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“Exactly. I am not afraid you have not already put in more work than necessary. Please, can you join me?” He motions to his office, and I follow him in.
He turns to face me. “This is why I wanted to speak to you first.”
I blink and go to push my glasses up my nose before realizing I put my contacts in today.
“First?”
“I have decided that I am returning to France.”
Arabesque’s calendar is ramping up, but it’s nothing we can’t handle while he’s out of the country. “Will you be out several months like last time?”
“Non. My move will be permanent.”
“Permanent?” I echo. “What about Arabesque?”
Shit. Wondering how I’m going to handle Meric’s absence is one thing, but how the hell am I going to handle contacting everyone about canceling video productions?
“I will be opening Arabesque in France.”
Internally, I shift from cancellation calls to relocation. And what about our employees? Will we be relocating everyone? I’ll need to research that process.
“I want you to run Arabesque here.” His statement cuts through the mental to-do list I’m creating.
“What?”
A half smile quirks his lips. “I believe you heard me clearly. How long have you worked for me, Garrett?”
“Since I graduated. Four years.”
“Exactemente. You already oversee all the other pieces. You are fully responsible when I am not here. It was your idea to expand our operations. It is time.”
“Umm...” A thousand questions run through my brain.
He studies me in silence for several moments.
“Unless you do not think you are ready.”
“You think I am?”
“I will be honest.” He sighs. “I do have some reservations.”
Suddenly, I’m not concerned about the responsibilities of running Arabesque. What concerns does he have?
“Reservations?”
“Oui.” He nods, and my heart fucking stops. “I worry that this—all of this—isn’t what you want.”
“It is,” I defend.
“You have never worked anywhere else.”
“This is what I want.”
It is. Arabesque is as much mine as it is his. I’ve watched it grow from just the two of us to what it is today—a full scale production company that now has projects booked out for three years. I’ve helped get it there.
“I understand that. But I want you to think about it. If it is something you do not want to do—”
“It is,” I interrupt.
