Love's Tangled Web by Donna Taylor

Chapter 476

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Ellie hailed a cab back to the Thompson residence, arriving around nine. Her family was still awake, chatting in the living room. When she walked in, they all stood up.

Noticing everyone’s reactions, Ellie glanced down at herself. Despite her calm demeanor, after rolling out of Alex’s car and getting mud all over herself, she looked quite messy indeed.

“Ran into that nutcase, had a little spat, but everything’s fine now,” Ellie assured them, leaving out half the story. If she told them she had almost fallen off a cliff with Alex, her family wouldn’t sleep tonight–or ever again.

“As long as you’re okay,” Joanna replied, not probing further. She gently nudged Ellie upstairs to take a shower and rest. Strangely, Ellie thought she’d be too upset to sleep, but she drifted off and slept soundly.

The next morning, Ellie went to work as usual. Life is like riding a bike; you have to keep pedaling to stay balanced. Diana invited her to dinner, and she happily accepted. She found shoulder–to–shoulder friendship more appealing than hand–in- hand romance.

Earl Hotel as planned. Inside the private room, it was just Lacey and Diana, and Ellie finally

after you again?” Diana pulled Ellie down to sit beside

nodded, accepting the juice

trashiest. And if you say he’s evil, he’s so intimidating that even

it, he’s kind of pitiful too,” Lacey recalled Layton’s stories about Alex,

always have something despicable about them!”

smile, “Right, he totally deserves

say whatever you want, even curse if you need to,” Ellie sat between the two, looking indifferent. Whether it was praise or insults, anything about Alex didn’t matter

memory loss, Alex was nothing but ashes in her

you, Layton is in an even worse situation than Alex,” Lacey laughed, shifting the subject. “Recently, he has been chasing after Nalani all over

girls hadn’t chatted together in a while, and once they started, they couldn’t

to the restroom,” Ellie said as she rose after more than an hour, while

spotted Alex in the hallway. He was wearing black pants and a black shirt, leaning against the wall with one hand,

man’s suit jacket over her arm, which Ellie instantly recognized as Alex’s.