NovelEnglishChapter 160 Chapter 160 Ellie turned to her parents. "Mom, Dad, just rest for a bit. I'll be right back." "Ellie," Joanna said, holding onto her daughter's hand tightly, worry etched on her face.
3 70% A wave of guilt washed over Ellie. Alex had just shouted so loudly-there was no way her parents hadn't heard him. She couldn't let Alex stay here and keep arguing, making her parents more anxious.
"Mom, I really am okay. I'm just going to talk to him for a minute,” Ellie reassured, gently prying her mom's hand away.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtAfter taking just a couple of steps, her dad, Harold, grabbed her arm. Ellie turned to look at her father, a man in his fifties, whose features were marked by time's passage.
Even though he struggled to express himself, she could see the tension in his body, the worry in his eyes, and the guilt bubbling just beneath the surface... she understood it all.
+5 "Dad, I'll be back in a minute," Ellie said, glancing at the wooden cane he leaned on and the empty pant leg beside it, a lump forming in her throat.
Harold stubbornly held on, his voice firm. "Whatever you need to say, say it here!" Seeing that Harold wouldn't let Ellie go, Alex stepped forward to grab her, but Harold pushed him away.
"Dad!" Ellie positioned herself in front of Harold, afraid Alex might retaliate.
Alex caught sight of Ellie's tear-filled eyes and felt an unfamiliar irritation. "I'm not going to argue with a cripple!" he said and then lunged forward again to grab Ellie.
Harold watched as Alex moved closer to Ellie, raising his wooden cane as though he was going to strike him. Ellie and Joanna quickly stepped in to block him.
Alex, completely enraged, shouted, "Is this never going to end?! Back in the day, you were the ones who gave Ellie to the Warren family to raise.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm"The Warrens took care of her, and you're all grateful on the surface, but the moment you got her back, you expect her to be your little worker! Now that you're broke, you want to sell your daughter back to us? Don't you feel any shame?!" "Stop it!" Ellie cried out, noticing the angry expressions on her parents' faces. She stepped forward to push Alex away.
Alex seized Ellie's wrist in response, his voice sharp. "Ellie, have you ever thought about how much my parents spent raising you?!" Ellie looked back at him, embarrassed. "Whatever your parents spent onhas nothing to do with you!" Alex sneered. Then, suddenly releasing Ellie, he said, "The entire Warren family is mine! Every penny my parents used for you cfrom me! You keep saying you'll repay it, but what do you have to offer?!" Ellie was left speechless by his retort! Alex's contemptuous gaze settled on Ellie's parents. "When she was a kid, you handed her over to us to raise, and now that she's grown, you want to sell her back to us so she can inherit our family's wealth? Is the Thompson family in the business of selling daughters or what?!" Harold's face turned pale, his trembling finger pointed at the door. "Get out!" 1/2 10:33 Sat, 1 Feb K Kiss Chapter 160 70% Alex shot back, "How much do you want? Just givea price, and I'll buy her!" "Curse you!" Harold swung his wooden cane at Alex, but Alex caught it mid-swing.
Alex scanned Harold up and down, of his gaze fixed on the empty space Harold's pant leg. "quess you sold a daughter in your past life too, which is why you're suffering now with one leg lame!”
"You little...!" Harold's grip on the cane slowly weakened, his lips trembling as he could no longer speak.
Joanna supported her husband, biting her lip, tears brimming in her eyes, but she remained silent. The tension in the room had reached a breaking point, making it hard to breathe. "Get out!" Ellie exploded, her voice breaking as she desperately pushed Alex toward the door.
Alex looked down at Ellie, meeting her eyes filled with resentment. A pang of realization hit him deep inside! ☐
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