Tangled Temptations

Chapter 39

Things didn't go as planned. Denise's flight had a hiccup and got delayed. She tried to call Harvey from the waiting area, but his phone was switched off because he was in the middle of a court hearing.

It wasn't until lunchtime when the hearing ended that Harvey turned his phone back on and saw Denise's message. He frowned as he processed the information.

An assistant to his client, Mr. Hughes, approached him respectfully saying, "Attorney Horigan, our boss would like to invite you to lunch."

Harvey put down his phone and replied with a nonchalant smile, "Please express my gratitude to Mr. Hughes! I have some urgent matters to attend to, I'm afraid I can't make it."

Just as they were talking, Mr. Hughes himself came over.

Mr. Hughes, a businessman in his forties with a refined appearance, shook hands with Harvey and said warmly, "Harvey, you were brilliant in court. I won't keep you if you have important matters to attend to! Next time you're in town, let me show you some hospitality."

"Absolutely!" Harvey responded, ever so charming.

Mr. Hughes thought highly of him and had his own driver take Harvey to the airport. Denise's flight was delayed for half a day, so she decided to catch the same flight back with Harvey.

calling Eloise again. But her phone was

something must be

unstable, so she spent a lot of time with her. By evening, she made dinner for Michelle. As they were

a bit

hand and said, "Really! Michelle, I want to give it a shot." Perhaps Eloise was very convincing, and Michelle believed

dinner, Eloise went back to her room and pulled out a photo album from a big box. She gently opened it to find a picture of her mother

then. Once, Michelle cried really hard, questioning him why he was so good to someone else's child and didn't want to have a child of their own. That was when little Eloise realized that she wasn't their biological daughter. She was scared, scared of being abandoned all of a sudden.

Michelle never got

raised Eloise as her own. She was always kind to Eloise. How

tear dropped onto the photo, and Eloise quickly wiped it

possible, "Didn't you say you have an appointment? Why don't you freshen up a

and put it away. She stood up, changed into a new

a faint smile on her face. She said that the person Veronica introduced

and leaned against it for a