Love's Tangled Web by Donna Taylor

Chapter 197

Nancy was knocking outside the restroom, and Ellie was trapped by Alex in a very compromising position on the sink’s countertop, unable to escape.

Ellie was about to cry, but Alex was unmoved.

The two locked eyes, and Alex asked again, “Tell the truth and let you go. Where did you hide those paintings”

Ellie’s eyes flickered briefly before she suddenly frowned and held her lower back. “It hurts.”

“Where does it hurt? Let me see.” Without a second thought, Alex let Ellie go, lifted her off the sink, and reached out to check her lower back by raising her dress.

Ellie took the chance to push Alex away and hurried out of the bathroom as quickly as she could.

Nancy had already reached the living room door when she saw Ellie coming out of the bathroom. She turned back, saying. “Elje, I didn’t know you were in the room.”

Before Nancy finished speaking, she saw her son strutting out of Ellie’s bathroom. Nancy gave the two a complicated look. Ellie met Alex’s warning gaze and, with some hesitation, said, “I asked Alex to help adjust the showerhead height.”

“Oh, that’s how it is. Nancy breathed a sigh of relief,

Alex felt a

eyes, stepped toward Ellie, and asked,

Ellie, Alex moved forward, and Ellie

slap on the forehead, saying, “You rascal, is that how you talk to your

there from Nancy’s slap, glaring fiercely

a lot without blaming you. We’ve gained a daughter in the Warren family, and you’ve got a

angrily retorted, “Who the hell wants to

is my

look, Alex gave Ellie a

out with anger as he tried to keep his voice calm. “Make me acknowledge her as my sister? Not in this

lose it, so she quickly pulled her into her room and looked at Alex. “Mom, don’t

are you calling mom?” Alex nearly lost it when he heard Ellie call Nancy “mom.” He angrily pointed at Ellie, ready to blow up.

ear, but he leaned back to avoid

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