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.

held Ellie close, his hand resting on

rested his forehead against hers and croaked. “Let me check. I’m not dreaming, am

his cool lips had already met hers. There were no other movements, and they were just immersed in their small

was eerily quiet, with only the stars in the

seemed like a long

Alex looked at her with the gaze of

“You filled my entire past, and you can’t be absent

looked up into Alex’s passionate eyes.

a June night, the garden of the Warren Manor was enveloped by the

each other’s hands and looking into each other’s

and uncles at

I don’t want to hear it from others right now; I just want to hear it from you.”

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

know if anything bad happened between us during

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way?”

way,” Ellie

eyes met, and the atmosphere

down as he looked into

looked into Alex’s eyes again for

assured