Tangled Temptations

Chapter 40

Eloise didn't say anything.

Max watched her in silence for a moment. He put down his drink, and stood up, "Dinner's ready."

Eloise was giving him the cold shoulder, "Max, you don't have to do this."

He cracked a smile at her words. He walked up to her, gently cupped her chin, then murmured, "Yeah, we don't have to do this, especially since you're treating me like I'm some big bad wolf. Eloise, do you hate me that much?"

Eloise stood still, refusing to shed a tear. Crying over a guy like Max was totally not worth it. She looked at him and whispered, "My love or hate for you won't change a thing."

"Why not choose to love me, then? At least you'd be happier, right?" Max gently caressed her face, like he was savoring the moment.

He had women by his side, even a beautiful fiancée. But Eloise was different. She was the woman he had held off from sleeping with for four years, and now he wanted her.

Max got close to Eloise's face and seductively proposed, "Let's make a deal. Stay the night with me, okay?"

to go home tonight. Max, if you want my company, you'll have to wait until my father and Michelle are safe out of Peterborough. Otherwise, we've got

He chuckled, asking, "When did

to be

breathed a sigh

a villa in the suburbs for you. I'll come to see

aloof, but not as sharp

suggested, "How about we have a kid? Eloise, I want

mental issues.

Max knew it, but he didn't give a damn. She was in his control now, and he had all the time in the world to shape her. Eloise

...

around. When she left, Max personally saw her to the villa door.

fine." Max gave a faint

Eloise looked at him and said softly, "Max,