Love's Tangled Web by Donna Taylor

Chapter 400

The next morning. Ellic noticed the house was unusually quiet. She didn’t even see the housekeeper.

“Amelia, where is everyone?” Ellie asked, coming out to the living room, noticing Carlos was still asleep.

“Ms. Thompson, Mr. Alex Warren fell from the second floor last night. Mr. and Mrs. Warren, along with Evan, rushed him to the hospital and they haven’t returned yet,” replied Amelia.

Ellie glanced up at the second floor. She took out her phone to call and was about to ask about the situation, but the thought of the doll in Alex’s room made her think Alex should be fine.

After breakfast, Ellie wheeled Carlos, out to the garden to tend to his orchids. Feeling her phone vibrate in her pocket, she stepped aside to answer it.

“I almost died. Nobody told you?” Alex’s voice came through the phone, laced with annoyance.

“Alex, are you alright?” Ellie asked softly.

“I won’t die,” Alex said.

“That’s good,” Ellic sighed in relief.

without the same momentum as before. “My leg is injured. Do you want

I have to take care of Grandpa. If there are not enough people, I can ask Amelia to

finish speaking, the call

was about to go upstairs when Alex entered the living room, flanked by Evan on the left and Barry on the

one leg to Ellie. He glared at the half–eaten peach in Ellie’s hand, his temples throbbing with anger. “I almost fell to my death

the peach behind her back, not daring to chew on the

Ellie’s innocent eyes. When he spoke again,

up, he looked back and

on the door. “Ms. Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. Warren have gone out. Please go upstairs

Amelia into Alex’s bedroom.

large bed, his face dark as he‘ stared at Ellie. The white bandage on his leg was stained crimson with blood, likely because the wound had been

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the foot of the bed, meeting Alex’s cold gaze. Without a