Love's Tangled Web by Donna Taylor

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A few hours later, Alex woke up in his ward. He glanced around at Barry and Layton standing by the bed, tilted his head, and scanned the room. “Who called the doctor?”

Barry, eyeing Alex who looked like a complete wreck from head to toe, spoke quietly, “Mr. Warren, I was the one who found you.”

Alex’s head, which had been tilted in annoyance, immediately dropped back onto the pillow. He closed his eyes and just lay there, utterly defeated.

Layton couldn’t help himself and spoke up, noticing how disheveled Alex looked. “You don’t seriously think Ellie called the doctor for you, do you?”

“Where is she?!” Alex snapped his eyes open and glared at Layton

Barry said, “Ms. Thompson is off work for the day.”

Alex slammed his fist down on the bed, clearly frustrated.

Barry and Layton exchanged a glance. Layton raised an eyebrow and said, “You were covered in cactus needles, bro. What did you do to Ellie to make her treat you like this?”

Alex met Layton’s curious gaze and slowly withdrew his own. Last night, he hugged and kissed Ellie, only to get slapped, hit on the head, and–of all things–bitten.

Alex instinctively rubbed the spot on his chest where Ellie had bitten him, still feeling the lingering pain. His chest and neck, where the cactus had pricked him, itched and stung. It was clear she must have wanted to drive him away with a cactus.

Barry cautiously said, “Mr. Warren, it looks like you’ve been pricked pretty badly by a cactus. Should I call the doctor?” “No need! Let me die!” Alex lay stiffly on the bed, his tone sharp.

Just then, Nancy pushed the door open and heard Alex’s reckless words. “Do you dare to say that to Mr. Thompson?” she shot back at him.

Hearing Nancy’s voice, Alex immediately lost all the swagger he had a moment ago. Thoughts of Ellie’s father made him wilt. “What will Ellie do if I die?” he muttered, sounding defeated

Before he could finish his sentence, Nancy sneered and said, “You can do whatever you want. It has nothing to do with Ellie.”

Layton chimed in with a smirk, “If you really died, the one who would benefit the most would be Ellie!”

“Shut up!” Alex shot Layton a warning glare, his heart aching.

to take good care of the company, but the moment you see Ellie, you’re like a

him.

over his face, trying to hide. “Since you guys handed the company over to me,

me to it.

the office doesn’t mean I’m not working. The projects are in progress, the meetings are still happening,

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“What about tomorrow’s senior management

meeting will still happen,” Alex replied confidently.

are you going to face people looking like this?” Nancy shot back.

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I have my private elevator, and I’ll just

anger as she gritted her teeth “Fine! From now

door, and after a moment, he couldn’t help but mutter,

just remained

the words. Finally, he sighed

stared at him.

leading a doctor. Alex immediately recognized

had just gotten off work and returned to her apartment. She was surprised to find Diana there, along

Ellie turned to Joanna. “Mom, who is she?”

frowned as he went to grab some dishes from the kitchen. Diana tugged at

someone.” help set Aaron

who quickly explained

had stayed here for a while before, but she hadn’t interacted with the neighbors much. Since Joanna and Aaron moved in a couple of months ago, they didn’t

to Joanna, unable to hold back her curiosity. “Mom, was she really here to

ran into her at the grocery store the other day. We chatted for a bit, and when she heard Aaron’s story,

right now. Next time, just visit her and politely decline. Don’t waste your time on

and dropped the subject. She knew her family’s situation better than anyone. While the gesture was kind, they needed to have some

Thompson,” Diana interjected,

time, just call me. I’ll buy it

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