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.

she wanted–whether it was Aaron or Alex. But what Ellie couldn’t accept was how effortlessly Haley had moved on

hurt her to see how deeply

down, Ellie passed by Haley, but Haley reached out to stop her. On the

friendship was real and also believed that Haley once genuinely liked Aaron. But now, she simply couldn’t go back

Ellie said, avoiding eye contact and keeping her

a few deep breaths before saying, “Ellie, after all these years of friendship, are you really going to cut ties with me just because of him?”

knowing that cutting ties didn’t fully describe what was

to bring up Aaron, she couldn’t help herself. “You know we’ve been friends for years. Since

to be with him, and now that you’re breaking up, you have nothing but excuses. Haley,

anything wrong, but I had to face the

looked at Haley, unsure of what

accepting gifts from him, and bringing him to dinner parties… Breaking up could happen in

casually let him go! And now, she dared to claim

Sun, Jan 26 GT

Chapter 53