Love's Tangled Web by Donna Taylor

Chapter 430

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Alex refused to leave Ellie’s room. Even when Chris came over to deliver urgent documents for him to sign, he had to bring them straight to Ellie’s room.

By noon, it had started to rain outside.

After Chris left. Alex lay sprawled on Ellie’s bed, wrapped in her hin little blanket, spending the entire afternoon playing

Ludo with her,

When Aaron video–called Ellie, Alex saw her pick up her phone and head toward the balcony. He immediately got up and pulled her back. Take the call here. I’ll step out for a bit.”

Ellie answered Aaron’s call, while Alex went downstairs and stopped outside Carlos’s room. Blocking the family doctor’s way, he asked. “How much longer does my grandfather have??

The doctor respectfully replied, “Mr. Warren, if it weren’t for M. Griffith’s second surgery and the medication. Mr. Carlos Warren wouldn’t have lasted this long. Yesterday, a group of specialists came for a consultation. They estimate he has three to four months left at most.”

Ten minutes later, Alex went to the study on the second floor. Sitting at his desk, he checked the calendar.

Last night, he had personally overheard Ellie promise Aaron that after Carlos passed away, she would move back to the Thompson residence–no matter what stage her relationship with Alex reached. –

If he let her go, he would never get another chance like this. With only three months left, he had no idea what he needed to do to make Ellie stay with him forever.

As his phone screen dimmed, Alex braced his elbows on the edge of the desk, running both hands through his short hair with force. He felt a suffocating pressure weigh down on him, lowering his head into a long, heavy silence.

Half a month later, Alex’s leg had fully recovered, and he wasted no time returning to work. He ordered, “Compress the workload for the next few months into the next three days.

As soon as the morning meeting ended, Alex went into full–on work mode.

your approval from the time you were injured. If we push everything

For major projects, go through the final proposals with the department heads first. Distribute all remaining tasks among the deputy directors and set strict deadlines. Anyone has a problem with

off

pushing Carlos in his wheelchair, Ellie returned to her room. Alex hadn’t

Alex’s message saying he would be working late, Ellie reped. Then she stood on the bedroom balcony, gazing at the

came to the Warren Manor, how she missed home

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secretly dug a hole by the wall. She naively believed that if she crawled through that small hole, she could meet

She ran desperately, following the direction Alex had once pointed out to her as the way home. Halfway there, she was

behind her, cursing as he hugged her tightly. He held her so tightly that she could hardly

you run again. I’ll break your legs and lock

said that, he grabbed her dirty hands, disgusted, and wiped them with his own white shirt. Afterward, she was carried on

was crazy, and even Alex himself admitted he wasn’t a good person. But in Ellie’s eyes,

Ellie went downstairs to

the lights were still

by Nancy and two of the servants while being affectionate at the door, the next morning, he had

as he entered the living room, Alex caught the strong scent of chowder

casual home clothes, her long hair held up with a shark clip. She was so focused as she ladled the chowder, her concentration evident in every

the emotions stirring in his eyes grey more obvious. Taking

matter how late he came home, she

was the one who had pushed

he didn’t accept that fate. Even if he had to go against the world, as long as there was a glimmer of hope, he would give everything

this?” Alex stood

late–night

Ellie’s hand, turning her to face him. He lowered his head to look at her