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.

are already many delayed projects awaiting your approval from the time you were injured. If we push everything forward, it’ll be impossible to

final proposals with the department heads first. Distribute all remaining tasks among the deputy directors and set

Chris rushed off to carry out his orders.

the evening, after taking a walk in the garden while pushing Carlos in his

working late, Ellie reped. Then she stood on the bedroom balcony, gazing at the northwest corner of the

Warren Manor, how she missed home everyday, missing her parents and

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naively believed that if she crawled through

chance to crawl out through the hole. She ran desperately, following the direction Alex had once pointed out to her as the way home. Halfway there, she was nearly scared to death by a

her, cursing as he

warned her fiercely. If you run again. I’ll break your legs and lock you

her dirty hands, disgusted, and wiped them with his own white shirt. Afterward, she was carried on his back,

said he was bad, that he was crazy, and even Alex himself admitted he wasn’t a good person. But in Ellie’s eyes, no matter how mean he was, he

her thoughts, Ellie went downstairs to prepare a late–night

and, oticing the lights

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

entered the living room, Alex caught the strong

Ellie was dressed in casual home clothes, her long hair held up with a shark clip. She was so focused as she ladled

grey more obvious. Taking out his phone, Alex snapped a picture of this precious moment.

having a home with Ellie. No matter how late he came home, she would be there waiting for him.

of him, within his reach, but he was the one who had pushed her away. Now, she

as long as there

stood behind Ellie and gently wrapped her

down to make you some late–night snacks,” Ellie said,

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