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9.

For a lot of people, Monday Blues were a common sentiment at the start of the week.

Some are fortunate and can't wait to get back to the grind, however some are not so enthusiastic about the idea and have to mentally prepare themselves for another mundane week.

Sebastian didn't belong to a specific set.

There were some days were he loved to come back to work and also days, usually after a weekend of drinking, where he dreaded it.

Today was one of those rotten Monday's and the reason for it was Mia.

After some days of turmoil, Mia had finally decided to accept the role of Sebastian's assistant whilst Sophie would be away. For her, it meant getting more experience, which may then result in something more fruitful. She also had Richard's word that he would help her out and she trusted him.

She despised the idea of seeing Sebastian on an everyday basis and being at his beck and call, yet if karma was a real concept, then in return, she hoped to win the lottery.

Mia was not the only one who was loathing the whole idea of working together.

Sebastian felt like he had the worst luck or possible it was fate dealing him a bad hand, since Mia was showing up in his life once more -  the girl he thought was a ghost of the past.

Instead, she was back in his life. Back to haunt him.

When Richard had told Sebastian that he had found someone to temporarily replace Sophie, he was very excited. The moment he had received the call from her, that she was ready to accept his offer, Richard felt like dancing.

After having lunch with her, Richard's gut feeling about Mia had only gotten stronger. He had shared details of his little lunch with Harry was well, and the two men were eager to see how this would unfold - mirroring the excitement one would have at the countdown for the new year.

Sebastian was surprised that Richard had found someone so quickly after having barely spoken to him about it. However, when Richard mentioned Mia's name and gave him her folder, he froze.

It was her.

Mia Sareen, the desperate girl who threw herself at one of his friends and then caused a massive rift with his best mate, which had still not mended. One that nearly caused him to lose his place at university.

He thought she was gone from his life but now, he had to suffer working with her, for five days a week.

For him, it was a nightmare, only he didn't realise Mia felt the exact same way.

The weather seemed to match Sebastian's mood completely as he went into work on the miserable Monday morning. Dark grey clouds gloomed over the sky, threatening with an heavy downpour.

Sebastian walked into his office with a grumpy look on his face, one that morphed into surprise as he saw his office was already occupied by his three close friends, Blake, Diana and Roman.

"Hey, man."

Blake greeted Sebastian, a grin on his face as he saw confusion all over his friends' face.

Sebastian just stood at the doorway to his own office in confusion.

"What are you guys doing here?" He questioned, closing the door to the office and stepping towards his desk.