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.

hate

hide his emotions, Alex

you a couple.” Nancy softened at the sight of her lonely,

he mumbled a half–hearted explanation, “I want

the workday, Ellie used the excuse of doing rounds to visit Orion’s

keep watch while she

of it, there’s no rush. Whenever you want to pick this up again, just call me,” Ellie

were a set of medical data, specifically a compound designed to counteract

countless addicts could be

had been targeted by an international drug cartel. Orion had been tasked with bringing the researcher back home

containing the data had been stolen at one point. Under extreme circumstances, Orion managed to memorize all the data and store it in his mind, eventually making it back to Ditato.

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

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on coming in, and I couldn’t stop him, Linda said, shrugging