When they reached the car, Don Gardner sat her in the back seat and sat beside her. As soon as she realized Don Gardner was sitting beside her, she hugged him again.
"Be good; sit in your spot quietly," he said in an emotionless voice, trying to push her away from him. What he had wanted to say was, "Don't touch me," but he didn't want her to become a crybaby again because his words were harsh.
'He didn't want to act impulsively because of her clinginess and regret it later.'
Seeing Odeta and her ex-fiance hugging each other caused an unknown feeling of possessiveness to rise within him; the feeling consumed him so much that he was confused as to why he felt such strong possessiveness towards her.
