Tangled Temptations

Chapter 176

The next day, Eloise paid a visit to the apartment. She had the curtains she had changed put back to the way they were. The vases and decorations she had bought were all tossed into the trash.

All her clothes and accessories, whether worn or not, were packed up and sent to an auction house. Every single thing that belonged to Eloise was cleared out, including the piano.

A day passed and there wasn't a trace of Eloise left in the apartment. It was as if she had never been there.

Finally, Eloise looked at Milo.

Milo was a stray dog from downstairs, which Harvey had adopted to impress her. With her gone these past few days, life had been tough for Milo. Eloise took Milo away.

She had been with Harvey for half a year, and all she left with was the dog, the $5 million he gave her, the jewelry and clothes, and the piano. She donated all the money to a foundation.

With everything taken care of, Eloise's feet began to ache, a reminder of how ridiculous this fruitless relationship had been.

Two days later, Harvey was at his law firm, having just won a high-profile international case. He was at the pinnacle of his career.

Denise walked in. She handed Harvey an envelope, whispering, "Ms. Laurent came by yesterday and asked me to give this to Attorney Horigan."

Harvey took the envelope and pulled out a key from it. It was the key to his apartment. He stared at the key and asked, "Have you been to the apartment? Did she take all her clothes and jewelry? If not, could you help me send them to her? I'm a man, I have no use for those things."

Denise looked complicated.

Harvey asked her, "What's wrong?"

how to respond, Denise vaguely said, "You'll see when you go home tonight. But yes,

found it strange but didn't think much of it. He worked until 10 PM before driving back

to cook for him, he didn't feel like going upstairs. He finished smoking a cigarette in his car before entering

as if all his pores had opened up. He had grown accustomed to the house with Eloise's touch. But now, it was back to its original state. Like a model room, cold and up to his taste, but devoid

took off his coat

He searched everywhere but couldn't find a single thing that belonged to Eloise or anything she had

even the piano was gone. Harvey suddenly understood what Eloise meant. She wanted to forget him and hoped he would

remembered what she said when she left, "We'll never see each other

call Eloise,

He didn't even know why he was doing it, why he was so infuriated by what Eloise had done. He had even admitted

at night, Harvey stood in the mess he had made. He took out a diamond ring from his pocket, one that he had given to Eloise. It was probably

the ring, recalling how happy she was when she received it and how heartbroken she

weak. Harvey

...

up the apartment. He was busy with work every day, occasionally going out to socialize, and hanging out with

anymore. Eloise became his taboo. He joked about not caring, wondering why Riley and the others stopped

Half a month later.

to deliver some news. "Attorney Horigan, the luxury auction in

documents, suddenly stopped.

softly, "They auctioned off a collection of jewelry and tailor-made dresses... All the gifts

at the document in his hand. He asked

answered, "The money, Ms. Laurent donated it