Chapter 103 - "I can't breath"

Outside Noah's office.

"What do you mean by Seb is angry? I thought he was in Seattle with Ellie," Noah inquired.

"Yes but he came back and now he is super angry at everyone." Pausing for a while, Patricia added, "I think Ellie isn't coming back anytime soon because he just asked me to approve her leave." 

Massaging his forehead, Noah sighed, "Alright I'll check him out."

After Patricia left, Noah rushed towards Sebastian's office.

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Inside Sebastian's office.

Sebastian frowned and opened his eyes only to find Ellie standing near the door with the sweetest smile on her face.

The initial embarrassment, sadness and awkwardness he was feeling vanished in thin air and his heart beamed in joy.

Letting go all the rights and wrongs behind, he rushed towards her and pulled her into his embrace. He didn't care about anything else, he just wanted to hug her and he did. 

"Thank God you are here," he muttered before hugging her tighter.

The sudden unexpected tight hug made Ellie blush. She was very embarrassed and worried after the incident because she thought that Sebastian wouldn't want her anymore but her heart felt so peaceful and warm as soon as he held her in his embrace. So without wasting any time, she pressed her hands on his back and hugged him back. 

Standing by the door, Noah smiled and closed the door before leaving, giving the couple all the privacy that they wanted.

Kissing the top of her head, Sebastian hugged her tighter. The feeling of having her in his embrace felt so good that he didn't want to let her go. He had been missing her for two whole weeks and after what happened yesterday, he missed her even more though he was embarrassed too. 

"Seb," 

"Hmm," 

"I can't breathe," Ellie reluctantly said. She wanted him to hug her for some time but he kept tightening his grip around her, making her feel suffocated.

Quickly pulling away, he awkwardly scratched his forehead. "Hmm, I thought you weren't coming back any time soon." 

"Do you want me to go back?" she asked.

Widening his eyes in shock, vigorously shook his head and snapped, "No—" awkwardly cleaning his throat, he added, "I mean, you can go if your dad wants you to—" He stop midway and froze when Ellie suddenly hugged him.

"You talk to much, you did not listen to me yesterday so let me at least talk now." Lifting her head, she added, "I've missed you a lot, I missed making sandwiches for you, our movie nights, our board games." 

Pulling away, she blushed, "I wanted to tell you how much I miss you yesterday but you were in a hurry to leave so—"

"No no, I wasn't in a hurry I just—" placing his hand on her shoulder, he sighed, "I just thought that may be you don't wanna come because—"

When he did not say anything, she asked, "Because what?"

"I thought you don't wanna come back because you don't wanna be with me and you don't miss me." 

When Sebastian sighed and lowered his head, Ellie chuckled, "Why would you think that?" Placing her hand on her waist, she raised her brows, "So you think that you are the only one between is who cares? Do you think I am that cruel?"

He widened his eyes in shock and vigorously shook his head. "Of course not, you aren't cruel. In fact, you are the sweetest of all and–"

Placing her hand on his arm, she chuckled, "I was just joking with you, I know that you would never think that I am cruel." 

Helplessly shaking his head, he chuckled, "I am glad that you are back." 

"Me too, now I'll go and make some coffee for us first. I have a lot to catch up." 

Tucking a strand of hair behind her ear, he said, "Don't worry about work, I have pretty much completed everything so there is no pending work." 

"Did you overwork again when I was away?" 

"No, not at all," He lied.

When Ellie raised her brows, Sebastian gulped in fear. There was no way he would tell about the sleepless nights and how he was working until midnight, he didn't want to piss her off.

"Really? So are you telling me that you followed my schedule and did not overwork yourself?" She asked.

"Absolutely." 

"I hope you are not lying to me Sebastian because if I find out taht you are then—" poking his chest, she adder, "No sandwiches for you." 

Without waiting for his reply, she walked out of the office to the pantry.

Slumping on the couch, he breathed a sigh of relief. Taking a mental note to tell everyone not to tell Ellie anything about what had in the past two weeks, he was about to leave his office when the employees entered his office.

"Sir, we are ready for the meeting." 

"Let's just follow Ms Miller's schedule because that is the best," he said before walking out of the room.

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Pantry

"What? What are you smiling at?" Ellie asked Patricia who had been grinning at her for quite sometime now.

"Uh huh I am just looking at that bright smile on your face and now I cannot wait to see the same bright smile on boss's face." Patricia beamed.

Without waiting for her reply, she added, "But I am so glad that you are back."

"Did you miss me Patricia?" Ellie asked.

"Ah honey sure I did but you know who missed you the most? Sebastian." Placing her hand on her chest, she added, "He had gone crazy and it was so evident that he was missing you alot. We really got a glimpse of the old version of him again."

Ellie frowned and added, "What do you mean?" 

"You know how he was before you joined right? Workaholic types?" Patricia asked.

"Uh huh." 

"He became exactly like that, no wait, this time was even worse than he was." 

"Worse?" Ellie curiously asked.

Patricia nodded her head and added, "Uh huh even worse. He was working until midnight or would pull out an all nighter. He did not home for several nights and kept working like horse, it was horrible. To top everything up, he wasn't eating properly too." 

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