Trapped In Her Heart - Chapter 266

Next day.

Park.

“What? Jealous of me?”

Ellie nodded her head and explained, “Yes, he gets super jealous whenever I mention your name.”

“You haven’t told him who I really am, right?” When she shook her and chuckled, Markus sighed and helplessly shook his head. “You are seriously very mischievous at times, why would you trouble him like that? Poor Sebastian must be thinking his beautiful girlfriend is hanging out with a handsome man in the park everyday.”

“Well, that is not entirely wrong, I mean you are a handsome man Markus,” she chuckled.

“Of course, you have no idea how many women are still crazy about me but I wanna stay loyal to my one and only woman who is probably having fun with handsome angels in heaven.” Looking at the sky, he scoffed, “Have fun until I come up there.”

“You still miss her, right?”

He sighed and nodded his head. “Yes I do and I always will. She was part of me, I just wish I could have got a chance to spend more time with her.” Pausing for a while, he added, “Anyway, forget about that and tell me why haven’t you told Sebastian about me yet?”

“It’s not that I don’t want to but he doesn’t wanna know. He shushes me everytime I try to tell him about you.”

“Well, I have a feeling that he will find out very soon.” Without waiting for her reply, he enthusiastically inquired, “Now why don’t you tell me about the gown you will be wearing for the Gala.”

Scrunching her brows, Ellie asked, “How did you know about the Gala? I don’t remember telling you anything about it.”

“I know everything.” Grinning from ear to ear, he added, “Now tell me about your gown.”

“I went shopping with Seb yesterday, I helped him pick up a tux and he helped me with the gown. Later I fought with him and also did not talk to him for a while—”

Cutting her off, Brandon frowned, “Why did you fight with him again?”

“That gown was so expensive, I told him not to get it for me but he kept on insisting.” Helplessly shaking her head, she complained, “I could have bought at least 20 dresses and so many other thighs with that money.”

“Oh come on, money isn’t a big deal. You and Seb will be appearing in public together as a couple for the first time, of course you both need to shine. Sebastian is the CEO of the company and you are his woman, you both need to stand out in the crowd and awestruck everyone,” he explained.

Nervously biting her lips, Ellie exclaimed, “To be honest I am very scared and nervous, I told Seb going together is a bad idea but he insisted that we should go together.”

“You are just stressing over it too much, all you have to do is ignore the judgy eyes of unnecessary people.” Placing his hand on hers, he explained, “Let me tell you one thing Ellie, people whom you meet on banquets and Gala’s like this aren’t important. You don’t have to care about them, most of them are just a bunch of useless people who are jealous of you. All you have to do is smile at them and then walk away.”

Placing her head on his shoulder, she sighed, “I wish I could take you there for some extra confidence.”

“You never know, you might see me there,” he chuckled.

“I would be more than happy if that actually happened.” Glancing at the watch, she gasped, “I am late again, Seb will start being cranky early in the morning if he doesn’t see me right on time.”

Grabbing her bag, she added, “Before I forget, my parents are coming here next week so I am taking a short leave from office. I might not be able to come here but I will call you everyday, okay?”

“Sure, don’t worry about that.”

Giving him a quick brief hug, she rushed out of the park.

…..

Stewart International and Group.

Sebastian��s office.

“Business major, that is what Ava had taken when she was in college, how could you just fit her in anywhere you feel like? What about her certificate? Are you going to let them remain useless for the rest of her life?” When Rebecca heard about Ava’s new post in the company, she was very unsatisfied. She wanted her daughter to work for some important department or alongside Noah and Sebastian but things turned out to be different than she had expected.

“Knowledge is never useless, Ava majored in that subject which increased her knowledge and that is a good thing.” Taking his reading glasses off, Sebastian explained, “But just because she majors in something and has a certificate, it doesn’t mean I have to act according to that. We also have to consider what she wants to do and become in life.”

“She has already chosen a path she wanted to follow and—”

Cutting her off, he snapped, “No mom, she had no other choice but to follow a path you forced her to.” Pausing for a while, he added, “There is a difference between them, don’ttry to just force things on her just like you did with me.”

Taking a deep breath to calm himself down, he explained, “I am not trying to complain or argue with you and I am not saying what I am today isn’t something I wanted to do. Taking over this company was one of the many things I wanted to do and maybe if you hadn’t forced me here, I would have been somewhere else.”

“I don’t regret any decision that I have taken in my lfe but I don’t want Ava to go through the same thing I have. Noah and I are taking acre of this company because that is something we like and enjoy doing but it’s not the same for Ava. Even if we force her in some department, she will just force herself to work everyday and not enjoy what she is doing,” Sebastian explained.

“So you just shoved her in any random department?” Rebecca snapped still not satisfied with Sebastian and Noah’s action.

“Ava has always loved doing these kinds of things. Do you remember how she used to take charge of dad’s birthday? Everything used to be so perfect and in the right order. In fact, she even took up a course on event management.” Without waiting for her reply, he added, “And who said that is just a random department? The event management team is as important has the financial and executive team. All the events and programs organized by the company which helps us grow and leave our mark in various sectors of business is very important. If Ava takes over that department than Noah and I have one less thing to worry about because I know she is going to manage it better than anyone else.”

When Rebecca did not say anything, Sebastian sighed, “Just trust her, everything is going to be okay.”

Just then Ellie entered the room. When she saw Rebecca, she was about to excuse herself to give them some privacy when Sebastian stopped her.

“El, did you see the red file?”

“It’s in the drawer,” she answered.

“I checked but I couldn’t find it, can you find it for me?”

She nodded her head and slowly made her way towards them. Stopping right beside Rebecca, she greeted her, “Good mor—” Ellie stopped midway when she walked out without sparing a glance at her.

Helplessly shaking her head, she sighed and started looking for the file in the drawer. By now Ellie had already consoled herself saying that her boyfriend’s mother probably hated her. Rebecca’s cold behavior no more bothered her.

Taking the file out, she placed it on his desk. “Here is the file, it was right on top.”

Grabbing her hand, he pulled her in his lap. “I missed you.”

“I was just away for thirty minutes,” she chuckled.

“Uh huh but I still missed you.”

Fidgeting with his tie, she stated, “Your mom looked angry.”

“Hmm she is mad because of Ava.”

Scrunching her brows, she inquired, “Why?”

“She wanted us to recruit her somewhere else but we didn’t so—anyway, she is gonna make her peace with it after a few days,” he explained.

Kissing his forehead, she remarked, “You and Noah took the right decision, I am proud of you.”

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