Love's Tangled Web by Donna Taylor

Chapter 582

The day before Thanksgiving, Jaslands had just seen rain. Alex rarely visited the Warren Manor, but this time was an exception.

Entering the living room, he saw his parents‘ solitary figures discussing plans to visit Carlos grave tomorrow. Changing into his house slippers, he walked into the central living room.

Todd noticed his son and sighed without saying a word.

Nancy shot Alex a glare and spoke in a sarcastic tone, “Your father’s cat is almost out of cat food.”

Alex sat on the sofa, petting the cat. After a brief moment of hesitation, he said, “Mom, can you make some savory pastries for tomorrow?”

“There’s no one to eat them. Why bring that up all of a sudden?” Mentioning the pastries caused Nancy’s expression to change immediately.

In the past, her eldest son Orion loved her savory pastries. After he passed away, Ellie had come into their lives and also loved them.

But now, with one gone and the other estranged from the Warren family, even though she wanted to make them, there was no one left to enjoy them.

“Mom, I want to eat them,” Alex suddenly said.

was astonished. “You usually hate desserts. What’s gotten

Alex repeated,

make you a couple.” Nancy softened at the sight of her lonely, grown–up son

look, he mumbled a half–hearted explanation, “I want to take

end of the workday, Ellie used the excuse of doing rounds to visit

to keep watch while she went

up again, just call me,” Ellie said, saving the files onto a USB drive and shutting down the computer. Her heart was still pounding.

files Orion referred to were a set of medical data, specifically

compound went into production, countless addicts could be

Orion had been tasked with

data had been stolen at one point. Under extreme circumstances, Orion managed to

calming down, Ellie left the room, only to find Alex

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in, and I couldn’t stop him, Linda said,