Love's Tangled Web by Donna Taylor

Chapter 620

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Ellic thought, ‘It’s been a whole day, and he’s still not over it. After pausing for a while, Ellie typed out a message to Alex on her phone.

She started politely, thanking Alex for his kindness towards the kids. Then she mentioned that she had some free time and invited him to dinner as a gesture of appreciation, adding that she would return the patched–up pants he had given her.

A few minutes later, Alex replied coldly with just two words, Working late.] Even through the screen, Ellie could feel the lingering anger in Alex’s message. Shaking her head, she left work and headed home.

At the same time, in Unit 7, Floor 19 of the Zerikith, Alex emerged from the bathroom wrapped in a white bathrobe. He tied the sash with one hand while holding his phone in the other, heading straight into the bedroom.

“Why can’t she send more than two words?” Alex said, feeling frustrated. “She has no sincerity at all. Not even a single call back”

rolling down his short hair and along his lean face, pooling briefly at his collarbone before trickling down his muscular chest and

torn between wanting to throw it away and not being able to let go. He

phone aside and picked up a small red drum from the bedside table. He shook it lightly, producing a soft thumping

a widow.” Alex muttered, shaking the drum. ‘You’ve got a dead husband and two kids,

to talk to you again, I’m not a man!‘ he

the drum down, stripped off his bathrobe, and roughly dried his hair. Dressed in nothing but black boxer briefs, he lay down on the

outside. In his nightmare, Alex was clutching a pile of random

find an escape route. Feeling cornered, he faintly heard

the pouri drum, shaking it gently.

ahead, holding a child in each hand. In her left hand, she clutched a small

over the roar of the rain. She seemed to be saying something, but the distance and the storm made it impossible for him

she seemed to get. Suddenly, he tripped and fell. When he got back up, the