Chapter 240

His blunt question immediately soured the mood.

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Nancy set down her fork, her expression turning stern. “Your father and I are in agreement on this matter. You can call off the engagement with the Grant family, but only if you break things off with Haley and bring home a respectable, well- mannered girlfriend.”

Alex’s gaze involuntarily drifted toward Ellie once again.

Ellie couldn’t help but curl her lips into a wry smile, thinking to herself, ‘He’s unreasonable, crazy, and impossible to deal with. Who in their right mind would want to be with someone like him?

‘I must’ve cried too much as a kid and clogged my brain with tears to end up liking this mess of a man.’

Nancy frowned. “I told you to find a girlfriend, so why are you staring at Ellie?”

Feeling Alex’s intense gaze on her, Ellie grew uneasy. She was terrified he might blurt out something outrageous, so she quickly interjected, “Mom, maybe Alex thinks his social circle is too chaotic and wants me to introduce someone to him.”

Before she could finish her sentence, Alex suddenly stood up. The screech of the chair scraping against the floor was deafening.

He shot Ellie a glare filled with fury, then turned and stormed off

Nancy rolled her eyes at Alex in irritation before turning to Ellie and placing some food on her plate. “Ignore him, Ellie.

“I heard you’re planning a business trip in the next few days. Let me know which city you’re going to, and I’ll make arrangements for you.”

tracks without realizing it. No one called him back, yet he turned around

raised an eyebrow at him. “Why are you back now?”

plopped down in the seat next to Ellie. “I’m not full yet,” he grumbled.

being away, his return seemed to signal another episode of his peculiar

she said, “Mom, I’ll be traveling with Mark. You don’t

into his mouth, chewing aggressively as if there were

with Mark, Nancy’s smile grew wider. “Ellie, Mark is a good guy.

you’re free, you could invite him over to play a few grandfather.”

games

with

your

young, and you’re already encouraging her to bring men home?” Alex’s voice erupted,

in unison. “This has nothing to do with you.”

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