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.

took off, Harvey tried calling Eloise

something must be

Michelle was emotionally unstable, so she spent a lot of time with her. By evening, she made dinner for Michelle. As they were eating, Eloise softly said, "I'm meeting a friend later,

a

want to give it a shot." Perhaps Eloise was very convincing, and

from a big box. She gently opened it to find a picture

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. Whenever her dad and Michelle weren't fighting, she would act

never

Eloise's dad and had raised Eloise as her own. She was always kind to Eloise. How could Eloise let such a woman go to jail for eight

the photo, and Eloise quickly wiped

expression darkened, and she tried to sound as gentle as possible, "Didn't you

album and put it away. She stood up, changed into a new set of clothes, and couldn't help

when Eloise lifted her head, there was a faint smile on her face. She said that the person Veronica introduced was very capable, and that Max would probably respect them. That was when Michelle finally let her go with

and leaned against