Rushing towards Ellie who was standing in a corner, Melissa grabbed her hand and dragged her towards Ava. Wrapping her arms around her neck, Melissa smiled. "So Ava this is Ellie, my childhood best friend and my partner in crime."
"Is she the one who knocked the guy who was harassing you in school down?" Ava asked.
When Melissa nodded her head, Ava squealed in excitement and pounced into Ellie's embrace. "Ahhhhhhh you are so great. I have heard so many stories about you from Mel."
"Wait what? Someone harassed you in school?" Noah asked.
Melissa nodded her head and explained, "Yes but after Ellie thrashed him, that boy started following her around because he was impressed with her skills."
Looking at Ellie, Noah pursed his lips. "You can thrash?"
"Ahh we were kids back then and he was way more skinnier than me so it wasn't so hard and-"
Cutting her off, Melissa snapped, "Don't lie, Ellie has taken self defence classes when she was young so she has her own moves."
"Woah I always wanted to take one but I wasn't allowed to because according to my parents, fighting is not something a girl should learn or resort to." In fact, Ava was never allowed to do anything. She wasn't allowed to do any sleepovers, late night parties or opt for something that she liked.
"My dad forced me in because he believes that one shouldn't be dependent on someone else to protect them. I was reluctant at first too but now I am happy that I took those classes. Hey, why don't you take them now?" Ellie asked.
Grabbing Ellie's hand, Ava asked, "Will you teach me?"
"Wait what? Me? I-"
"Please please please, I swear I'll be a very good student." Ava pleaded.
"I mean I would love to but my schedule is a bit tight and-" seeing the excitement in Ava's face, Ellie didn't have the heart to turn her down. "You know what? I'll squeeze in some time for you okay? May be in the morning before I report in the office or may be after I am done with work?"
"Anything will do. Ahh thank you so much El, you are also my angel." Giving Ellie a hug, Ava was about to say something when Sebastian snapped, "Ms Miller, I think we have a meeting to attend."
Ellie widened her eyes in shock and pursed her lips. She completely forgot about her boss who was in the same room. "Yeah right sir, we should leave."
Grabbing his briefcase, Sebastian rechecked the documents before getting up and straightening his suit.
"Woahhh wait a second, we were actually here to invite you people home for dinner." Noah informed.
Turning towards Ellie, Melissa said, "El I am throwing this dinner party especially for you. We have invited all our friends today so you can meet them too."
"And Seb, you need to come." Noah added.
When Sebastian frowned, Ava asked, "Stop making that face, it makes you look old. And it's just a dinner party, I am sure you can squeeze in sometime from your schedule."
Glancing at his watch, Sebastian gestured Ellie to follow him. "I'll have to see."
"But-"
Before Noah could say anything, Sebastian walked of the office along with Ellie.
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Outside Stewart Corporation
"Are the insights for the meetings ready?" Sebastian asked.
"Yes sir, I have already sorted things out and-"
"We will be meeting Mr Gordon Hudson today. He is one of our old clients and someone our company values. I want the meeting to be run smoothly and make sure not to mess things up."
Ellie vigorously nodded her head and agreed. "I'll be extra careful sir."
Just then a black Bentley stopped right in front of them.