Tangled Temptations

Chapter 119

After hanging up the phone, Eloise sank into her thoughts.

Could he really be so indifferent?

No way!

After all, they did have some fiery times together, and Harvey did once shower her with affection.

Harvey did like her, right?

Eloise collected herself and was ready to start her car when Harvey's call came through.

She answered the phone, her voice as soft as ever.

"Harvey."

On the other end, Harvey seemed taken aback by her gentle tone.

It was then that he realized that he hadn't seen her much in almost a week. She

was already asleep when he got home late and was still asleep when he left early.

Harvey's voice came out husky. "Where are you?"

"I'm heading home."

Harvey glanced at his watch. "I'll be home later for dinner; could you cook something?"

Eloise was silent for a few seconds and then agreed.

After hanging up, she gently stroked her phone, her emotions a jumbled mess.

Considering their current relationship, it would have been normal for him to let her rest in bed. But asking her to cook seemed a bit much.

The sweet domestic life was like a sugar-coated poison pill, and Eloise had once willingly swallowed it.

But now he was chasing his dream lover from his youth.

And she, Eloise, was helpless.

There was no housekeeper at home, so Eloise went to the supermarket to get some groceries.

After paying, a few young guys at the entrance stuffed her with several newspapers.

"This is the preview edition of our city evening paper; have a look."

"There's all kinds of juicy gossip; it's really spicy."

...

Eloise didn't pay it any mind, casually tossing the newspapers into her shopping bag and into the trunk.

When she got home and opened the shopping bag to prepare dinner, she realized that the front-page headlines of those newspapers were all about Harvey.

More accurately, they were about Harvey and Joan's scandal.

happened to meet at a

lobby, Joan was in a black evening dress, and her slender fingers were pulling at Harvey's sleeve. The redness in the corners of her eyes showed that she had just cried, but she was

camera only captured half of his face, but Eloise could see

...

stared at it for a long

time she snapped out of it, she felt a bit stiff, and her

were still in the

aside and

liked slightly sour food, but his stomach wasn't

lemon-seasoned fish, stewed mushroom soup,

the time she was done, it

hadn't come

whether to call him, Harvey's call came

the

have a gathering I need to

calmly said, "If you drink, get a designated driver." Harvey was silent for a while, and

up, Eloise looked at the food on the

a while, she slowly sat down,

up, intending to feed the

...

came back,

10:30

feeding a small white dog. Harvey knew she often fed stray dogs, but this

early autumn night was a bit chilly, so she had put on a baseball jacket over

to him, so it was a bit big, making

Harvey didn't go over.

car, lit a cigarette, and quietly

stroking the little

he didn't see any signs of

white dog one

she had made lemon-seasoned fish tonight. That was supposed to be his

white dog wasn't familiar with him

the apartment, she found a

sent her a

it. It showed a private room in a club where seven or eight people

Harvey and Joan were

the sofa, smoking; his smoking posture still appealed to

next to him playing poker with others; she seemed to be losing, and she turned her head

Harvey gently smiled.

video ended, and the screen

knew Veronica meant well; she gave a

about to delete the video,

was at

crisply ironed gray trousers,

top.

wearing the same clothes in the video, which meant he had met Joan

calmly looked

and coat, naturally glancing at

faintly.