Love's Tangled Web by Donna Taylor

Chapter 507

Ellie looked up at Aaron. The more she tried to control herself, the more her tears flowed. Aaron held the umbrella while gently lifting Ellie, allowing her to lean against him and let out her pent–up emotions.

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Leaning all her weight on his shoulder, Ellie trembled as she spoke, “Aaron, today marks a hundred days since Carlos passed away.”

Upon returning home, Ellie fell ill. She steadfastly refused to go to the hospital, while Joanna and Aaron insisted on not leaving her alone for a healing getaway out of town.

Her plans for the termination were once again postponed, yet she still hadn’t confided in anyone about her pregnancy.

During moments of boredom, she picked up her phone, only to find distressing news–reports of a wedding shooting leading to a ten–year sentence, plummeting stock prices for the Warren Group, and the illness of Nancy.

Overwhelmed by despair, Ellie simply switched off her phone. The entire day slipped away in a haze of restless sleep followed by brief awakenings, only to doze off again.

afternoon when Lacey came upstairs to call her that she mustered the energy to descend.

saw

me?” Ellie looked at Layton, shaking her head. At this point, it mattered little whether she went.

the prison for his visit. Alex was

is plummeting. Your dad, in a bid to stabilize sentiment, has nominated your cousin to take

she will be just fine. As for the

aware of the serious consequences of his public actions. His parents would surely suffer heartbreak for a time,

to pull the trigger, he prepared himself for the loss of everything. So long as Ellie

at night, Alex lay on the prison cot, repeatedly caressing his right hand

his ring was removed, leaving only a mark to signify that he once wore it, a testament to the happiness he and Ellie had

future with Ellie. Even if she hated

wanted her to stay by his side. Even if it meant enduring pain, he wanted their futures to be linked. For her sake, he had exhausted every means to hold

not even a decade in jail could win back a single glance from