Love's Tangled Web by Donna Taylor

Chapter 173

Ellie tossed aside her blanket and got out of bed. Her eyes were red, and she spoke with a catch, “When I was little, you gave me a piece of candy. I could be happy for days.”

“You spun me around in the yard and let me hide in your blanket whenever I felt homesick. I thought that was what it meant to care and happiness!” Ellie said.

Alex got up, threw the blanket over Ellie, and said, “If you felt happy, why did you leave the Warren family back then?”

Ellie gave Alex a hard shove. He didn’t move an inch, but she stumbled back two steps. Tears of anger filled her eyes as she shouted, “Because you’re a man who was already engaged, you have someone you need to protect!”

Ellie replied, “I’m not a child who can be comforted by just one piece of candy anymore. I’ll find someone who truly cherishes me!”

Alex stared at Ellie, his frustration boiling over. “If you’re so eager to cut ties with me, why did you return to the Warren family anyway?”

you hadn’t pushed me into a corner because of Haley,

her head in her hands

broke down. He just watched her cry, feeling like something was stuck in his chest–heavy, suffocating, and

“As long as you follow what I say, no one

her tear–stained eyes and shook her head firmly. “You’re lying!”

you behave like you used to, I

it! Ellie exclaimed, standing up abruptly, with Alex getting up as well. They stood by the bed. Ellie threw off the blanket with a mess of hair. Her eyes were red from crying, looking utterly distraught.

and said with tears, “In your mind, my life is worth less than dirt. I don’t even deserve respect and worse than

me watch you take Haley from my

me out of the car on a stormy night! In the cinema, you protected Haley and left, not caring about my safety! You knew

you know what Haley did to me in Ameria?” The thought of those unbearable six months brought Ellie to tears.

said, “For half a year, I lived with a hat, sunglasses, and mask, only daring to remove the mask to eat in hidden corners while being pointed at and laughed at.