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

the bush,

and said, "You mean my

taken aback. Landon

for a meal. We're no strangers. I'd be

hesitated but

his car, a red Ferrari that was quite a sight. He said to Eloise, "You're the first girl to ride in my car,

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

her seatbelt, Landon asked, "What do you

play hard to get.

Landon hit the gas.

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

by

"I didn't expect that,

and replied while ordering, "Landon, quit pulling my leg. Treating you to

faded. He knew Eloise was doing this as a favor to