Love's Tangled Web by Donna Taylor

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Chapter 247 @K 68% Late at night, inside the private room of a bar that Alex frequently visits. Layton walked in and found Alex lying motionless on the sofa.

He reached out and checked Alex's breath. Alex, with his eyes closed, disdainfully pushed Layton's hand away. "So, you're still awake," Layton said, relieved when he saw that Alex was okay. He sat down across from him. "I thought you were supposed to keep dyeing your hair until you're over sixty, but why is it back to its original color now?" Layton, used to Alex's cutting-edge fashion sense, couldn't help but feel that Alex's all-black casual suit didn't look right, no matter how he viewed it.

Alex sluggishly sat up from the sofa, his whole demeanor exuding the most extrlevel of exhaustion. His eyes were bloodshot and dull, his gaze lifeless. Without a word, he opened every bottle of alcohol on the coffee table.

"Are you really that affected?" Layton's brain briefly short-circuited.

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He'd known Alex for years, probably even better than Alex's own mother. When Alex was shaken up, it usually meant bad luck for someone else. If Alex was alone, brooding over his drink, it could only lead to one conclusion. "Ellie still won't talk to you?" Alex shot Layton a glare, hitting a raw nerve.

"Stop pretending. I'm not an outsider," Layton said, seeing no denial from Alex and knowing he'd hit the mark. Layton continued, "Right now, the real conflict for you is that if Ellie really was the one who saved you back then, you could break up with Haley, and that's what you want, but... you're afraid.

"Even if you break up with Haley, you'd still want to be with Ellie. But you're scared she'll hate you." Alex placed his elbows on his knees and gripped his glass tightly. He hadn't gotten the result he wanted, and now, Ellie was beginning to despise him.

After a brief silence, Layton, trying to offer sadvice, spoke again. "Alex, listen to us. Stop forcing Ellie to admit that she likes you. Once you two break that barrier, it won't be good for you, and especially in this situation, she won't admit it." "She already has," Alex cut in before Layton could finish.

In his mind, Ellie's cold, resolute gaze kept flashing before his eyes. He poured himself a glass of liquor and gulped it down in one go.

Layton froze, unable to respond immediately.

By the tHaley arrived, Alex was already too drunk to function.

He lay alone on the sofa, with two empty glasses on the coffee table. Haley's expression was full of confusion and uncertainty.

She gazed at Alex, dressed in a black casual suit that screamed business casual, and she was so shocked that she couldn't speak for a moment.

His favorite hair color was back to its original hue. There wasn't single accessory on him, not even his beloved black diamond earrings.

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'What on earth happened? Is he preparing to take over the family business? The thought excited Haley, and she couldn't help but smile slyly. She had already thrown that necklace away. It was probably buried somewhere in a landfill by now.

Without the necklace, Alex would never know the truth about who saved him that year.

If Alex took over Warren Capital, then those old guys from the Warren family would be done for. All She e m needed to do was marry Alex, and she'd becthe lady of Warren Capital, with everyone looking up to her.

"Alex, let's go home." Haley struggled to lift Alex and sit him up, but she didn't have the strength to get him off the sofa seeing Layton enter, Haley quickly asked for his help. “Alex is drunk. Can you helpget him to my car?"

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