Problem
Problem
"I was just thinking why are we still keeping this a secret."
Tucking a strand of hair behind her ear, he chuckled, "Because we don't want your brothers to strangle me to death and to avoid unnecessary problems."
Turning towards him, she asked, "Can we not keep it a secret anymore?"
"Ava you were the one who said that it was the best if we kept it away from everyone—"
Cutting him off, she snapped, "Yes but now I am saying that we should tell everyone about it." When Calvin did not say anything, she added, "But you don't want to do that."
Calvin sighed and tried to explain his point. "Look, Sebastian and Noah think that I am still a bad flirty man so I need some time to fix things with them."
"Why do you even have to fix things with anyone? Why do you even care what others think?"
"Wait, I don't understand why are we even discussing this now? It's just a small matter, let's not stress over it—"
Cutting him off, she retorted, "Maybe it's a small matter to you but it means alot to me."
"Ava you are overreacting—"
Jerking his hands off her shoulder, she got up and snapped harder, "I am overreacting? You are the one who is insisting on hiding our relationship and it's so clear that you have no intention of revealing it anytime soon." Without waiting for his reply, she added, "Maybe whatever Charlotte said was right, you are actually not taking this relationship seriously."
Calving frowned and inquired, "Charlotte?"
"Fine if you are not taking our relationship seriously then I will not take it seriously either." Gritted her teeth, she dashed towards her room.
Calvin, who had no idea what had exactly happened, sat down on the couch and scrunched his brows. Everything was just fine when they were having pizza and he had no idea what went wrong.
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Next Morning.
Stewart International Group
Sebastian's office
"Charlotte isn't bad, she just stated the facts for us Seb and it did make sense," Ellie defended her new friend.
Sebastian, who was still mad over whatever had happened, retorted, "But why would she even give state the facts? Her facts are creating misunderstandings which is not good."
"Well, what happened between Mel and Noah was clearly Noah's fault—"
"What about us then? Did she not tell you to act aloof and all that shit?" He inquired.
She sighed and nodded her head, "Yes but Ava and Melissa also told me to do the same so how is it only Charlotte's fault?" When he did not say anything, she added, "Just dont be harsh on her, she has already been through alot in the past and her uncle is the only family she has who is not even here right now. Currently we are the only ones she can rely on so we cant hurt her okay?"
"Alright, I'll listen to you." how could he do something that Ellie didn't want him to? Initially he was planning to kick Charlotte out but he changed his mind and decided to ask her not to manipulate Ellie anymore.
"Great, now I have to make preparations for the meeting so I'll see you in an hour."
After Ellie left, Noah entered the office.
"I have called Charlotte over, she will be here in a minute," Noah informed.
Sebastian nodded his head and hesitantly added, "Listen, let's not be harsh on her because she has already been through alot and her uncle is the only family she has who isn't even here right now. Currently we are the only ones she can rely on so—"
Cutting him off, Noah frowned, "Ellie told you this didn't she?"
"How did you know?"
After taking a deep breath to calm himself down, Noah answered, "I dont care about anything but because of Charlotte's stupid idea, I was kickd out of the house and I had a very rough time and I need to make sure that this never happens again. Charlotte has to go—"
"Go where?" Charlotte inquired before walking inside the office along with Calvin.
Noah gritted his teeth and snapped, "You have to go away from here."
Raising her brows, she said, "FYI, you people were the ones who called me. In fact, I even canceled my yoga class to come here."
"I am not talking about coming here in this office, what I mean is that I want you out of our lives—"
Cutting Noah off, Charlotte snapped, "Hold on big head, I'll get back to you on this one but first you—" Turning towards Sebastian, she continued, "Why on earth haven't you proposed Ellie yet?"
"I—"
"The way you barged out of the cafe that day, I thought you were going to do it that day itself but now I find out that you haven't." Pausing for a while, she added, "Are you waiting for someone to take her away from you? Do you want to die single?"
When Sebastian vigorously shook his head, she continued, "Then what are you waiting for? Christmas?"
"No, I have plans, in fact, I am doing it during the camping trip."
"You mean tomorrow's trip?" When he nodded his head, Charlotte inquired, "Hmm that sounds fun, tell me your plan."
He excitedly nodded his head and guided her towards the couch leaving Noah dumbfounded.
Patting Noah's shoulder, Calvin said, "Don't worry man, I still hate her so I have your back."
"What the hell is wrong with Sebastian? We were supposed to scold her together but there he is busy telling her his proposal plans," he snapped.
Just then Owen entered the office with very bad news.
"Seb, there is a problem."
Sebastian frowned and inquired, "What is it?"
"The location you had selected for the camping and proposal is no more available."
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