Chapter 29

Eloise went upstairs. When she got to the second floor, she couldn't help but take another look down.

Harvey's car was still parked there, the shiny gold Bentley a bit of a stand-out in the run-down neighborhood. It was no place for a man of Harvey's status.

Eloise thought Harvey was better suited for the society cocktail parties. Everything that happened tonight felt like a minor blip in her life, something she ought to forget after a good night's sleep.

Too scared to look again, Eloise hurried up the stairs.

Harvey didn't pull away until he saw the lights on the top floor turned on. Unbeknownst to him, a sleek black sports car had been lurking in the shadows, its driver had been waiting downstairs for over two hours.

Max had waited for Harvey and Eloise for however long they had been snuggling in the car. Dressed in black, he stepped out of his car. His dark outfit made his handsome face more striking. He lit a cigarette, leaning against his car.

The smoke from his cigarette was gently exhaled, swiftly swallowed by the night. He'd seen everything that just happened.

Max let out a chuckle, thinking, "Ha, Eloise was falling for Harvey this quickly? Wasn't Max her favorite?"

upstairs, then made a call,

he scoffed, "Eloise, you brought this

got home and turned on the lights,

you so late?"

water, bit her lip, and decided not to tell the truth, "Missed the

at her for a while, "Let me

got the feeling that Michelle knew something, but she didn't explain. After all,

over an

thanks, Michelle." Eloise

in her hand and watching Eloise,

like she'd been holding it in for a while, asked, "Was it Attorney

just acquaintances,

disappointed. Partly because of Angus, and partly because of Eloise. Eloise had wasted her four years of feelings for Max, and Michelle really hoped Eloise could

Horigan and Max are going to be a

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