Blush (Chris Evans) 18+

16

Josh dumps himself down across the table the next morning with sunglasses on. "Really?" I roll my eyes. 

"Considering that what I saw the other night is now forever burned into the back of my eyes? I think I'll be wearing these for now on". He smirks and then takes them off. "Anyway, how was last night? Not the sex part please." He clarifies. 

I smile to myself. "It was really nice, felt private enough, buuuuut..." I now turn the laptop around to show him the pictures. "TMZ got tipped off". 

He rolls his eyes. "Fuckers. Anyway we can easily brush this off by saying you guys were having a meeting - most people know that you're his assistant anyway". 

I scroll down. "An assistant who kisses her boss?". Now showing him a picture of Chris kissing me on the cheek.

"Ah...I mean, it still looks innocent though, people can take what they want from it".

Yeah, meaning that already they're wondering who I am and how long he's been dating me. 

"I've been on the phone to Megan already, she's got it under control so I guess now it's a case of just keeping off social media - which is gonna be hard considering I monitor Chris's pages and my own obviously. But yeah...I don't know. I'm used to the business side of it all, not this". 

Josh smiles. "People will get over it. They're always gonna have something to say though, but we know Chris, we know you. You guys need to just ignore whatever good or bad if you're gonna make a go of things.". He explains. "Anyway, I think you could be what he needs. Someone just as grounded, not famous. Plus you know him, he knows you..."

"And yet his fans will say I'm just a gold digger and all that shit". 

"The fans know you though, they will always have something to say like I said". Josh shrugs and begins to work. Chris has a day off today, and he's still in bed - I should know, I left him there an hour ago. "Anyway, have we got everything to go once he's wrapped on this? He's going straight onto Knives Out". 

"Yeah, it's easy for him to travel there and back so he won't really need much in terms of accommodation. He's good to go though". I tell him. "Easy enough for me to arrange though now he's keeping his projects close to Boston in some sense". 

Josh nods. "Perfect for me too, transport is all sorted?"

"Yeah, just emailed them back to confirm the schedule and stuff". 

"You do realise we could be swapping jobs at some point if he wants you on set with him". 

I smile and shake my head. "No. I'll stick to what I know. Nothing changes and I don't want it to - assisting him on set is your domain". 

"I really wanna say 'just like yours is behind closed doors', but i'm not gonna". 

"You literally just did". 

"Whatever, it's true". He chuckles. 

I'm quiet for a moment and then stop my typing. "Do you think I should quit? Just to be on the safe side?" 

He shakes his head. "I think I'd never hear the end of it if you do, besides, here you can be protected, not just by him but by me too. I know you wanna keep the relationship and work separate but sometimes it does more damage than good". 

Chris now shuffles into the dining room where we have our set up, looking a little tired. "Hey gorgeous". 

"Oh hey! I was wondering when you were gonna call me that". Josh waves with a little pout.

"Fuck sake" Chris mutters. "Look if you wanted me to call you that then you should've asked me years ago". 

I hide my smile and look at him. "You want a coffee?" 

"I'll make it, Josh, you want one too?" 

"Ah, you're gonna be my assistant for the day? One sugar and milk, thanks babe". Josh grins as he works away. 

I shake my head with a smile because I know that he's loving every moment of this. "You suck", Chris retorts, turning to make for the kitchen. 

"So does Camille!" Josh calls as I now lob the nearest object, which thankfully is one of Dodger's chew toys, at him. "OW!" 

Chris has a very dirty look about him now. "I mean...he's not wrong". 

"Oh my god!" I get up and go to make the coffee myself as Chris follows, chuckling away. "Have you spoken to Megan? Or at least seen the three hundred email's she's probably sent you by now?" I ask as I turn on the machine. 

He leans back against the counter and crosses his arms. "Yeah I saw them, typical that someone's tipped TMZ off, probably one of the restaurant staff". He says. "Megan's putting it to rest as we speak. We were having a 'business meeting'". 

"Hmm". I say as I'm still not convinced that anyone will buy that narrative, least of all his fans. So looks like I'll have to shut things down myself before everything becomes out of control. "Well I'm putting out a picture later to quash it all, last thing I need is my comments blowing up with threats and everything". 

"Mils, you're not gonna get threats". He says as I pass him his mug of coffee. 

I turn and raise an eyebrow at him. "Every girl you've dated has, I'm not about to be next in line". 

"It's not their business anyway". 

"It's not, you're right - but you are business. You're an actor and someone they admire. This needs to be kept under the radar for as long as we can make it happen". 

I'd love to go years without anyone realising we're dating. 

Would we even last that long? 

He nods in agreement. "And that's what we're going to do". 

I go back to sit down and Chris comes to sit with us for a while, purposely trying to distract me and Josh. In the end I take a picture and upload it to Instagram with the caption 'Not dating, he's just annoying as fuck on his day off'. 

The comments soon come rolling in from fans who have followed me for a while, although I certainly noticed my follower count rise today. 

Golden retriever energy! I feel for you guys! 😂😂😂

Do you get anything done when he's around?! Because I wouldn't 🥵

Then comes his reply, I see him penning it as he reclines back on his chair and then puts his phone on the table. 

chrisevans: Let's face it - it would be boring without me 😏

So much for quashing rumours. 

"I love how it took you five minutes just to write that comment". I quip, because I know what he's like with his phone. He really needs a new one but still refuses to get one until this one finally dies. It's iconic really. 

He just smirks back while Josh tries to ignore the flirting. "I'm quicker in other areas". 

"That's not something to be proud of Chris". Josh now pipes up, eyes still on the screen. 

I put my head in my hands and compose myself before trying to get back to work. Easier said than done.