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.”

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

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

with time or with a new flame. Ellie chose time, using distance to let go of her obsession

feelings would flood back. Yet, she also knew trying to forget with a new love was just fooling herself, and it

it.

heart was the one she locked herself in. 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

bathroom, Ellie stumbled out, feeling dizzy. She rarely drank, and this was the first time she had so much strong liquor. In

suddenly someone grabbed her arm and pulled her into an unfamiliar room. Shocked, she quickly became soberer and saw it

stared at each other, neither speaking first. Alex looked upset and reached for

forward, trying again to

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

his patience. He forcefully trapped Ellie in the narrow space between the wall and himself, grabbing her wrist to

it.

“Let

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her head. “No, it’s none

engaged in an intense struggle, neither willing to give up,