Love's Tangled Web by Donna Taylor

Chapter 104

Chapter 104

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“Ellie misunderstood me before. I just wanted to mend fences with her, not make her drink so much,” Haley said, looking at Alex awkwardly.

As Alex stared intently at Ellie with a gloomy look, she quickly pulled Alex back to his seat. “Alex, I know you care about me. Ellie’s already had her drink, so don’t blame her. Just sit down.”

Ellie put down her glass and accidentally brushed her fingers against the fork on the plate, quickly pulling her hand back in pain.

“Ellie, your hand is bleeding.” Lacey quickly grabbed a napkin and handed it over.

Ellie took the napkin and pressed it against her injured finger, “I’m going to the restroom.”

stumbled into the restroom, splashing cold water on her flushed cheeks over and over. Those who are favored are always fearless, so Haley

didn’t even have the right to be jealous. Life wasn’t like the movies, and

one could forget his love either with time or with a new flame. Ellie chose

eyes, and her hidden feelings would flood back. Yet, she also knew trying to forget with a new love was just fooling herself, and it might drag an innocent

it.

She believed that if she faced her feelings bravely and worked hard to let go, one day when she saw Alex again, the heart that had fluttered for

the first time she had so much strong liquor.

the wall, when suddenly someone grabbed her arm and pulled her into an unfamiliar room. Shocked, she quickly became soberer and saw it was Alex. She took a couple of steps

each other, neither speaking first. Alex looked upset and reached for Ellie’s injured

frowned and stepped forward, trying again to

reached for her hand, and for the third time, she backed away until she was against the wall and

trapped Ellie in the narrow space between the wall and himself,

it.

“Let me see.”

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head. “No, it’s none

engaged in an intense struggle, neither willing to give up, and soon both were soaked in sweat.