Love's Tangled Web by Donna Taylor

Chapter 681

Alex glanced at him but didn’t reply. Unscrewing a bottle of painkillers, he popped two pills into his mouth and swallowed them dry.

For the next three or four days, Alex didn’t contact Ellie.

After work, Ellie returned to Zerikith, noticing Alex’s consistent daily messages. She didn’t reply. When he needed her, he was all over her, but now? Nowhere to be found.

Then Nalani called, asking Ellie to meet her at the Earl Hotel.

“Mommy!”

Ellie rarely got to see her two kids. Hugging them tightly, she couldn’t bear to let go.

In the private room, Nalani, Ellie, and the kids chatted. Nalani asked, “How’s Alex recovering?”

Seeing Ellie’s puzzled expression, Nalani set down her pastry. “You don’t know? Alex was seriously injured”

Ellie lowered her gaze to hide her emotions, ‘So that’s why he disappeared these past few days.

“I heard from my husband that Alex tracked down the people following you. He got surrounded by their elite fighters,” Nalani explained.

Ellie quietly listened to Nalani recount Alex’s recent activities.

For safety reasons, Ellie decided not to bring the kids back to Zerikith and had Whitney pick them up instead

for a moment before knocking on Alex’s

opened the

picked up a faint metallic

frowned and asked Barry,

bedroom. “He just

Ellie headed to the bedroom, Barry quickly

the sofa, Alex finally gave in. Ignoring his still–healing wound,

just a white robe, Alex sprawled out, hugging a small floral

doorway, Ellie caught sight of him looking ridiculously content, clutching

wound?” Ellie asked as she walked over and yanked the blanket from

up, only to tug at his wound. Grimacing, he leaned his head against her shoulder, breathing heavily. Sitting at the edge of the bed, he wrapped his arms around her waist. “Who

knelt on one knee by the

met, and Ellie suddenly said,

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tightly. “You’re

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pushed him back onto the bed. Looking into his eyes, she said softly,

a couple more days. If you wear me out

teasing as she slowly reached for the belt