Love's Tangled Web by Donna Taylor

Chapter 53

“Ellie, are you a dog or something?” Alex shouted, shaking his arm as he chased after her.

To avoid Alex, Ellie didn’t dare go back to the cafeteria for lunch Instead, she snuck into the restroom and completely wiped everything related to him off her phone!

The sudden flutter in her heart, which had hit her unexpectedly had left her feeling like it was too late to turn back.

Every bit of love she felt for Alex was hidden in the fleeting glances they shared, in the words left unspoken during their arguments, and in the countless moments when she had secretly watched him walk away.

She had been trying to act like it didn’t matter, but over time, she found herself genuinely indifferent.

She counted down the minutes until quitting time, then hurried out. After leaving the hospital, Ellie walked to the bus stop and unexpectedly bumped into Haley.

They had been friends for so many years, and Ellie wanted to greet her, but after trying for what felt like ages, she realized she couldn’t do it.

was how effortlessly Haley had moved on after hanging between two guys for so

it hurt her to see how deeply

passed by Haley, but Haley reached out to stop her. On the sidewalk beside the road, two once–close friends found their eyes glistening with unshed

once genuinely liked Aaron. But now, she simply couldn’t go back to how things used to be.

and Aaron have broken up,” Ellie said, avoiding

took a few deep breaths before saying, “Ellie, after all these years of friendship, are you really going to

knowing that cutting ties

help herself. “You know we’ve been friends for years. Since we’re good

with him, and now that you’re breaking up, you have nothing but excuses. Haley, what exactly did Aaron do wrong?”

anything wrong, but I had to face the truth. I realized

Ellie’s heart as she looked at

on boats, accepting gifts from

wound Aaron and then casually let

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