Tangled Temptations

Chapter 7

Eloise got home. Michelle, who was praying, looked up with hope in her eyes as she saw her.

Pale-faced, Eloise shook her head. Michelle was disappointed but held her tongue. "You're soaking wet." she said. "Go take a shower, or you will catch a cold."

Eloise nodded. She showered and took some medicine, but still ended up catching a cold, feeling a bit dizzy.

At midnight, Veronica couldn't wait any longer and called to know the results. Eloise relayed the events in a hoarse voice.

Veronica sounded astonished. "Harvey can really control his desires? You were already that close, and he still held back? Eloise...is there something wrong with him?"

Eloise responded quietly, "I don't think so, he seems pretty normal to me."

Veronica let out a sigh of relief and then encouraged Eloise. "As long as there's nothing wrong with him physically, I don't believe you can't win him over."

She knew very well that she could not attract him

she woke up, it was noon the next

temperature, and it was a whopping 39.5

on an IV. By the time Eloise was hooked up, it was already 3 p.m. She was exhausted

was at the hospital picking up medication for his mother. As they

pale and pitiful. Harvey stared at her for a few extra seconds. His mother, Pauline, noticed her son's gaze and

replied indifferently, "We've

son, "Earlier, when I was registering, she helped me out. I

gave Eloise another

and, upon seeing Harvey, tried to get up quickly, forgetting about the IV in her hand. Suddenly, the fluid in

Harvey frowned.

don't you stay with this young lady? It's really

stay, but under his mother's gaze, he agreed. Eloise