Love's Tangled Web by Donna Taylor

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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.

awaiting your approval from the time you were injured. If we push everything forward, it’ll be impossible to finish in

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 it can get the hell out, Alex said.

word, Chris rushed off to

the evening, after taking a walk in the garden while pushing Carlos in his wheelchair, Ellie returned to her room. Alex hadn’t

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

to the Warren Manor, how she

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believed that if she crawled through that small

finally got the 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

Alex had come up behind her, cursing as he hugged her

I’ll break

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

a good person. But in Ellie’s eyes, no

thoughts, Ellie went downstairs to prepare a late–night

the lights were still on

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

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

a shark

stirring in his eyes grey more obvious. Taking out his

matter how late he came home, she would be

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

against the world, as long as there was a

I tell you not to prepare this?” Alex stood behind

couldn’t sleep, so I came down to make you some late–night snacks,” Ellie said,

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