Love's Tangled Web by Donna Taylor

Chapter 471

She kept her head down, eyes closed, unwilling to look at him or utter a single word,

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“I won’t do anything to you. I just want to sit down and have a calm conversation with you?

Hearing Alex’s voice, dripping with emotion, Ellie felt no warmth, only sarcasm and disgust.

“Ellie, I’m begging you, just turn around,” Alex pleaded, noticing Ellie still kept her head down, giving him no response. On the brink of breaking down, he moved a little closer to her, delicately and cautiously, but the movement startled Ellie nonetheless.

Seeing Ellie pulling away from him, Alex reached out again, trying to grasp her arm through the blanket. “Ellie, say something!” he pleaded.

He desperately wanted to hear her voice, even if it was to hit him, scold him, or hate him. He couldn’t bear how Ellie was so coldly ignoring him like this.

“Ellie!” Alex persisted, moving closer. His eyes were rimmed with red as he said, “Luck has been wandering around looking for you since you left. How about I bring him here for you to take care of?

can. I know you’re angry with me, even hate me, but those orchids were left to

from outside. Aaron burst in and threw punches at

on the bed, covering her head, trying to avoid the commotion. Alex was knocked onto Ellie’s bed by Aaron’s punches. Ignoring

Aaron.

as Ellie’s emotions crumbled; she was curled up under the blankets, trembling uncontrollably. He

up. “Mrs. Thompson, I kept my three- year promise to

“My daughter doesn’t

Alex into another tailspin. “Aaron!” He turned his head

the staircase, saying, “It’s not just Ellie–none of us wants

stepped forward, grabbing Alex and pulling him toward the staircase. “It’s the middle of the night, you

half–dragging, half–pulling Alex away when Jason stopped them. Dressed in dark satin pajamas,

warning. “Give me your word: from now on,

was

tone grew stricter, causing Whitney, Aaron, and Joanna to pale.

his teeth, he said to Jason, “I can’t do that!”