Tangled Temptations

Chapter 34

Ravenna was stunned.

Max, showing no mercy, once again grabbed her long hair, forcing her to look at him. His expression was colder than ice, and he said, "Now you know the consequences of not keeping your mouth shut, huh?"

Ravenna felt pain, but more than that, she was panic. She finally understood why Max was so angry. He didn't want Eloise to know about them!

Ravenna couldn't accept this truth. She couldn't help but whisper, "But you said you didn't love her!"

"Yes, I don't love her!" Max's smile was even colder, "But who do you think you are? Are you qualified to intervene in my business with her?"

Ravenna began to laugh through her tears. Blood and tears were blended together, ruining her once sophisticated makeup, making her a pitiful sight. She chuckled, "Max, you're actually in love with her, aren't you?"

"I don't love her!" Max denied.

said, "If you really don't love her, then why do you care if she knows the truth? You don't want her to know you're such a mess, fooling around with any woman who comes your way! If you really don't love her, then why do you go to great lengths to mess with her? Why haven't you touched her in four years? Are you really not interested in her, or can't you bear to? Max, you regret it, don't you? Four years you couldn't bear to touch her. But now she's single, free to

words. She thought she had defeated Eloise, but only to realize that she was the fool. From beginning to end, Max had never shown the slightest hint of affection for her. What he cared

and got slapped twice by Max for it. Ravenna's lips trembled, but she still laughed, "Max, I don't care if you hit me! What's important is that Eloise will

out!" Max

blood from her mouth, and left

in rage! His secretary was about to enter when she saw this

had never lost his temper like

stood amidst the wreckage, murmuring, "Tomorrow, I'll need

understood his meaning and

lost her job from Michelle for now. Too much had happened at

sleep at night, her mind filled with thoughts

texted back instead: [Michelle is sleeping. I don't want to

later, Harvey replied: [I'll be back this