Love's Tangled Web by Donna Taylor

Chapter 237

Not long after Layton and Lacey left, Diana, Aaron, and Ellie also said their goodbyes and left.

Alex willingly took care of the bill for the three of them.

Once outside the restaurant, Haley couldn’t hold back any longer. She blurted out. “Alex, Diana keeps parading herself around as your fiancée. So what does that make me?”

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Alex frowned, clearly annoyed, and responded, “That’s just how she is. Don’t pay her any mind. I’ve got things to do. I’ll call you a car to take you home.”

Haley’s hands, hanging by her sides, clenched into tight fists. “Alex, when are you going to officially end your engagement with her? Can you really stand by and watch me get treated like this?”

Alex’s expression darkened. “This engagement involves both families. It was arranged by the elders; it’s not up to me to decide.”

“I’m sorry. I lost control of my emotions. I won’t bring it up again,” Haley quickly softened her tone, knowing when to stop. “As long as you treat me well, that’s all that matters. If you’re busy, I’ll get a cab on my own.”

Although Alex was always hot and cold with her, tonight, something felt off about him.

her necklace, saying he needed

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a crisp

at night, in the private suite of the Earl Hotel, Alex stood barefoot on the plush carpet. He wore a white shirt and black dress pants, gazing out of the floor–to–ceiling windows at the neon–lit skyline of

in. Dressed in a black–and–white suit, his imposing

the coffee table, speaking briskly. “Mr.

you unconscious years ago, took you to the hospital, and called the police. We haven’t been able to locate

pockets. “You can’t find him?”

his job and squandered the cash on

from his hometown said he ran off with a

“Have you confirmed

the Nopolis East Industrial Park, both online and

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