Love's Tangled Web by Donna Taylor

Chapter 462

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In mid–July, on a rainy evening, Ellie returned to the Thompson residence. When she saw Joanna waiting expectantly at the door of the living room, the emotions she had just barely managed to control broke down again. She cried, “Mom.”

Joanna held Ellie’s hand and led her inside. Her eyes were red, but she didn’t cry. All she could say was, “It’s good to be back.”

Seeing Jason and Whitney, Ellie felt so ashamed that she couldn’t speak. “I’m sorry, Jason. I didn’t listen to you. I brought this on myself. I deserve it!”

Whitney saw Ellie, who was soaked through and looked awful, and she wiped her own tears in sympathy. “We’re family. Don’t say such harsh words. Blame that bastard for being such a jerk and taking advantage!”

“Go take a bath and get some sleep. No matter how big the problem is, it will pass,” Jason said casually, with no obvious emotions on his face.

Joanna gently pushed Ellie upstairs. “Listen to your uncle. If there’s anything, we can talk about it when you wake up.”

shower and get some sleep to calm down,” Aaron said as he

emotions had to be digested slowly by herself and then gradually healed.

and hugged herself tightly. When she closed her eyes, all she could see was Alex’s extremely

wanted to make it up, but he took advantage of her amnesia and used despicable and deceptive means to make her return to his side willingly. Not only that, but he also proposed to her and

and was deceived by him like a fool. She forgot all the harm Alex had done to her and her father’s death and fell in love with

Aaron and made her entire family worry about her. She thought she

hair. She pulled her long hair and

Alex very much. As long as the pain and torture Alex caused her remained, her hatred for

same time, in the study on the second floor of the Warren Manor, Alex sat with his back against the corner of the wall and his legs curled up with his elbows resting on his knees. He sat on the

Maine Coon kitten meowed at him a few times and hid

was still wearing the same clothes as during the day. His half–dry clothes were

as he stared intently at the newly made photo wall opposite

of the sarcastic look Ellie gave him before she left

that a promise made with a lie