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.

simple act, but he made it

he furrowed his brows, "She's been

and

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 truth with lies, but towards the end, Veronica started choking up. That relationship truly hurt Eloise

silent for a while, and Veronica realized she might have said too much. She accidentally brought

worrying, Harvey spoke,

their location without asking

never expected her to win over Harvey,

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

joke in the entertainment

face, smiling like a

not to

to the person in charge of the

the

Eloise is coming

wouldn't she come?

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

was feeling

work clothes, a light gray shirt and black