Chapter 101 - Embarrassed

"Fine but I am still not sure about the whole dating the boss thing," Harry snapped.

"We can't decide for her and what is so wrong about that?" Holding his hand, Judith smiled, "All our life, we made sure that Ellie gets whatever she wants. We have always taught her to be independent and strong. We never stopped her from doing anything and always let her take her own decisions so don't you think we should keep that up and let her take her own decisions?" 

Wrapping his arms around her, he sighed, "Alright, I'll listen to you." 

"Mom did you see my—woah," placing her hand on her chest, Ellie gasped, "Did I just interrupt your happy and romantic time Mr and Mrs Miller?" 

Pulling away, Judith asked, "What do you want honey?"

"Did you see my brown jacket?" Ellie anxiously asked.

"It's inside your cupboard."

"Oh okay." looking around, she frowned when she did not see Sebastian. 

"He is waiting for you outside," Judith chuckled.

Awkwardly scratching her head, Ellie excused herself and rushed towards her room again. She didn't want to keep him waiting.

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Checking herself out on the mirror for God knows how many times Ellie rushed out of her room.

Giving her mom and dad a peck on their cheeks, she rushed out of the house.

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Outside.

With his hands tucked inside his coat pocket, Sebastian was patiently waiting for her near the entrance. He was still wearing the same black suit as he did not get enough time to change into sometime a little informal.

He was still bothered with the fashion sense talk he had with Charlotte but right now his top priority was to convince Ellie to fly back with him to L.A.

"Why did you come out? I was looking for you inside," Ellie asked.

"It's alright, I hope I didn't disturb you," he asked.

"Of course not, I actually do nothing all day because dad keeps nagging me to take some rest." 

"That is nice, you should take proper care of yourself."

Looking at his exhausted face, she slightly frowned wondering if he had overworked himself again while she was away. Taking a mental note to ask Patricia about it, she guided him towards the park.

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Park

"How is work now?" Ellie asked.

"Forget about work for now," grabbing her hand, he dragged her towards the nearby bench.

Holding her hand, he added, "I didn't have any meeting in Seattle."

"I know," she smiled.

"When are you coming back?" Without waiting for her reply, he continued, "I'll be going back tomorrow, will you come with me?" 

When she did not say anything, he anxiously added, "Look Ellie, I don't know what is happening but I am not liking your absence in the office or in my day to day life. I have had the toughest two weeks and I cannot hold on any longer without you so please, come back. I-I really miss our movie time and our board game. I am even used to the coffee that you make so what Patricia or I make doesn't taste good. Nothing feels right without you Ellie." 

He knew he was sounding very desperate but did he care? No he didn't. All he wanted was to take back Ellie and keep her close to him. 

"I miss everything too but dad wants me to stay here for two more weeks and—"

Cutting him off, he frowned, "What? Two more weeks?"

"I know but he is very scared and worried after that incident and if I just leave right now, I am sure that he will fly back every now and then to check on me. I don't want him to take any kind of stress or tire himself out. I was about to talk to you about tonight but—" Though she was feeling exactly what he was, she had already promised her father that she would stay and there was no turning back now. 

Letting go off her hand, he took a deep breath, "Alright then, you should stay." Cursing himself for acting all clingy and desperate when she clearly didn't want to be with him, he added, "Make sure to send an email to Patricia about the extended leave and don't worry, I'll make sure that it gets approved." 

"Seba—" she stopped midway when he suddenly got up.

"I am sorry for forcing you to come back, I—I have no idea why I did that. I'll take my leave now," he said before walking away.

Grabbing his hand, she frowned, "I thought you were leaving tomorrow." 

"Yeah—mmm I think I'll take an evening flight instead." He didn't want to stay any longer and embarrass himself even more because he was worried that he would end up begging her to return back with him when she clearly didn't want to. 

"Listen to me at least Sebastian I—"

Cutting her off, he said, "No it's alright, I think I was just super stressed so I had no idea what I was doing. I—" Looking at her, he took a deep breath. "I should go now." 

Slowly removing her hand from his, he sighed and walked away. 

Ellie wanted to call him out but she couldn't gather the courage to do so. She knew he was hurt, she could see it in his eyes and knowing that she was the reason behind it made her feel very awful.

She wanted to tell him that she was missing him alot too and kept thinking about him all day. Even she missed their movie time and their childish board game. But instead of making the moment special, she wrecked everything.

He flew all the way to Seattle to visit her and to take her back with him but what did she do? She mercilessly turned him down.

Covering her face with her hands, she groaned in frustration. She had wanted their walk in the park and the evening to be a memorable one. 

Though it was surely a very memorable one but in a very different and cruel way.

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