Tangled Temptations

Chapter 187

Eloise was shaking with anger. She said furiously and helplessly, "Harvey, are you only happy when I have no friends or family around?"

Harvey scoffed. "Landon is your friend, huh? His feelings for you are so obvious, everyone knows!"

Eloise knew Harvey wasn't just joking around. If he wanted something, he would go all out. If he said he was going to go after Landon, he meant it. Eloise didn't dare to take the risk.

Landon was her friend, who helped her many times. She would rather drift apart from this friend than drag him down.

But she was filled with resentment! She hadn't done anything wrong. She just liked someone. If liking someone was a crime, then she would rather never have loved Harvey!

Eloise gave a bitter laugh. She said softly, "You don't love me. You're just mad that someone else might take what you like. Harvey... Love is not about possession. It's about letting go!"

Harvey said coldly, "Like Landon? If you don't want to have it, how can you call it liking?"

At least in Harvey's eyes, that was not the case. What he wanted, he had to have!

When Eloise didn't respond, Harvey took a step forward, reaching out to touch her face, but Eloise dodged.

"Now you won't even let me touch you?"

...

Harvey let go of her, adjusting his shirt in the mirror, meeting her gaze through the reflection.

The elevator door opened. Landon was standing outside, looking at Eloise with warm eyes. "Let me take you home."

Eloise stiffened a bit. She remembered Harvey's warning. Landon gently put his arm around her shoulder, whispering, "You're about to cry. Let's go home."

Eloise was a bit dazed. She gave Landon a look and ended up getting in the car with him.

...

in the

watching Eloise get into Landon's car.

let me get close to you. Then... I'll just have to wait for you

He lit a cigarette at the red light, took a

and whispered, "Landon, we

and Landon hadn't gotten to that point yet, and she didn't want him to get hurt because of

smoking his cigarette. The light turned green, and he gently stepped on the gas, taking Eloise all the way back to her apartment. He leaned back in the seat, saying softly, "Eloise, I've liked you for a long time. I gave up once because I saw that Harvey liked you, and I gave up because I couldn't

"Even if I might

her. If she were still a little girl, she would definitely stand by

to apologize to him, but she had also liked

He said, "Eloise, this is a man's business! I chose to do this,

quietly on the couch. Milo curled up next

following half a month, she didn't see Landon. But in the financial news, she often saw Landon's Sleak Tech making headlines, mostly negative economic news,

called Veronica, inviting her out for

two-thirty in the afternoon, Veronica looked radiant as she sat across from Eloise.

"Am I

"Super transparent!"

heard from Riley that Landon's company is in bad shape, not only with assets but they also have some legal disputes. Landon is probably working 18 hours a day

gave a bitter laugh. "Is this

Eloise's hand. "Harvey's tactics are too cunning, in terms of power and connections, and Landon is far from his match. But he just won't give up. Eloise, you

tried to talk him out of it. Landon had said,

stirred her coffee silently for a long time, then she smiled. "I will." Veronica squeezed her hand

would do no good because Landon was doing all this not to be with Eloise, but to vent his anger for her. The only one

a taxi but slowly walked back to her

in the car smoking, with the passenger door open,

looked up at her, his gaze focused. Eloise hopped into the car, eyeballing the road

out his cigarette, a smirk playing on his lips. "You got a soft spot for Landon, don't ya? Do you really think I'd have you guessing my intentions? All I'm asking is for you to give me

a trap, nearly

You can't

"I haven't even asked you to come back