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.

the private room, it was just Lacey and Diana,

was after you again?” Diana pulled

nodded, accepting the juice Lacey

than the trashiest. And if you say he’s evil, he’s so intimidating that even bad guys shiver at the sight of

Layton’s stories about Alex, how Alex

people always have something despicable about them!” Diana gave

quickly added with a smile, “Right, he totally deserves

you need to,” Ellie sat between the two, looking indifferent. Whether it

her memory loss, Alex was nothing

even worse situation than Alex,” Lacey laughed, shifting the subject. “Recently, he has been chasing after Nalani all over the place, begging her to come back and marry him, but she just won’t. He’s tearing his

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

restroom,” Ellie said as she rose after more than an hour, while Lacey and Diana were still

He was wearing black pants and a black shirt, leaning against the wall with one hand, clearly intoxicated.

woman, carrying a man’s suit jacket over her arm, which Ellie instantly recognized as Alex’s. The woman was carefully attending to