Chapter 146 - Boost

Tightening her grip around his hand, Ava smiled, "This really means a lot to me Calvin but we don't have to do this, I don't want you to do anything to prove yourself to me. I am very sorry for reacting that way, I didn't mean to hurt you but—"

Cutting her off, he said, "You don't have to apologize babe, I understand why you felt that way."

"I am sorry for ruining our night yesterday, I wasn't thinking straight."

"Give me a second," Without waiting for her reply, Calvin got up and rushed out of the room.

Ava got up and was about to follow him when he entered the room again with a small box in his hand. 

"I wanted to give you this yesterday but well." Shrugging his shoulders, he added, "I bought this for you as a welcome gift. I know this isn't permanent and you will have to move out in the future but I still wanted to cherish this moment with you."

Taking the box from his hand, she opened and gasped, "Honey, this is beautiful."

"I am glad you liked it," he smiled. 

Caressing the pendant, she chimed, "I love it, it's so beautiful."

Taking it out of the box, he said, "Let me help you wear it."

Turning around, she shifted her hair to the side giving him enough access to help her wear the pendant.

"There you go, this looks even more beautiful on you."

Hooking her arms around his neck, she pulled him closer and whispered, "I assume you don't have to go to your office right now?"

Wrapping his arms around her waist, he smiled, "Only a dumb man would go to work when his girlfriend is looking so hot and beautiful."

….

Sebastian's place.

Midnight.

Tossing and turning in his bed for almost an hour, Sebastian groaned in frustration and sat up straight. Crossing his legs, he pinched his brows before taking a few deep breaths. He was feeling very nervous and anxious for tomorrow that he couldn't catch any sleep no matter what he did.

Thinking for quite some time, he got down from the bed and made his way towards Ellie's room which was right next to his. 

Slowly opening the door he leaned against the door slab and chuckled. 

As usual, she was sleeping in a very weird posture with one of her legs hanging from the bed. The blanket was lying on the floor along with the pillow, her hair was messy and was scattered all over her face while her t-shirt had lifted up, exposing her belly. 

Helplessly shaking his head, he made his way towards her. Her sleeping postures never failed to amuse him. After realizing that she had a habit of throwing and tossing everything on the floor after falling asleep, he always made sure to check on her before falling asleep.

Picking up the pillow from the floor, he carefully lifted her head up and kept the pillow where it was supposed to be. He then slowly lifted her leg and placed it on the bed, fixed her t-shirt before picking up the blanket and properly covering her with it. 

Sitting on the edge of the bed right beside her, he carefully removed her hair which was covering her entire place and smiled. If everything happened as he had planned, they would be in a real official relationship. The feeling of having her as his girlfriend itself was making him feel giddy and excited at the same time. 

He had never thought that one day he would feel so loved and also plan a proposal for someone. When he had just started thinking that he would spend his life alone, Ellie barged and changed his entire life in a very wonderful way. 

Slowly caressing her cheeks, he murmured, "Just wait for a little longer."

Staring at his sleeping beauty for a long time, he reluctantly left the room.

….

Living room.

After pouring himself a glass of water, Sebastian sat on the couch and started scrolling through his contacts.

Thinking for quite some time, he called Noah. He was feeling very nervous and he needed someone to talk to him and also boost his courage and confidence.

"Hello, Noah?" 

"Dude it's two in the morning, if you are not sleeping, others are," Noah grumbled in a very sleepy voice.

Sebastian sighed and explained, "I know but I can't sleep, I am too nervous and excitedly to do anything."

"Then go work out, why are you calling me?" he complained.

"Because you are my brother, I called you because I want you to help me boost my confidence," Sebastian insisted.

Noah frowned and snapped, "You want me to boost your confidence at two in the morning? People need to sleep at this hour not boost something."

"You are not helping Noah, I am freaking out here," He gritted his teeth.

Not left with any other choice, Noah sighed, "Alright, don't be nervous and don't stress about it too because you will surely mess things up if you overthink. Just go with the flow and trust me when I say that the moment you will stand in front of her, words will just flow out of your lips automatically." 

Without waiting for Sebastian's reply, he added, "I think this much boosting is okay for the night, I'll hang up now." Before he could say anything, Noah hung up the call. 

Tossing his phone aside, Sebastian sighed. He wanted to talk to someone and tell that person how he was actually feeling.

Just then Boji snuggled against his leg before looking at him with her cute round eyes.

Picking up the little one, he places her on his lap. "Are you not feeling sleepy too honey? Hmm….me neither."

Lifting her up, he continued, "Daddy is going to tell you a secret but you cannot tell your mommy about it, okay?" When she yawned, he chuckled, "I'll take that as a yes."

"So, I am proposing El during the camping trip and if she accepts my proposal, I'll invite her to stay with us here forever."

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