Love's Tangled Web by Donna Taylor

Chapter 612

“Help me with this,” Alex said, placing the bag in front of Ellie.

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As soon as Alex set the bag down and was about to sit, Ellie couldn’t hold back any longer and spoke up, “Isn’t your shirt a bit too tight?”

“Educate yourself before speaking. This is a fitted style, and it’s meant to look like this,” Alex replied with a deep breath as he sat down.

Ellie turned around to grab a bottle of water for him.

“This meal doesn’t count. Next time, you have to take me to a proper dinner,” Alex said seriously when he saw Ellie’s casual nod. “Dr. Thompson, I saved the three of you. Can you at least treat me a bit better?”

They sat across from each other in the lounge. “Even if you hadn’t saved us, we would’ve just gotten a beating and nothing that would kill us. Don’t exaggerate,” Ellie said, twisting open a bottle of water and handing it to Alex. “Anyway, thanks.”

opened for him but didn’t take it. “Dr. Thompson, you never

hand. When she looked up again, she noticed his expression had changed. Their eyes met, and Ellie didn’t quite understand what his words meant.

smirked. “You can handle

the cap of her bottled water and then hesitantly offered it to Alex. “I can’t seem to

smile as he took the water from her hand. Ellie felt a wave of disbelief and thought, ‘What a childish

it back to Ellie, his voice softened without him even realizing it. “Don’t do everything yourself.

her fork and lowered her head to eat her meal. She had been through too much. Emotionally

five years ago and the day she decided to raise her two children alone, she had

more protein,” Alex said as he placed some beef into Ellie’s plate. Ellie paused,

mouth. Back then, they had fought so fiercely–she hated him so much that she wanted to kill him with

would be sitting quietly with

valuable things behind. For a while, she

cruel and gentle. It sees more clearly than the eyes ever could. It brings harm, and it heals us.”

if, someday, time would heal her