Trapped In Her Heart

"I'll see you tomorrow," Sebastian said, who was equally reluctant to leave. The restlessness he felt as soon as he left her side was getting harder to handle each day but how could he just stay? Wouldn't he sound unnecessarily clingy?

Tucking a strand of hair behind her ear, Ellie slowly nodded. She wanted to stop him but how? 

After taking a deep breath, Sebastian was about to leave when she called him out. 

"Boss—"

"Yes?" He replied immediately without wasting a single second.

Too shy and embarrassed to say what she wanted to, she awkwardly stood there. She had no idea why she was feeling so nervous but her palms started turning sweaty and her stomach churned in anticipation. 

Taking a step towards her, he asked, "What happened?"

"I—" Looking at him, she tried to say something but couldn't. Biting her lower lip, she was trying to figure how she could throw her words at him in a very non-clingy way when he suddenly took several steps towards her.

Stopping right in front of her, he raised his hand and c.a.r.e.s.sed her chin with his thumb. 

"Don't bite your lips like that, it feels weird when you do that." 

His face was just an inch away from hers and the sudden closeness was killing her. It was weird but felt so right at the same time. His thumb gently c.a.r.e.s.sed the portion right below her lower lip, making her feel giddy and nervous. 

When he suddenly wrapped his arms around her waist, her breathing hitched and she clutched her hands on his shirt.

They were looking at each other intensely, passionately and with a weird sense of longing for each other which both of them were unaware of. 

He loved the way she was looking at him and she loved the way he held her protectively in his arms. It was a mutual feeling which both of them were yet to realise. 

C.a.r.e.s.sing his cheeks with his thumb, Sebastian asked, "Do you want me to stay?"

Lost in his intense gaze, Ellie slowly nodded her head. She didn't care whether she sounded clingy or not, she didn't care what was happening between them and whether he wanted to stay or not. She didn't want to think about anything else but only follow her heart and do what it wants.

Tapping the tip of her nose, he smiled, "I'll stay."

Lowering her head, she started hesitated for a while and sighed, "It's okay if you don't want to, I mean I—" taking a deep breath, she added, "I don't know what I was thinking and why I want you to stay...okay, I am stupid." 

"You mean I am stupid too?" When Ellie gave her a weird look, he added, "You just said that you are stupid because you wanted me to stay right? But I want to stay too so doesn't that make me stupid just like you Ms Miller?" 

"Fine, we both are stupid," she chuckled. 

Fiddling with his shirt button, she added, "Maybe it's because we both are spending so much time together that it feels very weird when you aren't around. Like it feels—"

Cutting her off, Sebastian asked, "Restless? Uneasy at heart?" When Ellie nodded her head, he smiled, "So I guess it's a mutual feeling."

When she smiled, he tucked a strand behind her ear and asked, "If I stay, will you make sandwiches for me ?" 

"Yes sure but I need to go out and grab a packet of bread first." 

"It's alright, I'll go and grab one for us. White or brown?" 

"White," 

Letting her go, he asked, "Anything else?" 

Thinking for quite some time, she said, "Hmm I am really craving for some potato ch.i.p.s as well." 

Sebastian sighed and helplessly shook his head, "Only one packet." 

"Only two sandwiches."

He frowned and snapped, "Fine, only two packets." 

"Four."

"Three."

Grinning from ear to ear, Ellie made her way towards the kitchen while Sebastian left too.

….

Supermarket 

Driving to the nearest supermarket, Sebastian first decided to grab a packet of white beard and Ellie's favourite potato ch.i.p.s only but later ended up buying a dozen of extra things.

Pushing the trolly around the store, he was carefully examining the packet and placing it on the trolley only after making sure it's healthy.

"Ahh look at the big boss working so hard while buying groceries," Walking towards him, Owen hooked his arms around his neck and grinned, "I wasn't expecting to see you here."

"What are you doing here?" Sebastian asked.

"June and I are moving in together starting next week so we were buying groceries beforehand," picking up the potato ch.i.p.s, Owen chuckled, "Dude, since when did you start eating all of this? Is it for Ava?" 

"Yes, it's for Ava." 

"Oh but when did you come back? Noah was saying that you canceled the flight tickets at the last minute." Owen enquired.

"Hmm, there were still a couple of things that needed to be taken care of so we had to extend the stay."

"I see! oh by the way, June and I are throwing a housewarming party next week so you all have to come. I'll see you tomorrow at your office okay? I'll get going now."

After Owen left, Sebastian sighed and resumed his mini-grocery shopping.

….

Ellie's apartment.

Looking at the two bags, she frowned, "I thought you were going to buy a packet of bread and my potato ch.i.p.s but—"

"Hmm, I know but then I thought that we would be needing them so I bought what I could." 

"That is true but I could've bought them later why—"

Cutting her off, he started taking out everything from the bag. "Why are you fussing over it? It's just groceries and anybody can buy them."

"Alright leave all of this and go freshen up first, I'll do this." Taking the packet from his hand, Ellie started sorting them out.

Grinning from ear to ear, Sebastian nodded his head. "Alright."

"You can use the washroom in my room." 

….