Trapped in Her Heart

Placing his hand on his chest, Noah sighed, "I feel like my father-in-law is God, he never made things difficult for me."      

"Uh huh, apart from the time when he served him settled coffee," Melissa chuckled.      

Widening her eyes in shock, Ellie chuckled. "Wait what? Salted coffee? When did that happen?"      

Shrugging his shoulder, Noah explained, "I still think that was a mistake and—"      

Cutting him off, Melissa smacked his shoulder, "No it wasn't, he deliberately served you a salted coffee."      

"Hold on a sec, salted coffee is worse than Minnie mouse sheets right?" When Ellie nodded her head, Sebastian sighed, "Okay, I feel a little relieved now." Rubbing his hands in excitement, he inquired, "Quick tell me how did you turn that salted coffee into a forever sweet one?"      

"Well firstly, I did not complain and drank the entire coffee," Noah answered.      

Scrunching her face, Ellie groaned, ��Yicks, that doesn't sound good. How salted was it?"      

"I thought he had used the seawater to make it. The coffee to salt ratio of definite 1:4. But well, I drank it without complaining."      

"We had no idea the coffee was salted until dad asked him not to drink it. He then made a new one for him," Melissa added.      

Grinning from ear to ear, Noah proudly stated, "And that second coffee was a super sweet one. So you see, this is how I went from salty to sweet."      

Thinking for a while, Sebastian inquired, "Do you think he will like me too if I sleep in those Minnie mouse sheets?"      

"Stop being silly Seb, I am changing it after dinner," Ellie stated.      

"Ah why would you do that? This actually might be my last chance of impressing your dad," he explained.      

Giving him a weird look, she frowned, "What makes you think that sleeping in my old middle school sheets will help you in impressing my dad?"     

"There is no proof but it's worth a try." When Ellie did not look convinced, he placed his head on her shoulder. "Please, we can at least try."      

Rolling her eyes, Ellie smacked his arm, "You always do this, you know I cannot say no to that face of yours."      

"I love you."      

"Aww you guys are so cute." Looking around, Melissa whispered, "So, who is sneaking into whose room tonight?"      

"W-We haven't thought about that yet," Ellie answered.      

"We are just gonna sleep in our respective rooms I guess," he added.      

"Wow, you too are really strong. We need our daily night cuddles so after everyone is asleep, I will sneak into the guest room and come back to my room before mom wakes up," Melissa stated.     

"That sounds nice but I don't think we are gonna take that risk." When Ellie gave him a meaningful look, Sebastian widened his eyes in shock and shook his head, "No babe, what if someone finds out?"      

"Come on Seb, it's gonna be fun and no one will find out, we will be careful," she assured him.      

"Your dad already isn't very fond of me, on top of that if he sees you sneaking in or leaving my room then—"      

Cutting him off, she rolled her eyes, "Come on Seb, stop being such a baby."      

"Do they know you both are living together?" Noah inquired.      

Glaring at Seb, Ellie answered, "Well, all thanks to our dear boss who stopped me from telling me the truth."      

"I just didn't want to give her father a heart attack. I am telling you, you guys should have seen the look he gave me when she told him about our relationship. He would have thrown me out of the house." Helplessly shaking his head, Sebastian sighed. He felt so stressed whenever he thought about Harry.      

"Oh God, that look." Laughing out loud, Noah added, "You guys have no ideas how rare this look is, you don't see it often. It's very rare for Sebastian to feel super stressed and scared around someone, uncle Harry makes me nervous."      

"Don't worry Seb, uncle Harry doesn't bite," Melissa chuckled.      

"What do you know?" Seb muttered.      

….     

Florida.      

Siasco Hotel.      

Room no: 678     

"Kids are all grown up Rebecca, let them do what they want," Arthur Stewart stated.      

Folding their clothes, Rebecca retorted, "Kids will always be kids and they are our kids Arthur, if they are taking any wrong step we need to correct them."      

Scrunching his brows, he snapped, "What wrong step? We have played out part well now it's their responsibility to take care of their lives. We have played our part as parents, Sebastian and Ava are capable of handling things and taking their own decisions."      

"But—"      

"Enough, I don't want to discuss this anymore. We are leaving for San Francisco tomorrow morning and not Los Angeles," he firmly declared.      

"But Arthur, he is rumoured to be dating his assistant," she retorted.      

"Yeah so? Your son has finally shown some interest in a woman, be thankful that he isn't interested in men. Who would have helped us carry our family name forward if our only son would have turned out to be..." Helplessly shaking his head, he sighed, "We would have to rely on Noah to keep the family name going despite having a handsome young son," Arthur scoffed.      

Balling her hand into a fist, she snapped, "But she is an ordinary employee of our company, she is an—"      

Cutting her of, he remarked, "An assistant, I know and I have heard of this quite a number of times."      

"How can you be okay with such an disgraceful arrangement?" she retorted.      

"Sam married his assistant and things worked fine for them. They are happily married for years now and have a lovely son. So it doesn't sound that bad, does it?"      

Gritting his teeth, Rebecca fumed, "Doesn't this affect you at all? How can you talk of it like it's nothing?"      

"All I care about is the company, the profits have increased tremendously over the months which means that the boys are working hard. The rate at which the company is moving, we don't need any external help anymore. In fact, if things go at this rate for a couple of months, I think people will come to us for help," Arthur proudly exclaimed.      

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