Tangled Temptations

Chapter 25

Max didn't leave right away. He was outside when Harvey was kissing Eloise on the hospital bed. He'd seen how Eloise looked when they kissed, all soft and tender. Anger had him wound up tight, his fists were clenched.

And when Eloise let out a sound, frail but pleasurable, Max couldn't help but slam his fist into the wall.

Blood was everywhere. Max's hand was drenched in blood. But it was like he didn't feel the pain, his fist still balled up and his face even darker.

For a moment, Max wanted to storm into the room, to snatch Eloise away from Harvey. But Max knew better, the minute he stepped in there, his engagement to Orlena would be down the drain. Everything he'd worked for, all the money and power he'd acquired, would vanish in a blink!

Max chose to leave, driving to a neighborhood that was neither new nor old. He'd lived there for two years, the security guys in the area still remembered him. Seeing his car roll in, they greeted him cheerfully, "Mr. Velona, you're back!"

Max just nodded, poker-faced. He climbed the stairs and opened a door. An small apartment, filled with his and Eloise's memories.

When the Velona Corporation was on the brink of bankruptcy, the Velona family had to squeeze into this old house. Scraping by, they even had to hit the market for cheap discounted vegetables.

Eloise, to save his pride, often came

loved her, but all along he

figure out that

never knew that years ago Angus was his scapegoat, and she was just a tool to gain Angus' trust. This tool was just too naïve that in the end even Max found

Even if he succeeded, where could he find

have her by his side. To cook for him, to massage him

a slow drag. After four cigarettes, he dialed his secretary, "Any news on Angus' end? Is Attorney Bowen still

The secretary confirmed.

a

time, and knew about his relationship

"Just do as I said! And make it