544 happiness would last for a lifetime this time

Sebastian felt his heart hurt seeing her like this, so he hugged her. As far as he knew, she would neither listen nor hear whatever he had to say while she was crying and the last thing he wanted was to ever make her cry.

It felt like they went back to the times when he mostly said the wrong things, and Ellen would get angry but too scared to scold him. Ellen did not want him to hug her, but her strength was not a match for him. So, she could only cry. After a while, she finally calms down.

Seeing that she was calm, Sebastian decided to let her go; Ellen was so happy to regain her freedom that she wanted to move as far away from him as possible, but Sebastian quickly saw through her thoughts and held her back. He sat up and made her sit on his lap. Ellen did not want this, but she knew that struggling with him was useless, so she calmed down and waited for him to let her go.