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.

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for a meal, using the

luxury men’s boutique. She had barely picked out a suit

went. With Barry and a few bodyguards trailing discreetly behind him, the attention

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

one goes best with this suit?” When Ellie just stared at him, unmoving, he added, “Don’t

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

a frown on

avoided ties like the plague. Once, during an important meeting, he’d been forced to wear one, only to rip it off before even entering the room.

a dog leash around his neck. It wasn’t until later that Ellie found out the tie had been tied by the old butler, whose hands shook,

salesperson, but Alex snatched it back. “You’re

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

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

that reminded her of a clueless kid, Nancy pulled Todd aside

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