Love's Tangled Web by Donna Taylor

Chapter 42

Their eyes met briefly, and Haley quickly put away her compact, Ellie stepped aside to let her in, then walked straight out of the room.

Haley’s quick makeup touch–up at the door before visiting Alex was telling. It was hard to believe she was just there to her parents and didn’t care about Alex. Even Haley might not have been entirely convinced by her own story.

appease

“Ellie. Haley called out, catching up to her in the hallway.

turn around. Their friendship felt strained now. They had become close because their families had lived across

when Haley first started pursuing her brother, Aaron. She had been worried, but Haley had promised, “No matter what happens with your brother, we’ll always be best friends. Haley had

to Haley, barely a step between them.

been friends for

was due to their strained friendship, her brother’s situation, or the complicated feelings

really done with him, just tell him. He

was always distant. There’ve been rumors about Alex and me, but Aaron never checked if they were true. He’s the one who walked away, not me

Haley. “He’s the one who walked away? Aaron quit a job you didn’t like and saved up to propose,

were so panicked that he couldn’t even admit he