Tangled Temptations

Chapter 80

Harvey finished talking and the room fell dead silent.

Attorney surely knew about Max and Ravenna's thing, and it was pretty obvious now that he was throwing his weight around!

Man, he sure was a cold-blooded shark of the legal world!

Under everyone's gaze, Max got up.

Even though he was the future son-in-law of the Horigan family, just a single word from Harvey could screw over Velona Corporation big time. So, he had to play by Harvey's rules.

Max wasn't just heartless, and he also knew when to back down.

He picked up his glass and downed it in one.

Ravenna didn't even see it coming.

Max ignored her. He stood next to Eloise, poured himself a drink, then another for Eloise, and raised his glass, "Harvey's driving, so here's to my future sister-in- law."

Eloise didn't expect Max to pull a stunt like this. Had he lost his marbles?

Veronica couldn't bear it any longer and blurted out, "Max, if you want to drink, I can join you."

hand on her shoulder, keeping

I'm talking

back in the day. Max was obviously making things awkward for her now. Nobody dared to say

Eloise went rigid.

back of Eloise's chair, and his laugh

asked her,

and then he took

up again and smiled at Max,

a

said he was driving and

Talk about playing favourites!

Eloise's glass and elegantly downed the wine while Max gripped his own glass, his face

help but wonder just how far had things

a rotten mood, and he also downed his drink

his eyes swept over Eloise, a challenging glint in them. Eloise dared not meet his gaze,

a handsome guy, and when he smiled, those dimples were killer. All the women were smitten. They all wanted to chat up Attorney, especially the parents of the students; they wanted to curry some favours for their husbands. But Harvey didn't give them the time of day, and he was all sweet on Eloise and icy cold to the others. This made everyone too

drink with him, but no one dared to get Harvey drunk, surprisingly, Harvey broke his

his plate to prevent

looked at her deeply. Maybe it was the alcohol, Eloise found his gaze

squeezed her