Conflicted

Chapter 25

Ada Johnson's P. O. V

The smile on my face doesn't waver one bit as I make my way through the numerous office floors, passing various smiles to a multitude of people who return my greeting. It doesn't shrink the slightest even when Chrissie comes up to me and greets me a good morning, although I'm sure she's a bit startled by my upbeat answer back along with my brightening smile. It's like I'm radiating sunshine or at least that's the vibe I hope I'm going for and less of an I'm just severely constipated look.

"I'd say 'whose pissed in your cereal' but that's not an appropriate saying for how you're acting today." Jamie comments as I find myself sitting right in front of the extra chair that for some reason is always lying right in front of her office desk. Shrugging my shoulders, I make myself comfortable like I always do whenever I'm on a mini break so that my cramped up feet can get a bit of a breather.

"Is it such a bad thing that I'm in a good mood today?" I shoot back but it isn't snarky at all but rather in a good humoured way as the woman in front of me smirks and shakes her head.

"You're usually walking around here grumbling some stuff about how crap your life is." The blush that ensues across my cheeks is involuntary as I clear my throat with a sheepish look on my face. I fix my hair behind my ears as I eye the woman out the corner of my eye.

"I didn't think anyone could hear me." Even my tone of voice is subdued while Jamie merely rolls her dark brown eyes at me and scoffs.

"We all could hear you." She says back with that same smirk plastered on her face as she teasingly jabs at me over her desk.

"Okay jeez, no need to rub it in my face." I mumble to which she smiles, my smile dropping as I pretend to be miffed even though the woman can see straight through my act of faux innocence.

"Anyways, I'm going to do the nice thing and pretend like I don't know why you're in such a good mood recently and hence ask you. So; What's with the good mood Ada?" My eyes narrow at Jamie's words while her raised eyebrow cocks further up, almost pushing me to give in and tell her while I try my best to stand my ground. I only last a few seconds longer before my peeved expression drops and I lean forward so I can frantically whisper without catching everyone's attention.

"Is it really that obvious?" My words are hushed but come out with a force while Jamie merely pats my arm affectionately, almost in a consoling manner which spikes my suspicions up ten times higher.

"I know you so that's why I'm catching on. Others don't know so relax." She says while waving her hand in the air in a manner of dismissal. I look around me, taking note of the people walking to and fro without not one single person looking in this direction or any sorts of mumbling coming from their way with slips of my name coming out of their mouth.

Well of course that won't happen, you're not the centre of the world Ada.

Calming down, I nod my head as I finally stand up. Smoothing down my skirt, I throw my hair over my shoulder as I grab the stack of papers that Jamie taps on and pushes in my direction. Taking in a deep breath, I head in the very familiar direction of my bosses office.

I still haven't managed to figure out if the reason for my upbeat mood is a sad one or something I shouldn't mull about too much. They do say, everything happens for a reason right? I just hope all the reasons are good and I don't come out of this whole ordeal a complete and utter mess.

My heels make that continuous clicking noise as I walk down the hallway towards the big main door of Gregory's office. The short conversation with Jamie keeping me grounded but sadly not enough to stop that once drowned out smile from reappearing as it grows continuously with each passing step in the direction of the man I saw just a while ago on the weekend.