Love's Tangled Web by Donna Taylor

Chapter 288

Chapter 288

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Beneath the rainy sky, Ellie watched as Alex, holding a sharp dagger, carefully carved away the skin where the tattoo lay. He used all his strength, each stroke scraping down to the bone.

Blood poured from the wounds, mixing with the rain, making the bright red color even more vivid. She didn’t intervene or say a word; her face was like when she saw him carve Haley’s name onto his ring finger.

Back then, her heart was full of pain, but now she felt only numbness. With a clatter, the bloody dagger fell into the puddle forming beneath Alex’s feet, turning the already red water into an even brighter shade.

As she watched Alex, whose arm shook from pain, she saw him cautiously approach her, his eyes red with emotion.

Ellie spoke, “Even if you erase the surface, that tattoo on your ring finger has become part of you. Unless you die, you will never get rid of it.

unless you’re dead, you will never repay it in this

hate me?” Alex stopped in front of Ellie, looking into her eyes. When Ellie stayed silent, Alex, ignoring his pain, grabbed

stood in the rain, staring at each other for

rain as they streamed down his face; he struggled to control himself, loosening his

remained still, her gaze cold as she looked at him. Finally, Alex let go. They stood side by side on the overpass,

admit, I have hurt you more than once for Haley’s sake, and I spoke cruelly

as he looked at Ellie, his quiet tone full of desperation. “Ellie, give me a chance to make things right.”

fervently nodded. “As long as you allow it, I

really sure?”

“If you doubt me, I can swear to

I beg you, from this moment on, do not come before me again,” Ellie declared, instantly freezing all expression from Alex’s

we meet in the future, please

Alex suddenly shouted, the pain in his voice clear against the unending rain. The thought of

to strong resolve. “So, Haley was right; the most selfish person

you.

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