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?"

"I need to go home tonight. Max, if you want my company, you'll have to wait until my

chuckled, asking,

you promise to be with me, I'll get Angus and Michelle out of Peterborough. I'll return

breathed a sigh of

hugged her and cheerfully said, "I bought a villa in the suburbs for you. I'll

remained aloof, but not

wanted to cheer her up, so he suggested, "How about we have a kid?

have some mental issues. How else could he do all those bad things and still act so

had all

...

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

gave a faint smile, "Eloise, I don't want

looked at him and said softly, "Max, when have I ever let you