Trapped in Her Heart

"Duh, what the hell is wrong with you? You need to be more attentive towards your woman. I am not saying that you should stalk her like a creep but you need to at least make sure to keep away all the mosquitoes that keep buzzing around her." Without waiting for his reply, Noah added, "Do you think that Mel has no admirers in this office? Of course she does but I keep shielding her. I mean, who am I to blame if someone takes away something that belongs to me?"     

He sighed and helplessly shook his head when Sebastian frowned. "I need to work a lot on brushing your boyfriend skills."      

When Sebastian frowned deeper, Noah added, "Just giving you a heads up, the HR guy is in her office right now."      

"What? Why didn't you tell me?" Sebastian gritted his teeth before dashing out of his office.      

…     

Ellie's office.     

"I had taken a short leave to spend some time with my parents back in Seattle."     

Morris, the HR guy smiled at her. "I am glad that you are back Ellie."      

Finding his smile very creepy and his behaviour very annoying, Ellie inquired, "What are you doing here? I mean do you need something?"      

"Ahh no, I am here to see you. I mean to make sure that you are okay. I was very worried when I heard that you met with an accident and I hope that you are alright now."      

"I am okay now and it wasn't a really serious one so it's alright." Giving a weak smile, Ellie was thinking of a way to shoo him away when Sebastian entered the office.     

"Which department are you from?" Sebastian asked.     

Morris widened his eyes in shock when he saw Sebastian. He had seen and bumped into Ellie a couple of times and wanted to ask her out but he had to postpone the idea because she had taken a leave. So when he heard that she was back, he quickly rushed over to Ellie's office to talk to her.      

"G-Good morning boss," Morris shuttered.      

"Which department are you from?" Sebastian asked again.     

"HR department sir," he replied.     

Walking towards them, Sebastian placed her hand on her shoulder and pulled her back, making sure that there was a triple arm distance between her and Morris.      

"What are you doing on this floor? Did you forget where your HR department is? Should I call for your department head and ask him to escort you back?"      

Though Sebastian wasn't shouting or yelling but Morris was already trembling and panicking in fear. He had gathered all his guts and decided to meet Ellie in her office because he had heard that Sebastian never bothers or enters his assistants office. So seeing Sebastian all of a sudden scared him alot.     

"No boss I—I just wanted to ask Ms Miller how she is and—"     

Cutting him off, Sebastian snapped, "Is the HR department that free or you don't have anything productive to do."      

"Boss—"     

"Since you are so free and you also happen to have nothing to do in this office, let me ask your department head to transfer you to the Arizona branch." Sebastian declared.     

Morris widened his eyes in shock and was about to say something when Sebastian gestured him to leave.     

Left with no other choice, he quietly walked out of Ellie's office, cursing himself for acting recklessly.     

"Wow, did you just transfer him to some other branch?" Ellie asked.     

"Hmm, I don't like employees who slack for no good reason." And of course those who try to flirt with his woman.     

Smiling at him, Ellie asked, "So are you going to transfer me too if I slack, boss?"      

Placing his hand on the desk, he trapped her in between his arms and inched closer. "Boss? I thought you long stopped calling me that."      

His sudden closeness was making her feel giddy. She could feel big fat butterflies dancing in her stomach and her heart skipped several beats when he caressed her cheeks.      

"What are you supposed to call me Ellie?" He asked.     

"Bo—" stopping midway, she chuckled, "I mean Sebastian."      

Tapping the tip of her nose, he smiled in satisfaction. "Good girl."      

Pinching his nose, she chuckled, "You are a very bad boy."      

"Bad? What did I do?"     

"You just transferred an employee without any reason and—"     

Cutting her off, he asked, "Who said that I have no reason for doing that?" When Ellie raised her brows, he added, "He was trying to flirt with you and that reason is enough to even fire him."      

"So he got transferred not for slacking but because the almighty boss is jealous," Resisting the urge to pull his cheeks, she added, "I thought you were not the jealous types."      

"And why did you think that I wasn't the jealous type?" He curiously asked.     

"El why didn't you—" stopping midway, Melissa chuckled, "Get a room guys."      

Pulling away, Sebastian awkwardly cleared his throat. "I'll wait for you in my office."      

After Sebastian left, Melissa grinned and slowly made her way towards her best friend.     

"What are you grinning at?" Ellie asked.     

"A little birdie told me that someone hugged someone and then someone hugged that someone back."      

Ignoring her, Ellie tied her hair into a bun. "I don't have time for this right now because I need to catch up with many things."     

"I heard that you were not coming back anytime soon so what happened?" Without waiting for her reply, Melissa added, "Were you missing Seb?"      

"I was supposed to stay for another two weeks but dad got me the ticket so I flew back today in the morning." Ellie was baffled and couldn't believe it when her father handed her the air ticket to L.A later that night.      

"Woah, uncle let you come back? I thought he wouldn't let you stay anywhere near Sebastian in the future. I was genuinely very scared and worried about your relationship." Melissa sighed.     

"There is no relationship between us and—"     

"Who are you trying to lie to, Ellie Miller?"      

….