Love's Tangled Web by Donna Taylor

Chapter 63

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“Haley, you told Aaron how hard it was for you and how much pressure you were under while sending mixed signals to Alex and letting him chase after you like crazy.

“Then you turn around to find all sorts of excuses to nitpick at Aaron. And finally, you stand in front of him, demanding a breakup while acting like you’re the wronged party, saying it’s all his fault!“.

Haley opened her mouth, speechless.

“Aaron doesn’t need you to survive. You didn’t have to act like this!” After saying this, Ellie turned and walked away.

“Even so, I hope that when Alex proposes to me next time, you’ll be there!” Haley’s words left Ellie at a loss. It was as if Haley thought everyone would just cater to her, like a pampered princess

If Ellie hadn’t seen the things on Alex’s phone, she wouldn’t have believed that Haley could do this behind Aaron’s back. What was the difference between this and betrayal?

To hurt Aaron so deeply while still expecting her to help maintain her perfect image–what kind of logic was that?

After forcing herself out for a break, Ellie returned to the hospital with a heavy heart and continued her shift. The whole afternoon she was completely out of it. As it neared the end of her workday, she hid in the break room to call Aaron.

Hearing a commotion outside, Ellie quickly hung up and stepped out. She was shocked to see a crowd gathered in the hallway. With her sharp eyes, she spotted a young man holding a knife, charging at some medical staff.

to protect her mentor. But just then, a figure swooped

from above, she looked up. “What are you doing here?”

hell were you thinking, letting yourself get chopped up?” Alex barked at Ellie, roughly pulling

embrace.

powerful heartbeat against her, Ellie’s own

patients

wasn’t until the crowd was fully evacuated that Alex finally let go of

was injured when one of her colleagues pointed it out. She accompanied him to the ER, where the medical staff would tend to

Alex’s uninjured hand gripped Ellie’s wrist tightly, refusing to let go.

without any

private room to

the hospital room, Ellie was packing up and getting ready to head home. “Did you

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specific?”

a small box from his pocket. “Take a look. If you don’t like it, I’ll get

box, shaking her head and refusing to

they had–she could argue endlessly with Alex–they always seemed to reconcile in the end. But with each fight, her heart drifted a little further from him, and she understood that one day, she’d be completely gone.

it.” Alex said, seeing her hesitation as he reached for her