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.

whoever she wanted–whether it was Aaron or Alex. But what Ellie couldn’t accept was how effortlessly Haley had moved on after hanging between two guys for so long, only to make the breakup sound so fresh

years of friendship, it hurt her

out to stop her. On the sidewalk beside the road, two once–close friends found their eyes

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

Ellie said, avoiding eye

years of friendship, are you really going to cut ties

smile, knowing that cutting ties didn’t fully describe what was happening.

“You know we’ve been friends for years. Since we’re good friends, how could you hurt

that you’re breaking up,

I had to face the truth. I realized what I really wanted, and is it so

looked at Haley, unsure

gifts from

She had used this method to wound Aaron and then casually let him go! And now, she dared to claim she was just stopping herself from getting

Sun, Jan 26 GT

Chapter 53