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"Sure," she then replied and took her finger off the intercom.

Mia then looked towards Mason. "Sorry, I have to go," she smiled apologetically, "But I'll see you for dinner tonight?"

Mason nodded and smiled at her. He didn't get to say what he wanted, but at least they were having the dinner where he could talk to her.

"Yeah, of course. See you later," he replied, and walked out of her office.

***

After Mia had brought Sebastian the Everton file, the two of them began to work on it together throughout the whole morning and towards lunch time.

Sebastian looked at Mia, as she neatly bundled up the loose papers and placed them within the file, a little frown coming over her face when one paper wasn't aligned with the others. Something he found himself staring at.

Just as Mia looked up at him, he cleared his throat and tried to put on a blank expression.

"So, you'll be able to sort out the notes into something proper and send it off today, yeah?" He asked, nodding towards the notes she made on her tablet. "If it's too much, I can-," he started to ramble.

Mia stopped him before he could continue and gently shook his head.

"Sebastian, it's fine. You don't have to treat me like a porcelain doll after that night," she said.

She could tell that his slightly more 'polite' behaviour only really came over that night where they were attacked. He clearly believed it was his fault, but Mia didn't really place blame on him. He made a plan to scare her, but none of what actually happened was a part of it.

Sebastian couldn't help but tense a bit, as the memory of those men hurting Mia passed through his mind.

"I just-" he began, however Mia cut him off.

"It's okay. Look at me," she smiled at him.

As she said those words, Mia watched as he gave her an indescribable look, one that seemed all too intense for her.

Sebastian couldn't help but look at her. Really look at her. He noticed the way her curls were tangled within one another and he felt this urge to run his hand through them. He saw how the frame of her glasses had a lighter shade of brown to them, than the top, the colour resembling closely to her eyes.

Mia then realised that they had held their eye contact for way too long and decided maybe she should make a move to leave.

"Okay, I'm going to head out to lunch then," she announced and got up from her seat.

Sebastian snapped out of his daze in that moment and saw Mia get up from her seat, holding the file and tablet in her hands.

Before she could leave his office, Sebastian called out her name and stood up from his chair.

"Miss Sareen?"

Mia turned around. "Yes?" She asked him curiously.

He hesitated for a moment, before finally asking her. "Do you, would you want to go out to lunch with me?".

Sebastian had been twisting within himself. He didn't exactly know whether it was right, or appropriate, to ask her what he did. However, he just wanted to get to know her a bit more, for a reason he couldn't understand himself, nor could he explain.