Chapter 145 - Nervous

"El, do you smell something?" Sebastian asked.

Ellie frowned and sniffed for a couple of times. "I don't smell anything, what is it?"

Inching closer, he sniffed for a couple of times and chuckled, "Ahh it's nothing serious, just a strong burning smell of jealousy."

Rolling her eyes, she retorted, "I am not jealous."

Pretentiously nodding his head, he nodded his head. "Of course you are not."

"You talk too much, just eat your lunch." Just then Sebastian grabbed her hand and pulled her towards himself.

Adjusting her in his lap, he tucked a strand of hair behind her ear and inquired, "So what is bothering my dear Ellie?"

Reluctantly shaking her head, she said, "Nothing."

"Come on, talk to me because if you don't, how will we work on this sudden jealousy of yours?" When she did not say anything, he added, "Okay let me guess, is it because I started talking about Charlotte?"

Fixing his tie, she slowly nodded her head and explained, "I don't have a problem with Charlotte and I know that there is nothing between the two of you and nothing will ever happen."

"So where is the problem?" he inquired. One thing that Sebastian had learned after taking several relationship lessons from his friends and surfing about relationsh.i.p.s online is that, talking and discussing things is the one and only key to a healthy relationship. Until and unless the bothering things and insecurities are discussed between the partners, nothing can go wrong and Sebastian was trying to follow the talking and sorting things out immediately to avoid any kind of communication misunderstandings, which could later lead to bigger fights.

Keeping quiet for quite some time, she answered, "I don't like it when you talk about other women." Without waiting for his reply, she sighed and added, "I know I am being unreasonable but this is how I feel." Burying her head on his neck, she groaned in frustration, "Oh God, this is so embarrassing."

"Hey, this isn't embarrassing or anything wrong El, this is something that you fell and I respect it. I am glad that you told me this because in the future I can careful and—"

"Cutting him off, she pouted her lips and remarked, "It's not like you can't talk about any woman, I mean you can but don't be very emphatic about it."

Sebastian smiled and nodded his head. "Okay I understood, anything else?"

She shook her head and answered, "That is it for now."

Kissing her forehead, he suggested, "So I was thinking whether we should take Boji with us or not."

Ellie frowned and said, "We can't leave her alone at home and since everyone is going for the trip, there will be no one to watch her."

He sighed and nodded his head. "Hmm I had thought so too, let's take her with us then."

Glancing at her watch, Ellie gasped, "Lunch time is almost over, you haven't even started eating yet. You also have a meeting scheduled in twenty minutes so finish your lunch quickly." Hopping down from his lap, she added, "We also have to go home early and pack our stuff for the camping."

"Everything will be okay, don't stress over it," he said before taking a deep breath. He had no idea whether he was consoling himself or Ellie. It would be a lie if he said that he wasn't nervous about the whole proposal thing, the mere thought of it was making his ass sweat. He wanted everything to be perfect but at the same time, he was having this feeling that he would wreck everything.

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Calvin's place.

After taking a deep breath, Calvin gathered all his courage before entering Ava's room. He had been standing outside for a good twenty minutes, thinking what and how he was supposed to deliver and show Ava how sorry he was. 

As soon as he entered the room, he noticed that she was dressed to leave the house. Thinking that she was leaving him and the house, he panicked. "Where are you going? Are you leaving me?" Without waiting for her reply, he frowned and added, "No you cant leave me like that Ava, that was just a silly and stupid fight. In fact, that was the most stupid fight in the whole universe. How can you leave me for such a stupid reason? There is no way I am giving you a breakup, I—"

Cutting him off, Ava tried to calm him down. "Relax I am not leaving you or anything, in fact, I was about to go to your office."

"My office? But why?" Without waiting for her reply, he quickly grabbed her hand and said, "Forget about that, I want to talk to you about something very important." Guiding her towards the bed, he made her sit on the edge of the bed and kneeled down right in front of her.

"Listen Ava, you mean the world to me and I don't care about any other thing apart from you." Kissing her knuckles, he continued, "You were right, we shouldn't keep our relationship a secret. I don't mind getting a few kicks and punches from your brothers, I seriously don't care. So we will tell everyone about it tomorrow during the trip."

Pausing for a while, he added, "I just don't want you to feel that I am not taking this relationship seriously because that is not true. Trust me babe, everything related to you is very important to me and I love you a lot, I love you more than anything else in this world."

Placing her hand on his right cheek, she smiled, "I love you too honey but we don't have to tell anyone."

"But why? I am okay with it, I swear." After thinking about it for quite some time, Calvin decided to do what Ava wanted. He didn't care how Sebastian and others would react, all he cared about was Ava and what she felt. He didn't want to lose his perfect woman because he was scared of a couple of punches and kicks from Noah and Sebastian.

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