Love's Tangled Web by Donna Taylor

Chapter 82

Chapter 82

Ellie slowly came to amidst a wave of pain. When she realized a strange man was staring at her with predatory eyes, she screamed in fear.

Taking advantage of the with her hands. The man, in pain, slapped Ellie hard,

causing her to fall san’s distraction, she attacked his eyes

into the pool, disoriented.

She struggled desperately in the pool, gasping for help as water flooded her lungs, making it hard to breathe. Helplessly, she watched two men approaching her in the water.

Just as Ellie felt she was about to suffocate, someone yanked her hair, followed by a stinging slap to her face. Her face went numb from the pain, her head spinning, and a ringing sound filled her ears.

“You slut, you almost poked my eyes out! I’m going to kill you!” The terrifying voice came from above as the man forced Ellie under the water.

As her awareness started fading and she felt close to death, she was yanked up by her hair to the surface, only to be slapped again and again. This repeated so many times that Ellie eventually had no strength left.

Closing her eyes, she sank beneath the water again, her mind floating to the image of a sharply handsome face–it was sometimes smiling, other times frowning, sometimes angry, and occasionally silent…

She thought, ‘What a shame! After trying so hard, now at the brink of death, all she could think about was him. In the end, she still couldn’t push him out of her heart.

repeated torment from the two men, Ellie had no strength

the water again, she desperately gripped the part of the pool ladder that was still

yelled at her, hit her, or pulled her hair, she just wouldn’t let go. She thought, “Better to sink down than be humiliated like

felt homesick, missing her

her and took her into their room. When she saw Carlos’s serious face, it scared her and made her cry even more when she was handed over to Evan, the butler.

one night Nancy carried her into Alex’s room and placed her on his bed.

at that moment. Even though he looked annoyed, he still tucked her in, warning her with a frown, “If you

strange!‘ Ellie thought to herself, and as she pondered, the pain

men who were pulling her hair and shouting at her. Layton was also shocked by the scene and hurried

Layton

knife from beside the pool and jump into the pool. He realized that those two fools

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pigs being slaughtered echoed from the pool, and bright red bload

her barely cover body with shocking marks, his eyes turned red with anger. He gently laid

bending down to give her

in his eyes, knelt beside Ellie, calling her name over and over. He didn’t even notice that his

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spat out some water and slowly came to. “Let go of me!”

warm breath on her neck, making her scream in fright and struggle