved their enthusiasm and creativity. She was impressed with what they came up with. It was excellent in her own view. Jamie had even forgotten about the conversation he overheard with Eve about Michael Viaz.

On the day of presentations, the great surprise Eve had prepared came. Even the stone hearted had their hearts melted a bit. The presentation was not the usual PowerPoint presentation but was physical display of concepts and along with them verbal interpretation. The King of Interior designs in the whole Island finally walked in and gasps and shrieks were heard in the conference room. The big boss was so stunned by his presence. He felt so honored that he graced them with his presence.

Evette walked up to him and hugged him as she said “Michael, how sweet of you. You truly honored your word.. How are you today?” “Evetta, my lovely Evetta. Nice to see you back home. Of course you know I always honor my word when it comes to you” cooed Mr Viaz. “You still call me Evetta even till now?”pouted Eve. “Always, I should have a unique name for my favorite girl” said Michael with a chuckle, cupping her cheeks. “Come let me Introduce you” Eve pulled him towards the boss.

“Meet my boss, Mr Baron. Sir Mr Michael Viaz in person.” Introduced Eve. They shook hands as Michael said “Wow, I finally get to meet the great entrepreneur of the great city of Balridge, Mr Theophilus Baron himself. I’m honored to meet you at last sir.” Mr Viaz said. “I’m honored to meet you too sir. I’ve always admired your work. Though I’m an architect I love your designs sir. I heard you worked on the Grand Palace hotel and I must say you did an impressive job there sir. Welcome to our work place and please feel free,” said the big boss with a wide smile and he wore a pleasant expression on his face at that moment.

Eve was stunned. She never thought this man could show emotions. Turns out she was wrong. How amazing. “Sir, I invited my friend here to come and listen to the department's presentations along with you so he can give us his criticism and help us improve. I hope that is ok with you. He is just doing me a favor that he owed me” said Eve who was widely smiling looking at Viaz. You would swear that they were involved in a romantic relationship but that wasn’t the case. The two are very close friends.

However, that left the boss not liking their closeness that much. He shrugged, wondering why he even had to care about their closeness. He tried pushing it out of his mind but he still didn’t like it. ‘What the heck is wrong with me?’ he scolded himself.

“How sweet of you sir to give us your valuable time and opinions. We are honored to have you. Please feel free to drop by or ask for any favor in return too.” King Theophilus Baron happily welcomed King Michael Viaz to his sanctuary. The best chair was provided for him. Refreshments were quickly arranged and the presentations began.

Mr Viaz was so impressed and he pointed out a few things that he thought should be looked into. “I’m really impressed by your work, all of you guys. Can I steal your team Mr Baron? Why am I even asking for a permission to steal?, I’ll get caught and be imprisoned then poor Evetta will be in trouble.” Joked Viaz while facepalming. He laughed out loud.

Everyone burst out laughing too and the environment was so exciting and accomodative to all in the room. Mr Viaz left with Eve accompanying him to his car. The boss surely had a prick to his heart. He suddenly didn’t understand his emotions. He rushed to his office to hide there before he embarrassed himself in front of his employees. ‘I really don’t understand what’s wrong with me lately. I should maybe keep my distance from this lady for sometime.’ He thought while rubbing his head.

After the presentations, everyone was given a break to knock off early and go rest because they had done a great job. Something that they have never had before. Eve returned to her office and carried on with her job.

Theophillus sat at his desk, fighting the urge to go to Evette’s office to go ask her what relationship she and Michael Viaz shared. ‘That will be ridiculous, considering how I’ve been treating her ever since she came here. I’ve been kind of rude and told her we aren’t friends. Why would I suddenly care about her personal relationships? And one that might be beneficial to the company? What if my rush behavior ends up jeopardizing the business?’ He was really battling with his emotions.

The worst part was he didn’t know why he was feeling that way. Could this be the reason why he was afraid of hiring women? Do they do this to people’s emotions? He sighed so frustrated.