Love's Tangled Web by Donna Taylor

Chapter 572

“Mr. Warren, please show some respect to Ellie, Mark cautioned Alex, noticing the distressed look on Ellie’s face.

“The quicker you get me to Orion, the more polite I’ll be to Ellie, Alex coolly remarked, glancing at Ellie from the corner of his eye.

Seeing her face stirred something in Alex’s eyes. Without realizing it, his hand on Ellie’s shoulder relaxed.

“Wait for me in my office,” Mark said. He instructed Lacey to leave, but Lacey, overflowing with curiosity, refused to move, lingering in the hallway.

“Be a good girl and wait for me in the office,” Mark gently urged her. “I’ll be there soon, and we can enjoy a seafood buffet tonight.”

With her curiosity at its peak, Lacey asked, “Mark, is Orion really alive?”

Mark leaned down and kissed her quickly. “Just wait for me in the office,” he urged softly.

kiss calmed Lacey’s curiosity, and Mark’s tender reassurance left her a little dazed. Blushing, she turned and rushed away, her mind racing.

watched them, astonished, momentarily forgetting her own pain. ‘Aren’t they in a contractual

elevator before adopting a more serious demeanor as he opened the hospital room door. “You cannot enter,” Linda quickly warned

by Ellie and Mark. “Orion is emotionally unstable

a wheelchair, and Alex’s eyes glistened with tears. “Orion, it’s me,

lost.” A cup was hurled from inside the room, making the

“Don’t be scared; you just had a bad dream. You

tightening around her throat. Struggling for breath, she tried to comfort him. As Orion’s grip finally

comfort in her embrace as she steadied her own breathing. She gently

came in were Ellie and Mark. If you feel upset, I’ll keep them out.”

a child for quite some time before Orion’s emotions

where Ellie came to check the marks on her

some painful memories, causing an emotional outburst. I managed to calm him down using headphones and some music. Please avoid entering for now,” Linda

get herself together. Listening to Ellie and Linda’s conversation, Alex’s expression darkened, but he held back his earlier impulse