Love's Tangled Web by Donna Taylor

Chapter 99

Chapter 99

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The little garden under the apartment building was dark and cold in the dead of winter, but it couldn’t compare to the chill

in Ellie’s heart.

Alex’s defense of Haley had gotten to a point where he couldn’t tell right from wrong. Ellie didn’t want to get caught in an endless loop of self–justification and had no desire to explain anything more.

The two stared at each other in silence. Alex took off his coat, intending to put it on Ellie. Without thinking, she took a step back. His hand, meant to drape the coat over her, missed as he looked at her with eyes growing darker.

Ellie suppressed the feeling of injustice and murmured, “I thought Haley would be my friend for life. She never cared that I was just a poor girl from the countryside and wanted to be friends anyway. I even gave her the only thing I had–a man’s necklace and she wouldn’t accept it.”

Alex frowned, stepping closer to Ellic. “Where did you get a man’s necklace from?”

Seeing Alex’s brows slowly knotting, Ellie looked away, her eyes reddening. That necklace was given to her by a boy she had recklessly tried to save when she was little.

boy, and when she woke up, he was nowhere to be found. Later,

it weren’t for her, the Thompson family wouldn’t have fallen into such terrible financial ruin. This was a

weakly, brushing

argue with you. Since you said Haley was good to you back then, just apologize to

smile. Her tears accidentally slipped down as she laughed. She lifted the back of her hand to wipe them away, then

I was truly happy. I felt like we were really destined. Turning from

“But even though you knew Haley was my brother’s girlfriend, you forced me to help you pursue her.

behind Aaron’s back. At that point, they hadn’t broken up yet.

eyes turned

stock and embarrassing us, Ellie said. “But did you know, Haley constantly made

often or intern at the district attorney’s office. She forced him to give up his dreams that

and lost control of her emotions.

dad

was waiting for Aaron to earn

Wed, Jan 29

Chapter 99