Shopping

Sebastian's POV:

Cicilia, she has been the main occupant of my mind for the past few days. Whatever I do or say, reminds me of her, no matter how much I try not to think of her, I just can't take her out of my mind.

My assistant never took leave, I was the one to give her a few days leave so that I could take Cicilia along with me because...I wanted to spend some time with her.

And I was surprised that she agreed to my request so easily.

And in the elevator, no matter how much I wanted to close the distance between us and kiss her, I didn't.

And that day, a part of me said that her coldness was assumed, she was just acting, but then again it was just my perspective.

God, why the hell I keep thinking about her?!

Tomorrow is Friday again and I am really excited to meet her...I mean Angela not...her.

There was a knock on my office door and as I said, "Come in", the most unexpected person walked in.

"Now what did I do?", I questioned upon seeing Cicilia in my office along with Angela in her arms.

"Fortunately, you didn't do anything this time", she said rolling her eyes.

"Then?", I said standing up and walking over to her, "as I can see Angela is with you only, she didn't get kidnap this time, so, what else happened?"

"I want you to keep Angela with you for a few hours as I am going to my office for a meeting."

"Look, the mighty have fallen", I stated with a smirk.

"What?"

"You are requesting me and as far as I know, I have always been the one to request you, but the tables have turned this time."

She didn't seem bothered by my words as she had a bored expression on her face, "Who said I was requesting you, I am ordering you Mr.Arnold." The smirk fell from my face.

"Why do you think that I am free enough to babysit her, I am even in my office."

"You are the boss, aren't you? People won't mind if you take her to meetings and all besides she is a very quiet child."

"But that doesn't mean that I won't be coming tomorrow", I said.

"Yeah...yeah, whatever", she said handing me Angela.

"You better take care of her, Seb", she added and the nickname she gave me made me raise my brow at her in question. All my life no one has given me a nickname, not even my own parents or sister.

"Don't be so surprised, your name is too long and I am tired of calling you that."

She then kissed Angela's forehead and gave me a deadly glare which said, 'dare you do anything stupid' and she walked out.

As soon as the door closed, I said to Angela, "Your mom's anger is really scary."

As those words came out of my mouth the door opened again and there stood Cicilia with her arms folded and an angry expression was on her face, she heard me!

"I was saying that you look really...cute while you are angry", I quickly defended myself. And giving me one last glare she finally walked out.

I let out a deep breath in relief as I made my way over to my desk and sat down on my chair making Angela sit on the desk in front of me.

"So, little angel, what do you want to do?", I asked her and she gave me a confused look.

"Of course, you can't understand me. But believe me, you will be very beautiful when you will grow up."

There was a knock on the door again and my assistant walked in.

"This is the file you asked for", she said handing me the file and I nodded.

When her gaze fell on Angela, her eyes widen, "Is she your daughter, sir?!"

"Yes, she is my daughter, any problem?" I know she would have never imagined that I have a daughter and she has always flirted with me with a hope that one day she might go out on a date with me.

She gulped nervously before saying, "Nothing, sir."

"And listen Ms.Abraham, cancel all my meetings for today", I ordered.

She nodded before going out.

Next, I called my driver, Samuel, he has been working for us for the past few years. First, he used to be dad's driver and now he is my personal driver.

"Prepare the car, Samuel. We are going for shopping", I said to him.

I picked up Angela in my arms and went down by elevator. Walking out of the building, I got many stares from people but I ignored it, can't I go out with my daughter?

Samuel was there waiting by the car and as soon as he saw me, he opened the door to the backseat of the car.

And with Angela in my arms, I carefully sat inside.

"Don't mind me asking Mr.Arnold", Samuel said as he sat on the driver seat, "but is she your daughter?"

"Yes Samuel, she is my daughter."

He had a genuine smile on his face as he said, "She is really beautiful."

"Thanks."

And then there was silence as he focused his attention on the road.

Twenty minutes later we reached the mall.

As Samuel opened the door, I stepped out.

Today I didn't bring the bodyguards along with me so that I could freely move around.

Walking inside the mall, I reached the best shop that had baby's clothes. I am going to spoil her today. And as I wasn't able to buy her a crib till now, I even made a mental note to buy that today.

As I entered the shop, a saleswoman approached me and her eyes widen in shock, partly because of me and partly because of the child I had in my arms.

"Show me the best dresses for her", I told her and she nodded before disappearing behind the racks of clothes.

A few minutes later she came back with a huge heap of baby dresses. I never realized that small dresses look so cute.

I separated a handful of dresses that I liked from the heap so that Angela can try that on.

I made Angela try them on and it was a bit difficult for me to make her wear those as I was doing that for the first time. But she was looking gorgeous...I mean cute in all of them.

"I am buying all of this", I told the saleswoman who stood by me all the time to assist me.

She took the clot

I walked over to the counter to make the payment and after everything was packed, I took the bag in one hand while Angela was in my other hand. Next on the list was the crib, so, I walked into another store to buy the crib. There were many cribs of different size and design but none of it was able to catch my attention.

"Which one do you like, little angel?", I asked her as she looked at everything in fascination.

She played with her hands, not understanding a single word of mine. And then, maybe she did it involuntarily or she understood me, she pointed towards a crib that seemed to catch her attention.

It was simple and a bit girlish, made of wood which was painted a very light shade of pink.

"You like it?", I said and she made some voices and that was her way of saying yes, so I bought that crib for her. I told them the address and asked them to deliver it to Cicilia's apartment.

My phone rang and the caller ID flashed Cicilia's name and as soon as I picked it up, I was bombarded with questions, "Where are you, Seb? You are not in the office? And is Angela with you?"

"Calm down darling. I am at the mall along with Angela, we are shopping together."

"Which mall? I am coming there."

I told her the address and she said that she would be there soon as she finished with her meeting early today and I even told her the shop we were in so that she could find us easily.

I waited for her in that shop only as I looked for other items too, like toys etc.

After I was satisfied with the number of toys and other things I bought her, I paid for it. And as the payment got over, Cicilia walked in.

"Did you buy the whole shop?", she said looking at the amount of bags that were placed on the floor around me.

"Kind of", I said shrugging.

She face slammed herself saying, "I told you that she doesn't need so much of toys and clothes...let it be, there is no point shouting at you because that stupid brain of yours doesn't register a single thing."

"I will take that as a compliment." And she rolled her eyes.

I called Samuel so that he can assist me in carrying these bags. And he reached us within minutes, Samuel took some bags while I took the other and I handed Angela over to Cicilia.

An idea suddenly popped up in my mind as I said to her, "You and Amanda seem to have the same size and I have to buy few dresses for Amanda so you can try them if they fit you it will fit her also."

"As you say", she spoke after a minute.

"Come on", I said tugging onto her arm.

We reached one of the most expensive designer stores and I made her try almost twenty dresses, out of which I approved of only ten. She got really tired of trying so many dresses so I didn't force her to try any more.

Soon, we were out of the mall and on our way to her apartment.

As we reached there, I helped her carry all those packets to her house and I kept them on the floor inside her.

As I was about to move she said, "You have placed Amanda's packets also, Seb."

"You really think that Amanda would want me to shop for her, she hates my choice, darling. These are for you."

I moved out before she could say anything, leaving her in surprise.