Love's Tangled Web by Donna Taylor

Chapter 607

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Alex turned, shooting Benjamin a glare. Gripping the bars of the gate with both hands, he was just about to climb over when Benjamin and two security guards stopped him. “Sir, climbing the gate without permission is illegal. Please move your car and leave immediately!”

“Go to hell!” Alex swung a punch at Benjamin, knocking him back. Then he swiftly climbed over the 6.5–foot–high gate. With a sharp leap, he landed right in front of Ellie and the two kids, shielding them.

“What are you doing here?” Ellie’s voice trembled as she asked.

Alex averted his gaze, mumbling, “Uh… I was just passing by.”

“Mr. Warren, my kids are scared. Can you help us get out of here first?” Ellie grabbed the sleeve of Alex’s jacket.

Alex glanced at the kids, whose faces were flushed from crying. Oscar held Betty’s hand tightly while clutching a car key in the other, eyeing Alex warily.

Betty’s collar was crooked, her hair a mess–she looked as disheveled as a defeated rooster. She tried to step forward to talk to him, but Oscar pulled her back.

lowered his gaze, staring at Ellie’s hand gripping his sleeve. A strange feeling stirred in his chest, one he couldn’t quite put into words. He was just

cursed himself under

are you?” A pompous voice rang out from behind Alex. He straightened up lazily, rolling his sleeves back down. He loosened his cufflinks,

swung open the gate, he jumped into the fight as well. Within minutes, the security guards and those arrogant teachers were sprawled across the ground, completely wrecked.

O

of here once our principal comes back!” Miles, pinned

and head were

suddenly appeared, dragging a

the shovel from him. He thought, ‘Mr.

stared at Betty, frowning. She was younger than him,

Alex pointed at

hit my brother and bullied me and my mom. I

he

to say the Warren family’s genes were terrifying. Oscar was easy to manage, but Betty was a little wild, like a lunatic. Even her fierceness

already called the police. Let them handle the rest.” She was worried Alex might go too far, so she