Love's Tangled Web by Donna Taylor

Chapter 456

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Ellie increasingly sensed that Alex was in a strange mood, She didn’t know how to comfort his inexplicable unease and broke free from his embrace. Looking up into Alex’s clearly erratic eyes, Ellie stood on her tiptoes and kissed him briefly

Ellie looked at Alex with a firm gaze and said, “Alex, don’t be like this. After Carlos’s affairs are settled, I’ll go back and talk to my mom and ask her to agree to us getting our marriage license first.”

Alex’s breathing was heavy, and he held her tightly, even tighter. His three–year agreement with Joanna had just begun. They wouldn’t get married.

After Carlos’s funeral was over, Aaron would come to pick up Ellie and take her back to the Thompson residence. Ellie showed no signs of pregnancy,

He didn’t know what else he could do. He felt so oppressed that he seemed to be in a bottomless abyss, unable to see a glimmer of light or a way out.

That night, Carlos slipped into a deep coma. At four o’clock in the morning, the doctor injected Carlos with a powerful stimulant, which could only last for five or six hours at most. No one slept all night.

The next morning, Carlos woke up miraculously. No one was happy about his waking up again. They knew it was called a false recovery.

Carlos could smile. After breakfast, Carlos missed his pots of orchids and insisted that Ellie push him

more today than usual and said weakly, “Ellie, when you have time, teach Alex how to take care of the orchids. Don’t let these

beside Carlos’s legs and nodded vigorously

“Alex, you should learn well and listen to

head and replied

moment, the materials for building the cat house that Alex bought arrived. Carlos weakly pointed in the direction of the greenhouse and said, “I reserved that vacant land for making a

about setting up a swing on that vacant land? After we get married and have children, Alex and I can play with the children under the tree and we can all protect

at Ellie with a determined gaze. Ellie’s description was so warm but Alex knew that they were

it took him a long time

Ellie turned to

smiled

her mouth wide and big tears rolled

and sobbed. “Carlos!”

mournful cries filled

death, the nine branches of the Warren family hurried from all over the world to pay their respects.