Love's Tangled Web by Donna Taylor

Chapter 219

Chapter 219

Alex, sitting at the card table, glared at the glass in Ellie’s hand and said irritably, “Why aren’t you at home asleep at this hour, Ellie? You’d better…”

The words “have something to tell” hadn’t left his mouth when Ellie gripped the glass and threw it at his head.

Alex leaned back in his chair at the card table, dodging by tilting his head.

Seeing Ellie with red eyes, lunging at him again, Alex wrapped his legs around hers and grabbed her hands. “What the heck is wrong with you!?”

Ellie bit her lower lip hard, looking pale, her eyes red, and said nothing.

Her legs were trapped by Alex’s long legs, unable to move, and her hands were pinned down to the sides. Out of strength, Ellie turned her head to bite Alex’s wrist.

Alex, feeling the pain from Ellie’s bite, suddenly flipped her over, wrapped his arms around her waist, and sat her on his lap. Alex wrapped his legs around Ellie’s to keep her still and forcefully took the glass from her hand, putting it on the card table.

turned Ellie around, forcing her to look him in the

He looked into Ellie’s eyes and impatiently demanded,

tears

Ellie’s unusual behavior, a flash of concern showed in

tears, speaking again in a gentle tone, “What are cell phones for,

Ellie once more grabbed the glass

come here out of the blue, attacking me without a word and

against Alex’s head, and as Ellie let go,

Alex’s forehead, Ellie

still didn’t say a word, reaching out to touch other

scooped her up and laid her down across the poker table.

look, Alex stood between Ellie’s legs and pinned her hands down on either

said, “If you don’t explain everything clearly

than ten years, and if Ellie wasn’t pushed to her limit, she

met Alex’s gaze, her eyes red with hatred, and

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