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.

the repeated torment from the two men, Ellie had no strength

her under the water again, she desperately gripped the part of the pool ladder that was still above water, closing her eyes in

wouldn’t let go. She thought, “Better to sink down than be humiliated like this. At least I

the Warren family, she often felt homesick, missing her parents and brother,

scared her

Alex’s

annoyed, he still tucked her in, warning

herself, and as she pondered, the pain suddenly disappeared.

at her. Layton

Layton

pool and jump into the pool. He realized that those two fools were in big

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slaughtered echoed from the pool, and

shocking marks, his eyes turned red with anger. He gently laid Ellie on the edge of the pool, removed his wet jacket to cover her, and immediately began

chest, occasionally bending down

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

危

came to. “Let

tightly around her, warm breath on her