Love's Tangled Web (Alex and Ellie)

Before leaving work that evening. Ellie received a call from Nancy, asking her to visit Carlos's doctor to check his condition

After learning that Carlos's cancer had spread and he only had about three months left, Ellie felt a heavy weight as she went to his hospital room.

Standing at the door. Ellie saw Alex's parents encouraging Carlos to continue treatment Carlos lay weakly on the hospital bed, eyes closed, weakly repeating home. Ellie's eyes stung with emotion

Ellie stood at the door for a while but didn't go in, Ellie hadn't even managed to say a word to Carlos before he slipped back into a light sleep

She chose not to greet Alex's parent

's parents, fearing she might start crying With teary eyes, she turned to leave, her tears uncontrollably falling. Time went by quickly. Carlos once held her hand and brought her into the Warren family. Now Carlos had his days numbered. As a doctor, Ellie watched her relatives suffer from illness and saw their lives gradually fade. Yet, she felt powerless to help.

The cost of growing up was watching her loved ones left one by one, continually catching her off guard, repeatedly reminding her that tomorrow was not guaranteed and they might not meet agai

Besides heartache, there was only helplessness. Such pain and frustration couldn't be undone, persisting throughout life but a long, persistent drizzle.

not like a sudden storm

Just give me a few minutes, just a few minutes!" Alex stood not far away, his gaze fixed on Ellie as she struggled to hold back her tears.

A few minutes later, in the small park beneath the hospital ward, Ellie's mood had settled a lot. As she watched Alex come closer step by step, Ellie spoke coldly. "Stop right there." At her words, Alex came to a halt,noveldrama

In a corner of the hospital's inpatient garden, as evening fell, they looked at each other. Alex met Ellie's aloof gaze that seemed to push him far away, yet he moved towards her again.

"Stop" Ellie warned again, but Alex didn't obey. He took two steps forward, caught her wrist, and pulled her towards him. Ignoring Ellie's attempts to break free, he turned her around and held her tightly from behind.

His grip on Ellie's arm tightened unconsciously, his breath quick and close against her back. He was afraid of seeing her cold gaze again.

Alex rested his head in the crook of Ellie's neck and closed his eyes. "I admit I made a huge mistake before. I know I was wrong. Please give me a chance to fix things!"

Alex said, "Ellie, I'm not who you think. I want to make it up, to keep you with me, and to have a good life together. There was a time I thought about letting you go, but I can't bring myself to do it!"

Ellie broke free from Alex's grip with force and turned around. She looked into Alex's pained eyes, her expression unchanged. "It's not me you can't bear to lose, but a woman you can toy with and belittle whenever you like.

Ellie said each word carefully. "There was a time when I liked you for seven long years, and yet I could let go. But you've never liked me, should be able to let go even more easily"

so you

"Carlos is in this state now, and I hope yo

you'll stop fooling around and spend more time with him," Ellie said, then quickly turned and left. "Without you, I can't be alright!" Hearing Alex's broken voice behind her, Ellie thought, 'Someone as heartless as him would live better than anyone At the same time, at the Grant Manor, Haley was frantically packing her stuff, getting ready to leave.

Winnie and Patrick luad promised Haley they wouldn't mention the paternity test again, but today Haley followed Winnie and found out she went to the DNA testing center. Haley thought. That jerk Winnie must have secretly done the test behind my bark. Once Winnie comes back with the DNA test results showing I'm not the Janssen family's second daughter, I won't be able to leave even if I want to

leave:

Haley had just reached the door with her suitcase when she ran into Winnie. "Quinlee, please don't be like this. It's my fault, I'm sorry, Winnie said. Noticing Winnie's unusual behavior as she snatched the suitcase from Haley's hands and kept apologizing. Haley couldn't resist quietly asking. "IF 1/2

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none of you trust me, why won't you let me leave"

"Quinler, I didn't handle this well but I just wanted to stop the gossip. Trust me, it won't happen again. You're my that. Now, go upstairs and rest. Thave some things to take care of, Winnie said.

my sister, and no one should douba

Watching as Winnie instructed the servants to take Haley's luggage upstairs, Haley followed Winnie at a distance to the manor.

innie, are you sure this is true? Diana looked at the paternity test results multiple times,

Winnie said. "I made sure to oversee the entire paternity test process in that there were no mistakes. Quinlee has been through so much during her time away. She's very sensitive.

"Let's not bring it up again, and Quinlee mustn't find out that we conducted a paternity test without her knowing"

Hading by the doorway. Haley clutched her rapidly beating heart. She thought, They had all secretly done a paternity rest on me without me knowing

The test results show I'm the second daughter of the Janssen family. What's going on?

Haley was both excited and nervous. She thought, I need to find a way to do another DNA test to confirm these results.

Ellie got a call from Diana and headed over to the Thompson residence in West Suburb No. 7. Ellie spent some time with her family in the living room while waiting for Diana to arrive.

"Aaron, be honest, is nothing going on between you: and Ms. Grant? Hearing Whitney questioning Aaron about Diana, Ellie couldn't help but glance at Aaron.

teacher's daughter; 1 don't have those affections about her"

Aaron shook his head decisively. "Whitney, Diana is my teacher's day

Whitney said. "So what if she's the teacher's daughter? Ms. Grant has always been nice to you, and you get along with her. Why not give it a try? Whitney, you're overthinking!" Aaron shook his head. Whenever Joanna mentioned Diana, she couldn't stop praising. "Aaron, your dad and I used to hold you back, but now that your dad is gone and your uncle is back, it's time to settle down. Are you not interested in Ms, Grant?"

Aaron replied, "Mom, once a teacher, always like a parent. I'm only good to her because she's my teacher's daughter."

Whitney asked again, "Aaron, I think Ms. Grant is a great person. Are you sure you won't reconsider!"

Aaron insisted. "Whether now or in the future, I won't consider her. She's wonderful, but not the right one for me!"

Joanna suggested. "In that case, Jet Whitney set up a date for you. Maybe you'll meet so

someone who's a good match"

Aaron hesitated briefly, then nodded. "Alright."

Outside the door, Diana stood for an unknown amount of time. She squeezed the handle of her handbag so tightly that her knuckles turned pale. After a few deep breaths, she knocked and entered the living

room