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.

Lacey’s curiosity, and Mark’s tender reassurance left her a

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

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

“Orion is emotionally unstable right now; you can’t go in!”

a wheelchair, and Alex’s eyes glistened

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

calm down; it’s me,” Linda pleaded. “Don’t be scared; you just had a bad

Linda found herself caught in Orion’s grip, tightening around her throat. Struggling for breath,

arms around him, she pulled him close, allowing him to find comfort in her embrace as she steadied her own breathing. She gently patted

me here, there’s nothing to fear, Orion. Those who just came in were Ellie

him like a child for quite some time

to check the marks on her neck and asked, “What just happened?”

memories, causing an emotional outburst. I managed to calm him down using

together. Listening to Ellie and Linda’s conversation, Alex’s expression darkened, but