Love's Tangled Web by Donna Taylor

Chapter 247

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Late at night, inside the private room of a bar that Alex frequently visits. Layton walked in and found Alex lying motionless on the sofa.

He reached out and checked Alex’s breath. Alex, with his eyes closed, disdainfully pushed Layton’s hand away.

“So, you’re still awake,” Layton said, relieved when he saw that Alex was okay. He sat down across from him.

“I thought you were supposed to keep dyeing your hair until you’re over sixty, but why is it back to its original color now?” Layton, used to Alex’s cutting–edge fashion sense, couldn’t help but feel that Alex’s all–black casual suit didn’t look right, no matter how he viewed it.

Alex sluggishly sat up from the sofa, his whole demeanor exuding the most extreme level of exhaustion. His eyes were bloodshot and dull, his gaze lifeless. Without a word, he opened every bottle of alcohol on the coffee table.

“Are you really that affected?” Layton’s brain briefly short–circuited.

He’d known Alex for years, probably even better than Alex’s own mother. When Alex was shaken up, it usually meant bad luck for someone else. If Alex was alone, brooding over his drink, it could only lead to one conclusion. “Ellie still won’t talk to you?”

a glare, hitting a raw

pretending. I’m not an outsider,” Layton said, seeing no denial from Alex and knowing he’d

that if Ellie really was the one who saved you back then, you could break up with

if you break up with Haley, you’d still want to be with Ellie. But you’re scared she’ll

He hadn’t gotten the result he wanted, and now, Ellie was beginning to despise

advice, spoke again. “Alex, listen to us. Stop forcing Ellie to admit that she likes you. Once you two break that barrier, it won’t be good for you,

in

gaze kept flashing before his eyes. He poured himself a glass of liquor and

unable to respond

the time Haley arrived, Alex was already too drunk to function.

with two empty glasses on the coffee table. Haley’s expression was full of confusion and

that screamed business casual,

favorite hair color was back to its original hue. There wasn’t single accessory on him, not even his beloved

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