Chapter 350
The next morning, Ellie finished her breakfast and got ready for work. Since she lived in the western suburbs, it took her a bit longer to get to the hospital. She had to leave an hour early every day.
But despite that, she felt really happy. Even though her father was gone, her uncle was alive and well, and she now had an
aunt too.
With her brother and her mom, they weren’t just floating around without roots anymore; they finally had a place to call home in this city. She wasn’t scared anymore. She didn’t feel lost
Having them around gave her a strange sense of courage and confidence.
As Ellie stepped outside, she ran into Alex, who was stepping out of his flashy sports car. The sight of Alex in his sharp suit, pulling a gift box from the trunk, made Ellie quickly look away.
Everyone called Alex a player, and she used to think so too. But when she thought about it more closely, he was just too pragmatic. He would go to great lengths for the people he cared about, even if it meant defying the entire world.
The way he treated people he didn’t care for? Well, it was just that he simply didn’t see them as worth his time.
“Ellie! Wait up! Let’s go together!” Nalani called out as she rushed out the door, grabbing Ellie’s arm. When she turned and saw Alex’s fancy car, she frowned. “Why’d you drive that flashy thing?”
Alex instinctively glanced at Ellie. She subtly pulled her arm away, “You guys go ahead. I’ll drive myself.”
After she spoke, Ellie stepped back, making way for Alex’s car to back out. As she watched it slowly move, she turned to head back inside. Just as she reached the entrance of the lobby, there was a loud bang.
Ellie whipped around to see Alex’s sports car had crashed right into the decorative rock formation!
Nalani, still shaken, followed Alex’s gaze to Ellie. “Dude, if you’re going to play around, at least know when to stop! I really don’t want to risk my life here!” Nalani unbuckled her seatbelt and jumped out of the car.
Alex, through the windshield, stared at Ellie as she turned to leave and calmly stepped out of the car.
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Just like that, Alex was visiting the Thompson residence three times a day, making Ellie unable to stay there any longer.
Even though he was coming to see Nalani, every time he showed up, his eyes sent shivers down her spine.
Ellie had dealt with Alex long enough to sense that his gaze towards her wasn’t innocent.
After that typhoon incident at the adult store where he got hurt, he did tone it down and stopped bothering her. When she heard he was getting married, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
But in a twist of fate, he chose to marry her aunt’s niece. People say it’s easy to change landscapes but hard to change nature; she couldn’t underestimate Alex’s bad side. To be safe, she decided to move back to her apartment.
“Mom, I’m getting ready for my graduate exams, so I want to move back to my apartment for a while. I’ll come back after I’m done, Ellie said, scrambling for a reason that wasn’t really a reason. “It’s closer to the hospital, and it makes traveling a lot easier. Plus, it’ll save me a ton of time.”
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Chapter 350
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“I won’t stop you. If your aunt agrees, then you can go ahead,” Joanna said, hiding her concern and turning towards the kitchen.
“Aaron, let’s pack your things,” he said, offering to help.
Ellie obediently followed Aaron upstairs, knowing he had something he wanted to discuss.
“Honey, what do you think about all this?” Whitney asked, pulling Jason aside for a chat in the garden.
They strolled down the garden path at the Thompson residence. Jason holding his wife’s hand. “I didn’t expect our families to be so intertwined.
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