Chapter 280 - Space

Looking at Ellie, Rebecca gasped, "I completely forgot about it but anyway, just ask your parents to see me tomorrow. I am sure that shouldn't be a problem, what important work could they possibly have." 

Fisting her hands, Ellie closed her eyes and took a deep breath to calm herself down. Without saying anything, she rushed out of the office. 

"Ellie wait—" Sebastian shouted before rushing towards her. 

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Outside. 

Ignoring his calls, she quickly stepped into the elevator and left. 

Cursing under his breath, Sebastian quickly stepped into the other elevator and followed her downstairs. 

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Downstairs.

As soon as the elevator door opened, Sebastian quickly rushed out and started looking for her. When he finally saw him, he called her out loudly, drawing everyone's attention towards them. 

Without wasting any time, he rushed towards her and grabbed her wrist. "El, talk to me." 

Jerking his hand away, Ellie snapped, "Talk to you about what Sebastian? What do you want me to tell you? That whatever happened today was okay and we should forget about it? Do you want me to fix another meeting for them? What do you exactly want?" 

Grabbing her hand, he pleaded, "Say whatever you want but please don't leave this way, please. Just give me a chance and I'll fix it. I'll—" 

"How are you going to fix it? Can you turn back the humiliation that my parents had to face today?" Gently removing his hand, she added, "We are middle class people Sebastian, we aren't as rich as you people. For us our dignity and self-respect is everything. My parents have always lived a life with dignity and I won't let anyone take that away from them. Not even your mom or anybody else." 

"Ellie please—" When he tried to get close to her, she took a step back making his heart drop. Though they were just a couple of inches apart from each other, he could feel a sudden vast distance between their hearts. What was going to happen now? Was he going to lose his Ellie? 

The mere thought of losing her made him shiver. The way she was looking at him left so familiar and unfamiliar at the same time. He wasn't ready for this, he wasn't ready to lose her.

Closing her eyes, Ellie took another step back. "Please Seb don't, I don't feel great and neither do I have a sound mind. I don't wanna say things which both of us will regret later so please, go away from here. I need to be alone for sometime, I really don't wanna see anyone right now, including you. I need some time to think and clear my mind—I—" 

Stopping midway, she left and this time Sebastian didn't chase her. He knew he shouldn't let her go but for some unknown reason he stood there rooted on the floor. He couldn't move even though he wanted to. Maybe it was because she told him not to or he was too scared to do anything because he thought he would end up losing her forever. 

The employees who had witnessed the whole scenario were shocked and horrified. They had never seen their big boss in a helpless condition. Anyone who saw Sebastian's pale face could say he wasn't in his usual self. 

Pushing through the crowd of people, Patricia quickly rushed in and guided Sebastian towards the elevator before gesturing to the employees to get back to work. 

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Two days later(Sunday evening)

Sebastian apartment. 

"Try again," Calvin frowned. 

Banging the door, Noah scrunched his brows and repeatedly rang the doorbell while Owen was busy calling Sebastian who may or may not be inside. 

"Did you try calling the office? Is he not there?" Noah inquired. 

Calvin shook his head and answered, "We have been looking for him for a couple of days now, he is nowhere to be seen." 

"The bar, club and places where he never goes, we checked everything." After Ellie left, Sebastian was nowhere to be seen. He left office right away and never came back. Owen and Calvin had been looking for him everywhere for the past couple of days. When Noah and Melissa heard about the whole incident, they left everything behind and rushed back home to support their friends. 

"Did you check his place?" Noah inquired. 

"We dropped by and kept knocking but no one answered so we thought—" 

Just then Ava arrived along with a spare keycard to the apartment. "Here, I got this." 

Taking the keycard from her hand, Noah quickly unlocked the door and inquired, "How is Ellie?" 

"I visited her yesterday, she doesn't wanna see anyone. I met her parents, they told me she had locked herself in her room since Friday." 

Pinching the bridge of his nose, Owen sighed, "I thought they were the most sorted ones, what happened all of a sudden?" 

"But that is not the worst part." Without waiting for their reply, Ava added, "Ellie is leaving for Seattle with her parents tomorrow." 

"What?" The three men shouted in unison. 

Gritted his teeth, Noah snapped, "I am going to kick that bastards ass. He is supposed to make things and not disappear like this." Without wasting any time, he quickly barged into the apartment along with others. 

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Inside. 

When the pitch dark apartment greeted them, Owen frowned, "What the—" Looking at the empty alcohol bottle on the floor, he sighed, "Okay, I think Seb was here." 

"It wasn't here, he is here." Pointing towards the man who was sleeping like a log on the couch with multiple alcohol bottles scattered all over the floor, Ava added, "He is a mess." 

Taking a deep breath to calm himself down, Noah rushed towards Sebastian. "I know you are not asleep, stop pretending." 

Slowly getting up, he frowned at him. "What are you doing here? You were coming next week—" 

"Uh huh that was indeed the initial plan but thanks to you I had to leave my pre-honeymoon midway just for you." 

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