Love's Tangled Web by Donna Taylor

Chapter 435

His name was long, yet it filled her entire heart for to many years, she had hidden him in her paintings, in her diary, and in her eves. She had waited for such a long time, and he had taken ages to come. But in the end, he did come

“Remember to hold my hand when we cross the street, Alex said when he returned, taking Ellie’s hand to lead her across the

Ellie’s eyes were slightly red as she let Alex hold her hand tightly. The person the once could only secretly look at had now become the one holding her hand.

“This is cold, so don’t eat too much.” Alex cautioned.

Walking hand in hand on the sidewalk, listening to Alex’s gentle, Ellie smiled sweetly. She stopped and held the ice cream up to Alex’s mouth “Well, as per the old rule, you take a big bite first,”

In the past, whenever she ate something cold, he would always take a big bite before giving it to her.

Nancy would scold him for being shameless, taking Ellie’s ice cream, and sometimes would even slap him. But even after being scolded and slapped, he’d still “take” it the next time.

Until recently, when she took an ice–cream bar from the fridge, he bit off two–thirds of it in one go. He told her, “Don’t eat too much, or you’ll get a stomachache during your period and no one will be there to help

Only then did she realize that he didn’t want to eat her ice cream, nor was he being a jerk to deliberately annoy her and take her food

being misunderstood, he never explained or changed. He was like that before,

holding.” Hearing Alex’s voice, Ellie snapped back to reality.

kiss descended upon her. Before Ellie could

Alex

Almost instinctively, she wrapped her arms around his neck to respond to his kiss. She had secretly liked him for seven whole years. Fortunately, he had turned back,

still there.

night, under the streetlights of a foreign land, they kissed passionately. Like countless lovers, they were

take you somewhere.” Ellie went weak in Alex’s arms from the kiss, and in the

“Where are we

Ferris wheel to

and around, with Alex and Ellie

corner of the park, among the audience watching street performers, at the pedestrian

bustling supermarket entrance, Alex

she opened her heart and joined him in his

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