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.

couldn’t quite put into words. He was just a stranger to them. Yet somehow, seeing them like this made his heart ache.

under his

sleeves back down. He loosened his cufflinks, stretched his neck, and took a slow step toward Miles. “I’m your damn father!”

he jumped into the fight as well. Within minutes, the security guards and those arrogant

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You won’t be able to walk out of here once our principal comes back!” Miles, pinned to the ground by Alex,

were covered in blood. “Principal? He better educate

appeared, dragging a shovel behind her.

with a raised eyebrow. However, Barry rushed over and quickly snatched the shovel from him. He thought, ‘Mr. Warren just came out of prison. If Betty sends him back in with a shovel, that’d

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

pointed at the man lying on the

vigorously. “They hit my brother and bullied me and my mom.

trembled as he held

family’s genes were terrifying. Oscar was easy to manage, but Betty was a little wild, like a lunatic. Even her fierceness was the same as Alex’s–reckless when it came to

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