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.

call her that

said, handing her a bag. Ellie saw the

would you like to come with me?” Ellie looked at Layton, shaking her head. At this point, it mattered little whether she went.

for his visit. Alex was wearing

ill, and now the stock of Warren Group is plummeting. Your dad, in a bid to stabilize sentiment, has nominated your cousin to take your place, but the board rejected it,” Layton explained.

quietly to Layton’s words, then replied coolly, “My Mom is strong; she will be just

he was well aware of the serious consequences of his public actions. His parents would surely suffer heartbreak for a time, and the Warren Group would undergo a chaotic power

the moment he decided to pull the trigger, he prepared himself for the loss of everything. So long as Ellie was well, he had

night, Alex lay on the prison cot, repeatedly caressing his right hand where his ring had once been

a mark to signify that

desperately for a future with Ellie. Even if

enduring pain, he wanted their futures to be linked. For her sake, he had exhausted

had sacrificed her entire youth for him. Yet now, not even a