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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down for a meal, using

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 adding ties and shoes to the

air of sophistication that turned heads wherever he went. With Barry and a few bodyguards trailing discreetly behind him, the attention

uncomfortable with the spotlight, took a step 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

charcoal gray one. Alex handed the other two back to the salesperson, then leaned down to Ellie’s eye level. “Help me try it on,” he said, his

frown on her forehead. “I don’t know how,” she

he avoided ties like the plague. Once, during an important meeting, he’d been forced to wear one, only

leash around his neck. It wasn’t until later that Ellie found out the tie

back. “You’re going to learn,” he said, placing the tie in

her, Ellie fumbled through tying the tie. Alex leaned down, his arms resting on the counter behind her, effectively trapping her in a small

an amused smile, clearly enjoying the sight of her focused expression. Nearby, Nancy and

that reminded her of a clueless

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