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.

act, but

hearing Veronica's words, he furrowed his brows, "She's been drinking? What's wrong with

and started spinning

deeply in 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 back... Eloise really adores kids, she's really upset right now." She mixed

was silent for a while, and Veronica realized she might have said too much. She accidentally brought up Max, would that get

was worrying, Harvey spoke, "Where are

their location without asking

was mixed. She had helped Eloise before but never expected her to win over Harvey, a

into a wealthy family after attending a banquet. But

joke in the

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

be foolish not to use such

immediately made a call to the person in charge of

the reunion

is

come?

Veronica put down the phone, satisfied. There were quite a few people wanting to see Eloise embarrassed, let them

was feeling smug, Harvey

clothes,