Love's Tangled Web by Donna Taylor

Chapter 59

Chapter 59

BUST

Aaron met her gaze with a calm but slightly furrowed brow. He was worried about his sister, yet everyone seemed to want to know what was going on with him.

Seeing that he wasn’t speaking. Haley couldn’t contain her anger anymore. “We came to check on Ellie because we were worried about her! If you’re not grateful, fine, but do you really have to act like this?”

Aaron replied, “I’m not blaming anyone, but I really don’t want to see you guys.”

Haley shot back, “What about your sense of decency, Aaron? Your manners? I’m just breaking things off with you! Do you really need to act like we’re enemies?”

Aaron retorted, “What do you expect from a guy who grew up poor? Decency? Manners? You overestimate me.” With that, he turned and walked away.

end, the cold–hearted one was

her fever making her feel hazy and disoriented, but she could still hear the

Aaron never spoke to Haley like that. She knew Aaron cared about

the blankets over her head, Ellie

broke out, she stood frozen, searching for Alex and Haley in the chaos. All she could think

and terrified, she never left anyone behind.

with Haley under his protection, Ellie felt utterly foolish. She felt pitiful.

under stress revealed everything. In that moment, Alex’s eyes, his heart, and his thoughts were solely focused on

he had just turned his head slightly, he would have

to complain. Ellie buried her face in the blankets, wrapping her arms tightly around herself, desperately

late at night at Encounter Bar in the Old Alley. Ellie hadn’t shown up, and on stage, a young guy was singing his heart out. Alex found it boring and decided to go into

tonight?” Layton asked, passing Alex a glass and taking

into the couch. He crossed his legs casually on the coffee table, fiddling with a broken red

your finger. You’ve got a fiancée overseas you’ve never even met and yet you still have time to mess around with