Love's Tangled Web by Donna Taylor

Chapter 548

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T’ll call Diana. Let’s find a place to sit and talk calmly. Mark is super busy and sometimes doesn’t even come to the hospital for days, waiting here won’t help,” Ellie insisted, gently guiding Lacey out of the director’s office.

If Lacey stayed there too long, she would soon discover Mark’s hiding spot.

By ten o’clock that morning, at a restaurant downtown, Ellie, Lacey, and Diana ordered several dishes.

Lacey, your urgency to find Mark makes me think something has happened, hasn’t it?” Ellie asked, now that she had rested well in the duty room and noticed Lacey’s stressed expression.

Lacey sat across from Ellie, her fork crushing a pastry as she revealed, “I made a bet with Mark and lost myself to him.”

Diana couldn’t hold back her surprise and ended up spraying juice everywhere. Ellie’s lips twitched, momentarily shocked by the news.

was inexperienced; how could you lose to him?” Diana’s eyes widened in disbelief, nearly popping out as she exclaimed,

the table and gently knocked her fist against her head, saying, “I only wanted the jewels. I asked Layton to bid for them, but he refused. So, I

dared Mark. He said his family was pressuring him

he’d never beaten me before, I agreed. But who would have thought, Mark

He told me to wait

tears as she continued, “He even said in front of so many

made my own mess and need to deal with it.”

rested her head on the table. “I had planned to surf with my idol next week; what

Diana exchanged glances. “I got drunk yesterday,” Diana said, feeling like she had missed the news.

news. However, they were

by his family to

contract marriage with Mark, and then break up after a year, do you think he’ll

date my idol, will

Mark is really a gentleman; he’s just using you as a shield against family pressure. Honestly,