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”

hair and along his lean face, pooling briefly at his collarbone before trickling

to throw

response from Ellie, Alex finally tossed the phone aside and picked up a small red drum from the bedside

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

to talk to you again, I’m not

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

Alex was clutching a pile of random objects, desperately running deeper into the woods. A group of grotesque ghosts chased after

hard to breathe, and he couldn’t find an escape route. Feeling cornered, he faintly

woman stood in the pouri drum,

each hand. In her left hand, she clutched a small

barely audible over the roar of the rain. She seemed to be saying something, but the distance and

their faces. The harder he tried to run towards her, the farther away she seemed