Love's Tangled Web by Donna Taylor

Chapter 81

At the same time, in the private room, Lacey was the first to note Ellie had been gone for too long and stopped the music. “Haley, where’s Ellic?” she asked.

It wasn’t until Lacey spoke that everyone realized Ellie and Haley had gone out together and hadn’t returned for a long time. They all turned to Haley curiously.

Haley smiled and explained, “Ellie said she wasn’t really into the party atmosphere, so she headed home early.”

Lacey picked up her phone but saw no messages from Ellie, which made her feel uneasy. “Did she have something urgent? Why did she leave without saying anything to me?” she said.

When Haley saw Lacey was about to call Ellie in front of everyone, she quickly stepped in to stop her. “She asked me to let

know. I didn’t want to dampen the mood, so I stayed quiet, Haley explained.

down, Alex got up to leave. Seeing this, Haley quickly stopped him

“Just wait for me here. I’ll come back to pick you up

it a bit much to be so controlling at her age!” Haley commented knowingly,

now. If she’s meeting

teasing

too much, you have to

Haley’s playful expression and affectionately pinched her cheek. “Alright, I’ll take you back to my place when you’ve had enough,” he

Haley’s heart fluttered at Alex’s words. Blushing, she pulled Alex back to their seats.

pool, two men sat wearing only their shorts,

eyes fixed on her chest and he said, “You think just because you hooked up with Alex, 1 can’t do anything to you

next to him paused in the middle of unzipping Ellie’s side, “Trevor, you don’t mean Alex, the heir to the top

“Alex beat me up over

Alex’s woman, quickly pulled back, “We can’t