Trapped In Her Heart

Sebastian's heart skipped several beats when Ellie invited him to watch a movie together. He didn't want to leave and Ellie just gave him a reason to stay back and spend some time with her.

When he did not say anything, Ellie felt very embarrassed thinking that she was sounding very unnecessarily clingy. Why would he want to stay? And why did she even want him to stay? 

"It's okay if you don't want to, It was just a random thought and—"

Without waiting for her reply, he stepped into the apartment again. 

Sitting on the couch, he asked, "Which movie are we going to watch today?" 

Ellie smiled and quickly shut the door before rushing towards her room to grab her laptop.

Taking out his phone from his pocket, Sebastian turned it off before tossing it aside. He didn't want any kind of disturbance while watching a movie with her.

When Ellie sat down beside him, he took the laptop from her hand. "So what are we gonna watch today?"

"Why don't we watch a legit movie today? I mean not Disney." 

"Hmm okay but what kind?" 

Thinking for a while, she said, "There is this movie on Netflix, Five feet apart. I heard that it's very nice so why don't we watch that?" 

"I am okay with anything." He would watch anything as long as she was beside him.

...

An hour later.

Sebastian frowned when he suddenly started hearing sniffing sounds. Looking at Ellie who was wiping her tears, he widened his eyes in shock.

Pausing the movie, he turned towards her. "Hey, why are you crying? Is your stomach hurting? Do you want to go to the doctor?" 

Placing her hand on her c.h.e.s.t, she started sobbing harder. "It hurts so bad."

Thinking that she is having an acute c.h.e.s.t pain or worse, a heart attack, Sebastian panicked. "It's alright, don't panic. Just keep taking deep breaths until the ambulance arrives okay?" Picking up his phone, he was about to call the ambulance when she started sobbing harder.

"No, I am okay." 

"If you are okay then why are you crying?" 

Pointing towards the laptop screen, she said in between her sobs, "They….I….feel….so bad….for...them." 

"Them?Who?" 

Wiping her tears with the back of her hand, she buried her face in her knees. "Stella and Will."

He frowned and breathed a sigh of relief when he realised that she was talking about the movie characters. 

Patting her head, he tried to console her. "It's fine, they are fictional. They are not really sick and are not gonna die."

"But the pain is real." 

Patting her back, Sebastian took a deep breath, "It's alright, don't cry anymore. We will not watch these kinds of movies in the future, okay? Now do you want some water?" Without waiting for her reply, he added, "Never mind, I'll get it for you."

After fetching a glass of water for her, he started looking for some funny comedy movie. 

"Hmm I guess we should watch Home alone," Sebastian suggested.

"But we aren't done with that."

"No, we are not gonna watch that anymore. You'll surely end up in the office with swollen red eyes tomorrow and your eyes will hurt too." 

Taking another sip, Ellie stretched her hands to keep the glass on the table but Sebastian grabbed it instead.

"I'll keep it in the kitchen."

Taking the glass from her hand, he brushed his thumb in the corner of her left eyes, followed by the right. "You see, this is why I told you not to cry, your eyes are all red and swollen."

When she blushed and lowered her head, he took a deep breath and got up before rushing towards the kitchen.

Placing her hand on her wildly beating heart, Ellie gulped in nervousness. His closeness made her feel very weird but surprisingly, she was liking the weird feeling and sensation. 

…..

Around midnight.

After watching the first three Home Alone sequels, Sebastian closed the laptop and sighed. 

Looking at Ellie who was soundly sleeping on his shoulder, he smiled. He was actually very worried about her when he saw her swollen red eyes. He didn't like seeing her that way. He loved it when she smiled and her smile made him smile too. 

He only felt at peace when she started laughing while watching the other movie. 

Taking a mental note of not watching any tragic or sad movies with her, Sebastian slowly lifted her up in his arms.

Wait, does that mean he wanted to do this with her again in the future? Was he actually looking forward to having many movies nights with his assistant in the future? 

Walking towards her bedroom, he smiled. Yes he was looking forward to it. He liked spending time with her because it made him feel at peace and forget about all the things that trouble him.

His smile widened when Ellie snuggled closer and started mumbling something in her sleep just like a small kid. Well, there was definitely no different between ber and a small kid. She was sweet and innocent just like a newborn child.

Maybe this is why he feels so attached to her because she isn't fake or pretentious like the other assistant's that Noah had hired for him. Ellie was different, very different than everyone he was working with. Not only that, she felt different too.

Placing her on the bed, he carefully covered her with the quilt. Squatting down, he removed a strand of hair from her face and tucked it behind her ear. 

After taping her nose, he got up and started checking the windows. Making sure that everything was locked and safe, he grabbed his phone from the table and left the apartment with a huge grin on his face.

Sebastian had never experienced so many emotions and had never lived his life this way until Ellie showed up. She was slowly adding colours in his life and also earning brownie points from Sebastian's heart.

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