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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managed to pin Ellie down for a meal,

into a luxury men’s boutique. She had barely picked out a suit she liked before Alex started adding ties and

went. With Barry

uncomfortable with the spotlight, took a step back to put some distance between herself and Alex. She wasn’t a

stared at him, unmoving, he added, “Don’t worry, I’m not making

out 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 forehead.

Warren Group, he avoided ties like the plague. Once, during an important meeting, he’d

wasn’t until later that Ellie found out

handed the tie to a female salesperson, but Alex snatched it back. “You’re going to learn,” he said, placing the tie in

guiding her, Ellie fumbled through tying the tie. Alex leaned down, his

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

her of

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