Love's Tangled Web by Donna Taylor

Chapter 244

As the sound of the door closing echoed softly, Ellie slowly opened her eyes.

She didn’t move, remaining as still as before, her gaze fixed on the door. Yet, inside her, a storm was raging.

‘What did he mean by that? Could the man I saved back then… could it actually have been him? That’s impossible, she thought.

A wave of unease surged within her, unsettling her thoughts in a way she couldn’t explain. She couldn’t let it be him.

The person she had saved could have been anyone, absolutely anyone, but it couldn’t be him. If it were him, the thought alone would break her heart.

The next morning, Ellie was dragging a suitcase to the staircase landing on the second floor when she ran into Alex again.

The words he had whispered in her room the previous night came rushing back, filling her with an inexplicable sense of dread about what the truth might hold.

Alex reached out to take the suitcase from her, but Ellie turned him down without hesitation. “I can handle it myself.” Alex stood silently at the top of the stairs, watching as Ellie struggled to carry the suitcase down.

She didn’t want to talk to him. She didn’t want to look at him. She didn’t even want his help when she clearly needed it.

Alex closed his eyes, exhaustion pressing down on him like a weight. A suffocating heaviness settled in his chest.

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A week later, Ellie returned from her business trip and found an excuse to convince Nancy to let her move into an apartment for a few days.

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girl, she could find the necklace.

would uncover the identity of the person she had saved all those years ago.

certain; it couldn’t have been Alex.

was about to leave, Alex walked in.

met briefly and Ellie felt

had known him, Alex had always stood out; his every outfit, accessory, and hairstyle more striking than

short hair had returned to its natural color. The black diamond earring in his left ear was

but Ellie knew that no matter how someone disguised themselves, the essence of who they

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that Ellie’s indifference toward him remained

doorway to the living room, Alex didn’t budge. Ellie suitcase in hand, was

before he asked, “You just

a lot lately. I’m going to stay at the apartment for a

at her for a long moment before stepping forward to pick up her suitcase. “I’ll

head. “No need.”

“Then you’re not going.”

there.”

Their

eyes

a silent