Love's Tangled Web by Donna Taylor

Chapter 416

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“Here, Mr. Warren!” The sky was just beginning to lighten, and the dense fog hadn’t fully cleared yet when Barry found them. “Alex!”

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It wasn’t until Barry and the bodyguards lifted Alex out of the water together that Ellie saw what had been supporting him.

The broken tree root beneath him was jagged and uneven, stained with a dark red.

Her eyes fell on Alex’s face, covered in blood, and Ellie’s tears flowed uncontrollably as she whispered, “Crazy.”

Barry said, “Ms. Thompson, Mr. Warren had already sent someone to Sheahow Church to pick up Ms. Janssen last night. You should come back with us.”

A few hours later, at the Imperial Hospital, Alex was transferred from the emergency room to a VIP ward.

“I’m so sorry, Mrs. Warren. It’s all my fault,” Ellie said.

Carlos‘ condition had improved, and when she heard that Quinlee was sick and her sister was too busy to come back, Ellie decided to go and bring her home.

After all, Quinlee had played a significant role in getting Ryker to agree to the surgery.

But Ellie never expected an accident to happen on the way. And she certainly didn’t anticipate that Alex would show up just in time to save her once again.

“The patient’s vital signs are stable. The prolonged unconsciousness might be related to psychological factors. Family members should talk to him more, see if that can help wake him up,” the doctor suggested.

day

the afternoon, Ellie stayed in Alex’s hospital room, taking care of

chair, leaned over his

reed marsh, she had listened to Alex talking incessantly.

she thought he was just tired and had fallen asleep. She didn’t realize

body remained propped up, and his arm around her still had

remembered every word he had said before slipping into

back to the way things were. I’ll protect you, and you’ll just listen to me.”

about me. Don’t

he had

“Can you give me just one

know it was my fault, but I can’t

had confessed. “You have no idea how scared I’am of

tightly,

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need to apologize to her, but she was

had never

say yes to him. But she hadn’t

to maintain the status quo and not make

Manor, no matter how much Alex tried to charm her, even though her heart was pounding with

was in complete

mind was filled with the terrifying image of Alex fighting

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