Tangled Temptations

Chapter 60

Veronica was feeling super cranky.

She gritted her teeth and answered the phone.

Harvey's voice was deep and a bit raspy, "Why aren't you at home? Where'd you go?"

Veronica glanced at Eloise.

She really got the short end of the stick!

She knew it! The reason why Angus was suddenly fine and why Max suddenly

had a bunch of problems-it was all Attorney Horigan's doing.

A bigshot in the legal field standing up for a woman, how touching!

Veronica was getting better at using people. She deliberately spoke softly, "Attorney Horgan, it's Veronica!... Yeah, we've met before, Eloise's college friend! Right... She's with me, she's really upset, she was crying, and has had quite a bit to drink."

Harvey had just come home and was standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows, delicately loosening his tie with his slender fingers.

but

furrowed his brows, "She's been drinking? What's

and started

love with you, and she's completely fallen out with Max! Max's ex happens to be our classmate and Eloise's co-worker, she's been badmouthing Eloise behind her

Veronica realized she might have said too much. She

Harvey spoke, "Where are you

him their location without

was mixed. She had helped Eloise before but never expected her to win

chance to marry into a wealthy family after attending a banquet. But she didn't even manage to

became a joke in the

gently pinched Eloise's face, smiling like a proud mother,

would be foolish not to

immediately made a call to the

both attend the reunion next

Eloise is coming

wouldn't she come? Innocent

satisfied. There were quite a few people wanting to see Eloise embarrassed, let them have

was feeling smug,

clothes, a light gray shirt and black