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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a meal, using the excuse of her owing

agreed 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 adding ties

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

spotlight, took a step back to put some distance between herself and Alex.

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

the salesperson, then leaned down to Ellie’s eye level. “Help me try

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

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

later that Ellie found out

tie to a female salesperson, but Alex snatched it back.

down, his

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

that reminded her of a clueless kid, Nancy pulled

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