Love's Tangled Web by Donna Taylor

Chapter 583

“If you dare put it down, don’t blame me,” he warned, grasping both the box and Ellie’s hands in his own as he mimed a biting motion with a teasingly menacing look.

Ellie glanced awkwardly at Linda nearby and reluctantly accepted the pastries. She was genuinely worried that Alex might lose it in front of Linda and actually bite her.

Holding the pastries, Ellie quickly left the room. She saw Barry in the hallway, and her gaze flickered uneasily before she hastened away.

Barry’s confused expression followed Ellie’s retreating figure, focusing on the pastries in her hands. He thought, ‘If I didn’t mishear, Mr. Warren said those pastries were for the memorial. He didn’t even let me try them. How did they end up with Ellie?’

That evening, Ellie brought the savory pastries Alex had given her home. Her daughter, Betty, took one bite and refused to eat more, but her son, Oscar, enjoyed them immensely.

“It’s after dinner already. No matter how much you like them, you can’t have too many,” Ellie said as she walked over and took a small piece for herself.

The familiar taste brought back memories–it was just like it used to be when Nancy made them by hand. The other box Alex had must have been for Orion.

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She remembered how, back at the Warren family, Nancy knew she liked these savory pastries and often made them for her.

also enjoyed them. There was an indescribable feeling in her heart–heavy yet neither sad nor

I’ll go buy groceries in the morning, so don’t get up early,” Ellie said that night as she brought a

hospital lately that she hadn’t had time to properly spend with her mom and two kids. “Take care of yourself and don’t overwork.

thank you.” Ellie

down the massager

and gave

mom a

mom couldn’t read a single word, she was understanding and gave Ellie

for several years and came back with her children, her mom

at all. She felt incredibly lucky and happy.

jolted awake by the sound of

it wasn’t yet time for

in. If Mr. Warren comes, tell him to call me. I’ll speak to him myself,” Ellie instructed Linda before entering Orion’s

the computer screen over

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Chapter 583