Love's Tangled Web by Donna Taylor

Chapter 9

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Ellie had barely kicked off her shoes when the hospital called, urging her to get back to her internship.

Monday rolled around, and she was right back in the swing of things. Her boss gave her a thumbs up, dropping hints that if she kept killing it, a permanent spot might be hers for the taking

Come lunchtime, Ellie was holed up in the break room, scrolling through her phone for any part–time gigs.

Her internship paycheck was slim, and she was on the hunt for extra cash to help out at home. She refused to let Aaron be the only one holding the family together.

A quick knock and a coworker poked her head in with a mysterious, “Dr. Thompson, you’ve got a guest,” before vanishing as swiftly as she’d appeared.

met for a fleeting

the massage chair and hit the power button. It had been a few days.

made his presence known by slamming

the bag of treats to

a clear indicator that he was carrying

seat on the desk’s edge, facing her. The only sound in the room was the gentle hum of the

ease the tension. “You bailed on me with that injured leg, not even a goodbye. You’re not adding another crutch to

he’d never seen. “That’s not funny,”

for her when she was just a kid, trying to save a strange boy. If it weren’t for that, she and her brother wouldn’t

Alex’s playful demeanor turned sharp. “Ellie come on,” he said, his voice edged with annoyance. “Who’s been letting you get

to argue. To Alex, she was just a girl who’d been under