Good listener

"Why don't you give it to him?" Patricia asked.

"I don't want to show up in front of him and piss him more. Anyway, I feel like he doesn't want to see me anymore so I want you to pass this on." Ellie didn't understand why she didn't feel like seeing him. Was it really because she didn't want to piss him off or was it because she was way too hurt and pissed.

Patricia sighed and nodded her head, "I'll surely pass this on and I'll take care of the leave thing. You just go home and relax okay? I'll manage everything here."

Ellie smiled and nodded her head.

After she left, Patricia gathered everything and made her way towards Sebastian's office.

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Nearby park.

In order to clear her head, Ellie decided to walk in a nearby park before hailing a cab. She wanted to divert her mind from the bossy and mean Sebastian but all she could think about was him and his angry face.

Great, not only did he piss her off and made her feel super bad but was also forcing her to think about him.

Sitting down on a nearby bench with her arms crossed, Ellie kept on grumbling for a long time.

"You've been doing that for the last five minutes little woman, I can say that someone has pissed you off."

Startled by the sudden interruption, Ellie jerked her head towards the old man who was sitting right next to her.

Patting her chest, Ellie sighed, "You scared me."

"You scared me with that frowned and grumbling too."

"I am so sorry, I am just pissed I guess."

The old man chuckled and said, "I may sound nosy but I happen to have lots of free time today so let's hear who pissed you off."

"Are you sure? I have a habit of rambling alot."

"And I happen to be a very good listener because I am a husband."

Ellie chuckled and helplessly shook her head, "That is a good punch line."

"Oh no honey, that is a fact. If you aren't a good listener then you are a bad husband. Anyway, so tell me what is it?" The old man asked.

Crossing her arm in the front, she frowned and asked, "How difficult is it to bring slight changes in your life? I mean aren't slight changes good and healthy? Here I am trying to add some color into his bland life and there he is shouting at me and asking me to get out. You know how long it took me to fix his schedule?"

When the old man shook his head, she added, "Sixty minutes, yes, a whole hour and what does he do? Crumples it and tosses it inside the dustbin. Like seriously? How can he be so mean?" Ellie was now more pissed than hurt. The more she thought about it, she felt even more angry. She was super mad at Sebastian.

Keeping quiet for quite some time, the old man sighed, "Okay, so I'll assume you are mad at your boyfriend for—"

Cutting him off, she snapped, "He isn't my boyfriend, he is my boss, my stupid, meanie, arrogant and annoying boss."

When the old man chuckled, she glared at him and retorted, "Thank you so much because your chuckle is really soothing my anger."

"Ahh little woman, you surely have a really bad temper but its funny." When Ellie gave him a confused look, the old man added, "I mean why would anyone get so mad when their boss shouts at them? Unless this is your first job and this is the first time someone has lashed out at you when you are at work. But if it isn't, I don't see why you are so pissed that you are sitting in this park at 11am instead of working."

Pausing for a while, he added, "Isn't getting lashed out by bosses pretty normal? I mean, all bosses do is lash out, scream and shout. But since this is affecting you so much, maybe you like your boss."

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