Love's Tangled Web by Donna Taylor

Chapter 111

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Ellie lifted her head and looked at Alex with a blank gaze, her lips trembling as she said, “Since you know my life is worthless. to you, please stay as far away from me as possible.” Then she pulled her suitcase and resolutely turned to leave.

Alex’s intense eyes were fixed on Ellie’s disheveled figure. Even though he was taking deep breaths, his chest felt tight and suffocating. “I’ll take you back to change your clothes before going to the airport,” he said, holding her wrist.

Ellie didn’t say anything. Instead, she used all her strength to break free from his grip.

Alex’s neck veins bulged as he tried to restrain himself. He glared at Ellie with fiercely red eyes and yelled, “You almost got Haley killed, and you still think you’re in the right?”

Seeing the tears Ellie was holding back, Alex went to grab her suitcase. His face was gloomy, but he instinctively lowered his voice. “Come back with me, change your clothes, and I’ll take you to the airport. You’re soaked like this. Do you want to catch a cold?”

Ellie grabbed her suitcase back and dashed onto the road, flagging down a cab to leave.

shouted, staring in the direction where the cab disappeared. He felt like his heart had been ripped out, leaving him with a feeling of

staring out the window at Alex’s bloodshot eyes. He was fixated on the road where the taxi had

reacted quickly earlier–seeing Alex approachi deliberately fell into the river when Ellie pushed her, making Alex

but also, knowing full well that Ellie couldn’t swim, left

again. Thinking of this, Haley couldn’t hide the glee in her eyes. After a moment’s hesitation, she suppressed her glee

Ellie doesn’t like me, yet I insisted on offering her a ride to the airport, trying to please her,” Haley said.

focused on where Ellie had gone, she swayed slightly, as if she might lean

Alex back to reality “You’re soaking wet. Why did you get out of the car?” Alex steadied her and checked

of Alex with his arm wrapped around Haley through the rearview mirror. Turning her gaze away,

Alex had bravely jumped into the river to save Haley just a little while ago, and the

with Haley in his arms,

was being slowly cut open by the sharpest knife. At that moment,

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