Love's Tangled Web by Donna Taylor

Chapter 239

Alex got up and walked over to the floor–to–ceiling window, sinking into a long silence. Finally, he muttered under his breath, suppressing his emotions, “I need to know the truth

Layton wasn’t the least bit surprised by Alex’s determination. With a sarcastic snort, he grumbled, “You’re so eager to believe Ellie saved you. Aren’t you afraid that one day, that scalpel in her hand might accidentally cut open your artery?”

Alex braced one hand against the windowpane, closing his eyes. If that day ever came, he thought, no matter the punishment she dealt him, he would accept it.

Meanwhile, at the Owens residence, Haley clutched a hospital–issued medical report her mother had handed her. Her voice trembled with excitement as she asked, “Mom, there’s no way this can be traced back to me, right?”

Evelyn gave her a reassuring look. “Relax. You scheduled those tests yourself, one by one, at a legitimate hospital. That one specific result was handled by your aunt’s colleague, who did it personally.

“It was her last day before moving abroad. As long as you keep quiet, no one will ever find out.”

Haley’s grip on the stack of reports tightened, her expression turning smug.

In her hands were a diagnosis of severe depression and a medical report stating she had significant reproductive damage, rendering her infertile. Armed with these, she had no fear of Alex doubting her.

Evelyn gave her a firm reminder. “Mr. Warren already knows the girl who saved him was injected with drugs that left her unable to have children.

“If he insists on you both getting a premarital health check, show him this report. Use it as an opportunity to persuade him to get the marriage license first.

“And if he pressures you further, use your depression as an excuse to buy time. Under no circumstances are you to agree to another health check”

on, the entire Owens family depends on

to marry Alex

“By the way, where’s that necklace I told you to put away? Give it

a moment before retrieving the necklace from her

into the trash.

no one else should

retrieved the necklace from the trash. Tugging Haley along, she headed

and pulled out a half–used bag of frozen seafood.

the necklace into it, she tossed the bag into the kitchen trash can and

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when the maids take out the garbage, this necklace will be gone for

mother and daughter, their late–night scheming had been observed

woman, Amelia, in her fifties, watched as they climbed the stairs. Once the coast was

the kitchen.

cautious glance toward the kitchen door before crouching down and carefully rummaging through the