Love's Tangled Web by Donna Taylor

Chapter 627

Back in Orion’s room, Alex couldn’t resist asking Nancy the same question. “Mom, what did you and Ellie talk about for so long?” Nancy glanced at Alex but didn’t answer.

Alex wondered, ‘First Ellie ignored me, and now Mom won’t tell me anything. What’s going on? His curiosity only grew stronger, itching for answers,

“Mom, what do you think of that young widow?” he asked, following Nancy into the small kitchen where she was cutting fruit for Orion.

Nancy paused, holding a fruit knife, and glared at him. “A widow?”

“Ellie,” Alex said casually.

“If you keep talking nonsense, I’ll sew your mouth shut!” Nancy snapped, pointing the knife at him. “Dr. Thompson is not a widow, and you’d better stop spreading rumors!”

Alex slowly backed out of the kitchen, eyeing the knife in his mother’s hand. But his mind was racing. ‘Does she have a man? he thought.

**

weekend, Alex finally managed to pin Ellie down for a meal, using the excuse of her owing him a suit as

on one suit!” Ellie protested as Alex dragged her into a luxury men’s boutique. She had barely picked out a suit she liked before Alex started

heads wherever he went. With Barry and a

step back to put some distance between herself and Alex. She wasn’t a fan of such

three ties. “Which one goes best with this suit?” When Ellie just stared

a sleek charcoal gray one. Alex handed the other two back to the salesperson, then leaned down to Ellie’s

had a frown on her

like the plague. Once, during an important meeting, he’d been

complained that it felt like a dog leash around his neck. It wasn’t until later that Ellie found out the tie

a female salesperson, but Alex snatched it back. “You’re going to learn,”

the tie. Alex leaned down, his arms resting on the counter behind her,

clearly enjoying the sight of her focused expression. Nearby, Nancy and Todd, who had come out to shop for

Alex staring at Ellie with a goofy grin that reminded her of a

1/2