Love's Tangled Web by Donna Taylor

Chapter 672

“I’ll help,” Alex offered when Ellie ignored him, quickly grabbing the bags.

“I’ve thought it over carefully. Alex, we’re not close enough for me to accept random gifts from you. Please take them back,” Ellie said, glancing away. Alex stood at her door in a white bathrobe and slippers, holding several shopping bags.

“Everything I said tonight, I didn’t mean it!”

When Ellie blocked the door, Alex began shoving the bags inside through the crack. She blocked the top, he shoved from below. She blocked the bottom, he went for the top again.

“Don’t be mad,” Alex cautiously moved closer, testing the waters by reaching for her hand.

Ellie let him hold her hand and asked, “You really didn’t mean it?”

Alex nodded fervently.

“Alright, let go first,” Ellie said. Alex obediently released her hand.

“Yeah, right!” Ellie muttered as she spun around and slammed the door in his face.

for

grew restless, unable

make things worse, Layton texted, mocking him about how it felt to “play his

holding a floral quilt he’d swiped from Ellie’s car, Alex paced back and forth in his

a bit of noise may carry through,

then began knocking on random objects in the living room–vases, trash cans, a baseball

the noise. Standing still for a moment, she confirmed it was coming from Alex’s side. Returning to her bedroom, she

message Alex, threatening to call the property

Relieved, she turned off the lights and got into bed. But

bed and stormed next door. Halfway there, she stopped, turned back, and rummaged through a small metal box in her living room’s first–aid kit.

Alex’s doorbell, she waited as he quickly came

inside, Ellie immediately spotted the chaotic mess beneath the TV–vases, a trash can, a baseball bat, and

some rest?” she snapped, her eyes landing on the small

pulled back, cradling the quilt like treasure. “You’re such a bandit! First thing you

have work tomorrow. Could you stop

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