Chapter 46

"Yes. I'm giving you a raise and promoting you to personal assistant for myself and Miss Smoke. I'll have HR hire for a secretarial position."

They could use the extra hands and he'd been on Peyton to get an assistant. Some of her work could be delegated and, when she got back from wherever the hell she was, he planned to spend as much time with her as possible. He trusted Jackie. Plus, she was smart and efficient. She was too talented to waste answering phones. Problem solved.

Her jaw dropped. "Um, thank you, sir."

He nodded, and she went back to her desk up front. He glanced at Joseph and did a double-take at his smirk. "What?"

"You're all grown up now. My, they get big so fast." Joseph mock-sniffed and pretended to wipe a tear from his cheek.

Xavier narrowed his eyes. "I'm not amused."