Chapter 185
As soon as Carlos spoke, everyone turned to look at Alex.
Alex stood in the middle of the side room facing Ellie, staring at her as if no one else existed.
He just kept staring at Ellie, without saying anything or making any move.
The atmosphere was so tense. It almost felt like the air around them could freeze.
Ellie gathered her courage to meet Alex’s gaze, saying firmly. “I want to know why you’re doing this too.”
Alex’s eyes narrowed with clear surprise.
But it lasted only a second before being replaced by overwhelming hostility. Alex said, “Because your goal in joining the Warren family isn’t to reconnect with them; it’s to get close to me.”
Alex’s words were firm, with a hint of mockery.
As soon as he finished speaking, the side room fell into sudden silence.
For a long time, everyone was stunned, unable to react; even Ellie was in shock.
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“If your concussion isn’t healed, hurry back to the hospital and rest instead of talking nonsense here.” Layton was the first to react, forcefully dragging Alex toward the door.
Alex said, ‘She knows better than anyone if I was talking nonsense.”
Alex pushed Layton aside and pointed at Ellie.
Seeing Ellie’s pale face and her vacant eyes staring at him, Alex spoke slowly and clearly, ‘She’s secretly loved me for seven years. Do you think she would willingly become my adopted sister?”
For a moment, Ellie’s mind went blank.
Her steps faltered, and she couldn’t stop herself from stumbling backward.
Only when an arm was placed behind her to support her weak body did Ellie’s stiff body finally come to a stop.
Turning her head, Ellie saw Aaron’s worried face. Her eyelashes trembled slightly as she held back the tears.
Aaron looked at Ellie with concern, gently patting her shoulder to comfort her.
Since things had come to this point, no one could leave before everything was clear.
“Ellie.” Nancy was so shocked that she couldn’t speak for a moment.
Carlos asked, “Ellie, what on earth is going on?”
Ellie turned back, looking at the shocked faces of the Warren family elders. She firmly said, “That’s not true.”
Ellie firmly denied it, but Alex seemed to have anticipated it. He said, “You’ve been secretly painting me for seven years. Ellie, do you dare take everyone to your apartment’s balcony?”
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Chapter 185
Their eyes met, and Ellie opened her mouth but couldn’t say a word.
Seeing this, Carlos looked at Evan at the door and ordered, “You go there personally.”
After Ellie gave the apartment’s passcode, Evan and his people hurried away.
Ellie locked her red eyes with Alex, with her gaze steady and full of determination.
For so many years, she had cautiously hidden the unspeakable scrrows deep in her heart.
She remained extremely humble for all those years, as it was the deepest expression of her love for him.
The feelings she had when she was young had long been shattered by Alex and secretly buried by her.
Alex stared at Ellie’s pale face and her slightly shaking hands clenching the hem of her skirt, he tugged at his collar with
irritation.
“How could you do that?” With his head aching, Layton looked at Alex, completely at a loss for words.
Son, Evan made a video call to Nancy, and she cast his phone screen onto the LCD screen.
Everyone’s eyes were fixed on the LCD screen, watching Evan and his team enter the apartment and open each cabinet on the balcony.
“Mr. Warren, the cabinets are empty. There’s nothing inside,” Evan said to Carlos, awaiting further instructions.
Alex shouted, “Impossible!”
Alex nearly yelled with his rough voice, “Search her bedroom and closet”
Nancy’s hand shook with anger as she pointed at Alex. “What exactly are you looking for?”
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