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

taken aback. Landon

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

hesitated but

in his car, a red Ferrari that was quite a sight. He

a 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

seatbelt, Landon asked, "What do

to get.

Landon hit the gas.

disturb her. But when waiting at the red lights, he would gaze at her quietly. He had always had a thing for Eloise, but no one knew. Not even Max,

Thai restaurant. He got a table by the window. When it came to ordering, Eloise took

expect

while ordering, "Landon, quit pulling my leg. Treating you to a meal

was doing this as a favor to