Trapped In Her Heart

Placing her hand on his, Ellie smiled, "People are right, you are really different, in a good way of course." 

Pausing for a while, she continued, "I don't know how it feels to live that way because I was never restricted from doing anything. My parents never stopped or forced their decisions on me. Well, I am not saying that my parents are better than yours or anything like that but my point is, people say that our upbringing defines our character. I am carefree because my parents always taught me to live for the present and not for the future but it's not the same for you." 

Her hand still on his, she turned her upper body towards him and added, "You know why I think that you are different? Because according to the surrounding and parents you grew up with, you should've been a super grumpy, selfish, annoying, merciless man with a very cold and unapproachable attitude. But you are completely opposite of that. I mean I don't know about others but the time we have spent together, I realised that you are very sweet, fun loving and caring too."

Slightly squeezing her hand which was over his, she smiled, "Your loving nature despite being taught to remain distant is what makes you different. Maybe you had a rough childhood or maybe it wasn't the best one but that is the past now, it's long gone and now you have a fantastic present and an adventurous future, waiting for you to explore new things."

Ellie did mean each and everything she had said. No matter what others say but for her, Sebastian was the sweetest of all. The more time she spent with him, he kept warming up his heart with his extraordinary sweetness. She had no idea what would happen in the future, she didn't know whether tomorrow he would want to spend time with her or not but she didn't want to think about it. She wanted to cherish and explore new things with him as long as she could and he wanted to. Yes, she wanted him to explore new things with her but of course she was too shy to say that loud.

Staring at her hand which was perfectly placed on his, Sebastian felt immensely pleased and at the top of the world. His heart was leaping and bouncing in excitement while there were butterflies feasting inside his stomach. He never knew that night walks felt so good. Maybe Noah was right about going for a walk after it's dark. 

Swearing to listen to Noah often, he smiled and asked, "So do you like sitting on the grass? And do you still eat mud?" 

"No I don't eat mud and yes, I do like sitting on the grass and just stare at the beautiful sky, filled with stars." Taking a deep breath, she continued, "This was a part of my bucket list."

"Bucket list?" 

"Yes bucket list, why? Don't you have one?" When Sebastian shook his head, she added, "Hmm well, not everyone has a bucket list."

All curious about her bucket list, he decided to nudge her to him more about it. "So what does your bucket list consist of?"

Pulling her hand back, she chuckled, "Nothing so special."

Slightly disappointed over not having her hand on his, Sebastian quickly brushed his thoughts away and asked, "You can share if you want to, I won't steal them."

Ellie chuckled and started telling him about her bucket list, "Sitting on the grass and watching the stars is one of them. Getting a job for myself for the first time, moving out of Seattle and trying something huge are a few that I've already accomplished." 

"Hmm, so what falls under the 'yet to happen' list?" He asked.

"Ahh there are quite a few under that category and going on a road trip is one of them." 

Sebastian raised his brows and asked, "Road trip? You have never been on one?"

"No, I mean I did go on road trips with my parents but the road trip in my bucket list isn't that type. I want to go on a carefree road trip where we can stop in between to admire the scenery and take pictures and then stop by a restaurant and try new kinds of food." Taking a deep breath, she smiled, "Maybe one day I'll make that happen."

"You—"

Ellie hissed when his elbow touched her swollen one. Holding it, she gently c.a.r.e.s.sed it and squeezed her eyes shut.

Sebastian frowned when he saw her injured elbow. Slowly grabbing her arm, he examined it and asked, "When did this happen?" 

He was there with her all the time so he wondered when she managed to injure her elbow. From morning until they arrived back to the hotel, they were always together so did she fall in her room and injure herself? 

"Umm I fell down at the restaurant." 

He frowned deeper and snapped, "What? When?"

"After you left." Without waiting for her reply, she added, "I wanted to follow you so while I was rushing over, I ended up tripping on the table and then this happened." 

"What? Why didn't you tell me about it? I would've taken you to the hospital and it wouldn't have looked so bad." He snapped louder.

"Boss you are breaking your promise and lashing at me again," Ellie complained.

Calming himself down, he grabbed her other hand and helped her up, "Let's go to the hospital."

She widened her eyes in shock and stopped him. "What? Hospital? We don't have to go to the hospital for this, I'll be okay. I just need to apply some ice and it will be all fine."

"Okay so did you apply some ice on this?" When Ellie lowered her head, Sebastian gritted his teeth and dragged her out of the garden, towards the hotel.

Mentally cursing himself for being careless and leaving her alone at the restaurant, even though he knew how clumsy she was, he promised himself never to leave her alone in the future.

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