Trapped In Her Heart

Without waiting for his reply, Ellie started firing her curious questions at him.

"Hmm, so will it be okay if we start the meetings from 11 am? Because you see, the employees usually arrive at 10 am so they obviously need some time to figure everything out and I think you need some time to relax too because you are always stressed. Hmm and then—Boss, do you think if I schedule all the business meetings after lunch instead of scattering it everywhere? Yeah I guess I should do that." 

The way Ellie was questioning and answering herself amused Sebastian. Though she was making changes in his schedule, she still looked so excited and happy. 

What she told him yesterday made Sebastian wonder why couldn't he live like others do? Well, though he still thought that living a carefree life wasn't the best thing he could do, he still wanted to take her advice and make slight changes in his life and see how it works. That wasn't too much, right? 

"Ah there is so much work to do, I'll go to my office and fix this first." 

"You came straight here? I mean you did not go to your office?" 

Ellie shook her head and said, "No, I came here straightway."

"Oh, then you should go to your office first." 

"Okay boss, the schedule will be there in your desk as soon as possible." 

Without waiting for his reply, she walked out of the office.

…..

Ellie's office.

As soon as she entered her office, her eyes landed on a very cute little golden basket which was placed in the center of her desk along with a note

['These aren't your favourite Seattle ones but they are quite famous here so I hope you like them too. Thank you for sharing your favourite movie list with me.' ~Sebastian]

A smile bloomed in her face when she read the note. Brushing her fingers through the paper, she sighed. His handwriting was so perfect and flawless. Why was everything about him so perfect? If someone ignores the not enjoying his life part, Sebastian was perfect. He was handsome, loving, caring, smart, hot and he had a beautiful handwriting too. 

Looking at the six packets of neatly placed and ribboned together choco-peanut butter cookies, she chuckled. 'Typical Sebastian,' she thought before taking a picture of it.

Looking at the picture, she helplessly shook her head. Even his ribbon bow looked so perfect. Her ribbon bow always ended up looking like a broken egg. 

Thinking for quite some time, she decided to send him a thank you email because she didn't have his number.

[Subject:Choco-peanut butter cookie

Thank you so much, you are the best boss ever[wink] [smile]

Your hardworking assistant, Ellie Miller.]

"Oh El, you are here." Giving her a hug, Melissa added, "I thought you had taken a leave."

"I did take a couple of days leave but then I decided not to stay at home and slack." 

Touching her forehead, Melissa frowned, "You aren't sick right? I mean did you just say that you didn't want to slack? Like you? No slacking? Did the cyclone hit you that hard?" 

Rolling her eyes at her best friend, Ellie sat down in her chair and started working on the schedule.

"Wow cookies-ouch."

Slapping Melissa's hands away, Ellie snapped, "Don't touch them."

"But why? And this basket looks so cute—wait, is this a gift? Wow, who gave you this?" 

Scratching her neck, Ellie awkwardly cleared her throat and thought for a while before saying, "No one, I bought them." 

"Oh come on El, you think you can lie to me? Like it's me girl, I know everything about you." 

Ellie rolled her eyes and sighed, "Fine fine, boss gave me these cookies."

"Wow, but why would that douchebag send you these?" Melissa asked before carefully examining the basket and the cookies.

Ellie frowned and asked, "Douchebag? Why would you call him that?"

"Because he is a that, oh come on El we both know that he is a jerk."

"A jerk? Seriously Mel, how can you call him a jerk? How would he feel if he hears it?" 

"What? How would he hear us? I mean I guess he can if he has those special bat ears." 

"Mel stop it, what if he is passing by and—"

Cutting her off, Melissa frowned, "Wait, why would your ex-boss pass by our office?"

"Ex-boss? Where the f.u.c.k did that come from?" Ellie asked.

"What? You are the one who brought him up. You said that your boss gave you—"stopping midway, Melissa widened her eyes in shock. "Don't tell me that Sebastian gave you these."

When Ellie did not say anything, she added, "Oh my God this is so unbelievable. Wait, what exactly happened between you and Sebastian after he lashed out at you?" 

Keeping quiet for quite some time, Ellie said, "He stopped by to apologize."

"HE DID WHAT?" Melissa shouted.

"Good lord Mel, my eardrums almost freak out. I could hear your yelling and screaming from the elevator." Looking at the cookies, Ava excitedly squealed, "Ahh cookies—no wait a sec, this is so strange." 

"What strange?" Melissa asked.

"Today in the morning, Sebastian was hiding something from me which made me very curious. So I sneaked into his room when he was taking a shower and I saw the exact same basket on his bed. Ahh it had the same blue ribbon too."

"Ava, guess who gave Ellie this cute little gift."

"Who?" Ava asked.

"Sebastian."

"WHAT? Ah so this was for you." Pausing for a while, Ava added, "Wow, this is so strange. Sebastian is not a gift person, I mean he never gave me any gift as well."

"Ava is right and during birthdays, he would give us cash but not gifts."

Crossing her arms in her c.h.e.s.t, Ava raised her eyebrows. "So are you telling us what is going on or do you want us to force you?"

"Uh huh, start spilling girl. We are dying to hear what exactly happened after Sebastian dropped by in your place." 

Ava gasped and widened her eyes in shock, "Ah so he was at your place for the entire night."

"WHAT? He was there for an entire night and you did not tell me?" Melissa shouted.

…..