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.

Inside the private room, it

you again?” Diana pulled

nodded, accepting the juice

him trash, but he’s trashier than the trashiest. And if you say he’s evil, he’s so intimidating that

about Alex, how

people always have something despicable about them!” Diana gave Lacey a

quickly added with a smile,

to,” Ellie sat between the two, looking indifferent. Whether it was praise or insults, anything about Alex didn’t

her memory loss, Alex

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

in a while, and once they started, they couldn’t help but talk

heading to the restroom,” Ellie said as she rose after more than an hour, while Lacey and Diana were still sipping their

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

her arm, which Ellie instantly recognized as Alex’s.

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