Love's Tangled Web by Donna Taylor

Chapter 421

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Alex turned, gazing into the distance at the greenhouse, and forced himself to ask, “When do you plan to leave?”

“I never said I was leaving.” Ellie’s soft and gentle voice came from behind. Alex spun around abruptly.

Their eyes met, and Ellie took two steps forward. Gathering her courage, she carefully reached out and embraced him.

She pressed her cheek to his chest, listening to his strong and steady heartbeat, and said, “My mom agreed.”

Alex’s crimson eyes welled up with emotion.

His mind buzzed with confusion for a moment, and all he could hear was the pounding of his own heart.

After what felt like an eternity, Alex came to his senses.

“Ellie,” he whispered. Like a madman, he lifted Ellie into his arms and spun around in circles in the garden.

His eyes were terrifyingly red. Though he was laughing, tears streamed down his face without pause.

From a distance, Barry watched his boss, who was nimbly carrying Ellie in circles around the garden, and quickly moved away to give them space.

“Alex, your leg is still injured. Put me down,” Ellie said, hearing Alex’s choked sobs and struggling to slide out of his grasp.

Ellie close, his hand resting on the back of her neck.

and croaked. “Let me check. I’m not dreaming, am I?”

Ellie could understand what he meant, his cool lips had already met hers. There were no other movements, and they were just immersed in

quiet, with only the stars in the sky

long

face, lowered in embarrassment, Alex looked at her with the

filled my entire

into Alex’s passionate eyes.

of the Warren Manor was enveloped by the starry sky, with

garden, holding each other’s hands and looking into each other’s

Aaron and the hesitant, looks from her aunts and uncles at

don’t want to hear it from

flicker of emotion crossed Alex’s eyes as he asked, “What do you want

to know if anything bad happened

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way?”

way,” Ellie

the atmosphere became inexplicably

as he looked into Ellie’s eyes and said firmly, “No, we’re fine.”

into Alex’s eyes again

Alex assured