Love's Tangled Web by Donna Taylor

Chapter 645

He could no longer hear what his parents were yelling at him. His eyes and ears were filled with the scene replaying endlessly on the phone’s screen.

“Come back here!” Nancy stamped her foot in anger as she watched her youngest son dash out of the house.

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Late at night, lying in bed next to her son, Ellie stared into the darkness, unable to sleep. Several parts of her body ached. She knew she was hurt but not seriously. As she lay there, her heart was filled with guilt.

She told herself over and over again that it was her fault for not taking good care of her child, for not protecting her son and herself. It had nothing to do with anyone else.

This went on until the latter part of the night. Unable to sleep with her mind racing, she got up and went to the balcony for some air.

She didn’t know how long she’d been standing on the balcony when a strong smell of alcohol suddenly reached her. Ellie turned around just as a pair of strong arms pulled her into an embrace.

The balcony light was off, the only light came from the moon outside the window. Ellie was caught off guard by the hug and familiar scent. Realizing it was Alex, she struggled to break free. “Mr. Warren, you’re drunk.”

“Does it hurt?” Alex stumbled forward again after being pushed away by Ellie.

and woke up her son. Seeing Alex’s unreasonable state,

step closer, grabbed Ellie’s hands, and pressed her against the wall on the balcony. He leaned his tall and slender body against her, his tongue tied, “You were

was trapped in Alex’s arms in the most ambiguous posture, unable to break free, and could only try to soften him up, “Let go of me first,

sighed. He didn’t remember anything, so she

to talk nicely to me? What about when I

Ellie with a sway. Just as she was about to push him away, he buried his head in the crook of her neck,

Warren, you’re a man of your word. You said it was a gift, so of course I believed you.” Ellie’s

head still buried in

you for ignoring me.” Alex buried his face in Ellie’s neck,

down at her. “Don’t reject me because I’ve been in because I’m older. I won’t hold your past against you.”

or

been married before, I’m not looking

stretched out his legs and took

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a man was pretending to be drunk just

tell me your bank account password first,” Ellie teased deliberately.