Love's Tangled Web by Donna Taylor

Chapter 397

“Alex, what are you doing?” Ellie asked in shock and fear, carrying her suitcase and retreating to the door of the cloakroom

“Are you hungry?” Alex asked, retracting his hand in disappointment as he failed to embrace Ellie.

Ellie put down her suitcase and walked over to push Alex towards the door. Im going to take a shower. You go out now!

Alex was pushed back by Ellic, but he couldn’t help but reach out and hook her fingers. He said with a gentle voice, Ellie, we’re already together. We’ve done more intimate things. Don’t always distance yourself from me

“Bang!” Alex was pushed out by Ellie and the door was locked.

Alex stared at the closed door and spun around in a hurry. It took him a lot of effort to get Ellie back from the Thomzyn family, but Ellie had been on the defensive.

Ellie leaned against the door, her fingers twisting nervously around the hand that Alex had just held. Her heart pounded in her chest. She locked the bedroom door and hid in the closet.

phone charger. She changed and went to Alex’s room, finding

kept a spare charger and lighter on his nightstand. As she

clothes, stared back at her. She instinctively pulled the blanket back over it

Ellie screamed, colliding with Alex, who was coming out of

white bathrobe, caught Ellie in his arms. “What’s wrong?”

familiar scent of Alex’s shower gel brought Ellie back to her senses. She broke free from Alex’s grasp and stepped back. Her eyes widened

shrieked, covering her face with her hands.

covered Ellie’s mouth to stop her.

doll on the bed wearing her clothes and Alex in only a bathrobe with

open and the doll lying on the bed in a spread–eagle position. He chased after Ellie with his

with the other. “It’s not

to lift your blanket. I came to borrow a phone charger.” Ellie pushed Alex away like she’d seen a ghost, running along the wall toward her

didn’t let her run away. “Calm down and listen to

explain. You took off my clothes. That doll can’t wear my clothes. People will misunderstand

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