Sebastian had heard about the ruckus that Anna had created in the office in his absence, and all that she had said and he was beyond livid.

He had reviewed the security footage from the office, over and over again, and it just caused his anger to grow more.

The insults and name-calling, that she would want to yell at him during dinner, he could let that slide, but coming into the office, his place of work, and then disrespecting Mia like that was over the line.

Suddenly, he was a lot more glad with his decision to have broken up with Anna, and her behaviour was further proof that they were never suited together.

The Anna that he knew, carried herself with a little more dignity than that at least, and clearly this was not the same person. He didn't even know who this Anna was, which made him more sure on the the fact that it was Mia who was someone he'd rather be with.

When he had seen the footage of what had happened, he couldn't help but smile. Not at what happened, but rather the way Mia handled herself. She refused to create a scene in office and just directed Anna out of the office. He liked how strong and sensible she was.

After that disturbance in the office, Sebastian found it even harder to be around Mia.

It was killing him not to hold her or even kiss her, but since he had told her, that he'd keep their relationship professional, he had to abide by that, assuming that's also what Mia wanted.

He made more effort in getting to know Mia, and as more and more time passed, it was just a lot harder to be with her. It was driving him mental and he didn't what to do. He'd never felt like this around anyone else before.

As time went on and Mia carried on working as Sebastian's assistant, she hadn't really realised that slowly it was getting closer to the end of the time she need to carry out the role for.

However, Sebastian was very aware this.

It wasn't like he was counting down the days till her departure, but he knew that Sophie was eventually going to come back from maternity leave and he'd have to let Mia go.

Only, he couldn't do that without at least trying one more time to get her to feel something, anything, for him.

Currently, Sebastian was in his flat, with Blake, Diana and Roman. He had never attempted to win someone's affections like this and thought that he could use some help, whilst he tried to think of what he could do.

"Can you two stop acting so lovey-dovey? It's making me sick," Blake scrunched up his face as he said the words to Diana and Roman.

Since the clubbing incident five months ago, Roman and Diana had grown a lot closer. After some time he'd finally confessed his feelings towards her and she reciprocated them, feeling the same way, and now they were a loved up couple, much to Blake's annoyance.

"Don't be bitter, cause you're a lonely prick," Roman replied smugly and held Diana close to him, as they on the sofa together.

"I'm not lonely, I get plenty of action," Blake smirked.

Diana's face then scrunched up. "Well, that's disgusting."

Blake scowled and then turned his head away. "Bitch," he muttered under his breath.

Unfortunately for him, Roman had heard his words and didn't take it kindly. He then threw the water bottle that was in his hand, aiming straight for Blake.

He winced when the bottle hit him straight on the arm, and rubbed the spot, whilst Diana gave her man a kiss for defending her.

"What happened to you Ro? You used to be a man." Blake then said.

Roman rolled his eyes at Blake. "I'm a man, I'm just her man now," he smiled, giving Diana a kiss on her temple, whilst she looked at Blake with a smug smile.

Blake made a gagging sound at the display of affection. "Excuse me, whilst I go throw up," he replied.

"Can you shut up?" Sebastian snapped at all three of his friends. "I called you here to help me," he groaned and held his head in his hands.

"Ah yes another pathetic soul," Blake mused.

Sebastian then looked at Blake with a deep scowl. "Fuck off. I never even called you, I called Diana and Roman," he said in annoyance.

His words caused Blake to let out fake gasp in mock hurt.

Holding his hand over his chest, dramatically, he looked at Sebastian. "We're a package deal," he declared.

"More like a third wheel," Roman muttered.

"I'm revoking your bro-membership," Blake pointed at him.

Diana snorted. "What are you five?" She asked her overgrown child of a friend.

Blake stuck out his tongue. "And a half," he proudly said.

"For the love of God, shut the hell up," Sebastian groaned, pinching the bridge of his nose.

He was feeling particularly irritated at the moment, since he could not think of anything that would help his whole situation with Mia, he didn't want to have to listen to any other nonsense right now.

Diana then glanced over to Sebastian and noticed his tense posture.

"What do you need, Seb?" She asked him.

"Help," he replied and the group just looked at him a little weirdly, since the word just sounded more like a plea from his mouth. It was a tone they hadn't heard from him before.

"With?" Roman asked.

"Mia." Sebastian replied, just her name causing a weird kind of warmth within his chest.

Blake to then shot up out of his seat. "Have I won the bet?" He asked excitedly.

Sebastian narrowed his eyes at him, since he didn't really care for the cheerful tone of Blake's voice right now.

"Not yet," he responded.

In all honesty, a part of him really wanted Blake to just win the damn bet, since that would mean he would've kissed Mia, but sadly that wasn't the case for him.

"Yet?" Blake grinned.

"For fuck sake," Sebastian groaned once more as he saw Blake's smug face.

"You like her. You really like her," Blake teased in a singing voice, whilst Diana and Roman looked on in amusement.

When Blake carried on to repeat the words, Sebastian just stared at him blankly, before a small smile managed to wake its way onto his lips.

"I do," he said.

His confession left all three of his friends startled. This was the first time he'd actually, somewhat, confessed his feelings for Mia in front of them and for Sebastian, it felt so good to finally get out.

"Oh shit," Blake was the first one to break the silence. "You can't admit it, it's only fun if you're in denial," he said, annoyed that his fun was being taken away from him.

Sebastian shook his head. "Well, I'm not. Not anymore. I like her," he stated with a proud smile.

He felt this odd sense of pride to have feelings for someone like Mia. She was just amazing. He'd never properly fallen for a girl before, not like this.

Despite being twenty-six, he'd only ever had two relationships in his whole life. One of which ended after a few weeks. But there was no real commitment on either side. No strings.

Anna was his longest relationship till date, if that could even count as one. It was an on-and-off affair, but there wasn't anything real between them. At least not for him.

All the time he'd spend with Mia at the office, the few stolen glances, the innocent grazing of their skin as they passed each other and just the feeling of happiness, from being around her. Those were things that he knew were real.

What he wanted with Mia, was so much more than someone to just warm the bed. Sebastian wanted a relationship with her, in every sense of the word.

Now, he was just lost on how to make that happen.

"Well, shit," Blake then said, as he dropped back in his seat, thinking of how he's just lost another mate to the 'love-bug' now.

"I even broke up with Anna," Sebastian then informed the group.

Diana looked at him sceptically. "Broke up, as in you turned that switch off again or broke up, broke up?" she asked.

She wasn't exactly sure what broke up meant in an on-and-off relationship.

"Broke up, for real this time," he stated. "She even came into the office and caused a whole scene."

Blake immediately started laughing at that. "No way? Really?"

He always had some sort of suspicion, that Anna was a bit of a nutcase and he was only waiting for her to fully show her true colours. Although, he hadn't really thought she'd would ever storm into an office and blow a fuse.

"It was embarrassing. I watched the footage and she had completely lost the plot," Sebastian shook his head, before he smiled slightly. "But then, Mia shut her down," he told them proudly.

"I've never been more attracted to her than in that moment," he added and Blake then made a gagging noise again, which caused Sebastian to throw a cushion at him.

Ignoring Blake, Diana looked at Sebastian. "So, what do you need us for?"

He then sighed. "I don't know how she feels about me. Things between us are different, I can feel it, it's just...it's like whenever we're close, she just clams up and runs."

Every time he thought about their near-kiss on during Leslie's birthday party, Sebastian couldn't help but grimace at the memory of that tear trailing down her cheek, and then how she ran away from him.

"Who wouldn't," Blake scoffed and another cushion came flying his way. "Ow," he muttered.

"Well can you blame her?" Diana questioned.

All three boys snapped their heads in her direction, thinking she meant the same thing as Blake.

"No, not in that way," she waved them off as Blake chuckled.

Diana continued. "You and her don't exactly have the best past," she reminded Sebastian. "-And besides when she first started, you promised to make her regret it," she refreshed his memory and he winced at that.

"I know," he sighed.

He hated that he had been a complete dick to her, both in the past and in the present.

"If I could just spend some time with her outside the office, I think I could make it work," he said, hopefully.

They had only ever been around each other in an office setting, with the only exception being that clubbing night and then the party. Their work lunches, which were helping his cause, ended abruptly after the near-kiss moment.

Although Sebastian was disappointed by that, he didn't want to push Mia. He was scared that it would effect her health if he did that, and he'd rather go completely crazy waiting for something to happen between them, than have her health effected by all of this.

Roman then cleared his throat, causing the other three to look at him.

"Plan a trip," he suggested.

"What?" Sebastian was the first to ask.

Roman just shrugged. "You've been away to different countries for work purposes, take her on a trip. If it's for work she can't say no to you and you'll be able to spend some time with her as well," he explained his plan.

Sebastian and Blake stared at him wide-eyed, whilst Diana looked at him proudly.

"This is why I love you. You're so smart," she said and placed a sweet peck on his lips, making him grin.

"Yeah Roman, you're so smart," Blake said in a flirty-girly voice, and both Diana and Roman flipped him off.

Sebastian shot out of his seat, a wide smile on his face.

"That's actually a great idea," he beamed. "There's a meeting in Amsterdam coming up soon for three days. My Dad was going to go but I could convince him to let me go instead."

"Perfect," Diana then grinned at him. "Don't be too full on with her, just be natural. If she likes you, you won't need to try so hard," she told him.

Sebastian nodded, but then frowned once again.

"And if she doesn't?" He asked.

All three give him a look. 'Are your serious?', was the silent question being asked through their expression.

Sebastian raised his brows. "What? I'm just asking."

"If she doesn't, do something that she'll have to start liking you on this trip," Roman told him, as he held Diana close to him.

Blake then groaned. "I need new friends," he declared, referring to the sappiness around him and all three found something to chuck at him. "Ow" Blake cried out.

Sebastian then thought, how woo Mia in Amsterdam?.