Chapter 102 - Special bond

Ellie's place.

Backyard.

Lying on the grass, Ellie took a deep breath before closing her eyes. It had been almost a couple of hours since she came back from the park feeling very low and rejected but she still couldn't take Sebastian off her mind. She tried to distract herself so that she would feel a little less awful but she ended up thinking about him anyway. 

After dinner, she wanted to freshen up her mind by taking a walk in the backyard but she again ended up thinking about him. 

Looking at the beautiful night sky, she sighed. It would've been more beautiful if he would've been with her. She was missing his cute smile, his handsome face, the way he smiled, the way he cutely tapped her nose, the way he held her hand.

Looking at her hand, she took a deep breath before placing it on her chest. She was missing his hand on hers. 

Only if she could see him again and tell him how much she was missing him and how special she felt about him but she knew that he was already gone and maybe didn't want to see her again. 

She had no idea what would happen to the special bond that they share if she stays in Seattle for two more weeks after the awful meeting they had. She wanted to go back but she didn't want to hurt her parent's feelings as well.

"It's cold," sitting down beside her, Harry pulled her up and dr.a.p.ed a jacket around her. 

"Thanks dad," Ellie sighed.

Pointing towards the fence, he chuckled, "Remember how you had somehow managed to hit your head on that when you were little?" 

"I was learning how to skate at that time and those skates were abnormal," Ellie retorted.

"No honey, your balance is abnormal."

"Dad—"

Wrapping his arms around her shoulder, Harry chuckled, "Alright, I won't bring that up." Pausing for a while, he added, "You know sweety, that fall was needed not because it was funny but because it helped you understand that skating isn't a piece of cake so you need to work harder in order to learn it. Why do you think we face failures in life? It's to make us realize how tough life is and how we need to work harder in order to survive. And the same theory applies for relationsh.i.p.s."

"How?" 

"You see honey, it is easy to fall in and fall out of love but relationship isn't about how much you love your partner or what are the list of things you can do for him. The way you handle your relationship is what that matters. Arguments and differences are bound to happen in a relationship but how you deal with it and sort it out is what counts. The willingness and eagerness to be with one another is what matters." He continued.

Looking at her father, she smiled, "Why are we suddenly talking about relationsh.i.p.s?" 

Awkwardly clearing his throat, Harry shrugged his shoulders, "No specific reason, I just thought that I should start imparting my relationship knowledge too." 

When Ellie sighed and snuggled closer, he asked, "What happened honey? Is there something that is stressing you out."

Keeping quiet for quite some time, she shook her head, "No dad." 

"Hmm so where is your boss staying? I mean which hotel?"

Pulling away, Ellie pulled the jacket closer and answered, "He left."

"Left? Already? Your mom was planning to call him over for lunch tomorrow." 

"He had to leave because he had an urgent meeting so—" stopping midway, Ellie sighed. "I'll go tell mom not to arrange anything."

When Harry smiled and nodded his head, Ellie left.

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Los Angeles

10:00 am 

Stewart International Group 

Sebastian's office.

Tossing the file on his desk, Sebastian yelled, "The meeting was supposed to start at 9 but you people arrived late and now even your report is incomplete, what am I paying you all for? To party around and slack all day?"

"But boss the meeting was supposed to start at eleven and—"

"Who said that the meeting would start at eleven?" Sebastian retorted.

Lowering his head, the head of the marketing department tried to explain, "Ms Miller gave us the schedule a day before she took a leave."

The brief mention of Ellie's made him feel more frustrated and angry than he already was. 

After coming back from Seattle, Sebastian locked himself inside his room and stepped out directly in the morning. He was more sad than angry not because she had turned down but he was angry at himself for acting like a complete idiot and making a fool out of himself in front of her. He was also sad because she didn't feel the same way as he did and that feeling sucked, it was making him feel awful.

He flew back all the way to Seattle, both happy and excited to see her only to find out that she wasn't interested in him. Sebastian had never felt so embarrassed and awkward in his entire life. He had no idea how he would face Ellie after she comes back.

"Boss you called me?" Patricia asked.

"Yes, did you receive any email from El—" closing his eyes, Sebastian sighed, "Did you receive any email from Ms Miller?"

"No boss."

"If you do, just approve her leave." 

Patricia nodded her head and rushed out of the office to tell Noah about Sebastian's bad mood so that he would come and save the employees from Sebastian's wrath.

"Go and prepare your respective teams for the meeting, you have five minutes in hand," Sebastian yelled at the employees.

Without wasting any time, the employees rushed out of Sebastian's office. 

Slumping on his chair, Sebastian massaged his forehead. He had been shouting since morning and his head was pounding but he still couldn't stop thinking about Ellie.

Gritting his teeth, he cursed himself for still missing her even after embarrassing himself. Why did he care when she clearly didn't? Why did he still want to hug her? 

Closing his eyes, he kept massaging his head and tried to ease his emotions and his headache. 

"Do you want some coffee?" 

"No I don't need anything, just leave me alone and get out of here," he snapped.

Helplessly shaking her head, Ellie faked a sigh, "Hmm and here I thought you were missing my coffee."

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