Love's Tangled Web by Donna Taylor

Chapter 48

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Ellie finally gave in and agreed to go out with Alex. She didn’t want to escalate the situation, nor did she want him to freak out and drag his parents into it. Most of all, she didn’t want to worry Aaron.

Looking at Alex’s sleek silver sports car, Ellie hesitated before saying. Just give me the address. I’ll take a ride over to meet

you.

Alex stared at Ellie, his eyes narrowing slowly. “Tin just asking you to step out for a bit, not demanding your life. Why does it feel like you’re treating me like an enemy? What’s up with that?

Ellie looked down. “I just don’t want to be left behind halfway”

Her quiet voice wasn’t loud, but it made Alex knit his brows tiglly. He continued to gaze at her, and after a long pause, he finally spoke up. “It’s not that big of a deal for you to hold a grudge against me over this. Just get in the car.

Before she could protest, Alex forcibly pulled Ellie into the passenger seat. He drove while sneaking glances at her, but Ellie sat in silence the entire way, which was rare for Alex

a series of turns before stopping outside a tattoo parlor. Ellie followed Alex inside, where they were greeted by

along Layton exclaimed warmly when he saw Ellie, walking over

in return.

she realized that the shop owner and the staff were

felt her face heat up, quickly waving her

her, and seeing her flustered enough to want to disappear, he couldn’t help but smirk. “Look at you,

corrected them, “If you don’t know how to properly

The

stopped their teasing.

that a man had given him. “Help

design, and she recognized the

that’s why he insisted on dragging her here. He needed her input on where to tattoo Haley’s name on his

used to hate getting random things inked on himself. But

her chest, her ears ringing. and it seemed like everything around her faded away except for

it were you, where