Tangled Temptations

Chapter 265

Late at night.

Eloise tucked Linda into bed, returning to the master bedroom to find it empty of Harvey. She found him in the study.

The night was inky dark.

Without turning on the light, he stood alone by the floor-to-ceiling window, quietly smoking. The smoke from his lips was thinned and dissipated by the night breeze. It lightened, then it faded.

Eloise closed the door behind her, walking towards him and wrapping her arms around him from behind. "Harvey, still thinking?"

Ever since returning from the church, he had been melancholic.

Clearly, he was deeply affected.

Harvey patted her hand around his waist, extinguishing his cigarette, and murmured, "No, don't overthink it."

Eloise leaned her face against his back, coaxing him, "Then cheer up, okay? That monk might not be accurate; maybe he was just talking nonsense."

Harvey turned around and gave a light laugh. He caressed her belly. "How's the baby? Behaving?"

Eloise glared at him. "It's just a bit over a month. How could it be behaving or not?"

Harvey pulled her into his arms, kissing her hair. "Eloise, I will be there when our child is born, and watch him grow up. I will not let you leave again."

Eloise leaned against him, listening to his words. After all their time together, how could she not notice that his heart was still tense?

She wanted to please him. Tilting her head up, she kissed his distinct jawline, then his neck. The woman's warm breath always stirred him, especially when she took the initiative.

at her hair, with a hint of desire in

teasing, he finally gave in, lifting her gently onto the large desk. Eloise was a bit scared, clinging to

leaned in to kiss her. Eloise tried to move,

"Harvey..." Eloise's voice trembled.

experienced it once before, on that snowy night when he held her on the piano. That night,

his voice husky. "Don't

monk's words had unsettled him, so he needed to do something

while, Harvey straightened up, still kissing her. Eloise's body was still trembling

water. Their breaths

head on his shoulder, her voice quivering as she asked, "Are you feeling

to whisper into her ear, his voice low and

was at a

held her quietly. As Eloise was about to fall asleep after a while, he whispered into her ear, "Eloise, I

had been burnt. The

was set for a month later. With the help of Pauline and Orlena, Eloise had little to worry about. As always, all she needed to do was take

his work to free up a month to travel with Eloise. Linda would also join

in, carrying a stack of financial statements. Harvey barely glanced up.

Harvey found it strange, so he took the papers to have a look. To

world. However, Prestige Legal Advisors was a firm he

have stepped down long

through the report for a while before he said to Denise in a low voice, "Put out an announcement for

feeling a bit sad. This firm had been founded by Harvey. Back then, it had won many sensational cases both domestically

Denise left shortly.

through the report. He decided to sell it so quickly because he was influenced by the monk's words. Only he knew how many dirty things

It was a call from a detention center. The caller started politely, "Mr. Horigan, I hope I'm not disturbing

guessed it had something to do with Joan, and made some perfunctory remarks. The caller paused for a moment before getting to the point. "Mr. Horigan, Ms. Joan wishes to see you before she leaves. Would that