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.

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

after all these years of friendship, it hurt her to see how

but Haley reached out to stop her. On the

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

Aaron have broken up,” Ellie said, avoiding eye contact and

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

ties didn’t fully describe what

didn’t want to bring up Aaron, she couldn’t help herself. “You know we’ve been

now that you’re breaking up, you have nothing but excuses. Haley,

gaze toward the road, eyes teary. “Matters of the heart are unpredictable. Aaron didn’t do anything wrong, but I had to face the truth. I realized what I really wanted, and is it so

heart as she looked at

had gone around holding hands with Alex, enjoying wild nights on boats, accepting gifts from him, and bringing him to dinner parties… Breaking up could happen

She had used this method to wound Aaron and then casually let him go!

Sun, Jan 26 GT

Chapter 53