Tangled Temptations

Chapter 10

Eloise was swamped for a while. She met with Attorney Bowen, a sharp cookie who helped her get her head straight after just a couple of meetings.

In his spacious, bright office, Dominique went through Eloise's documents carefully, then smiled lightly and said, "You're a referral from Harvey, so let me be straight with you. Best case scenario, your dad might get two years."

Eloise's feelings were all over the place.

Dominique sat leisurely, hands clasped, and chuckled again. "Harvey came to me for help, but why didn't he take the case himself? If he was on it, there's a good chance of overturning the sentence."

Eloise was too bashful to tell the real reason, so she came up with a fib. "Attorney Horigan probably doesn't have the time."

Attorney Bowen just smiled and didn't say a word. He saw Eloise to the door politely. She was really grateful but knew all this special treatment was because of Harvey.

After leaving the elevator, Eloise was about to hail a cab home.

"Eloise." Someone called her. She turned around and recognized the face. It was Landon.

Landon was a friend of Max, a young entrepreneur who owned his own trading company. Eloise had met him a few times at parties when she was with Max.

casually asked, "Are you here

beat around the bush,

said, "You mean my old

taken aback. Landon

"Eloise, let me take you out for a meal. We're no strangers.

hesitated but then

that was quite a sight. He said to

bit uneasy around Landon. He was too friendly. They barely knew each other and had only exchanged a few words before. But Eloise didn't want to upset Dominique's son, so

she fastened her seatbelt, Landon asked, "What do you

to

Landon hit the gas.

would gaze at her quietly. He had always had a thing for Eloise, but no one knew. Not even Max, who had no idea that his ex-girlfriend had so many admirers. If it weren't for his consideration, someone would

an hour later, Landon parked outside a popular Thai restaurant. He got a table by the window. When it came to ordering, Eloise took the

"I didn't expect

he was joking and replied while ordering, "Landon, quit pulling my leg. Treating you to a meal is

favor to his father. He started looking for