Tangled Temptations

Chapter 339

When Harvey returned to bed, he noticed the steady rhythm of Eloise's breathing and knew she was awake.

"Can't sleep?" He leaned in to kiss her.

Eloise's body nestled against his. Her slender fingers traced the white pillowcase in the dim light. "You don't have to control yourself, you know. I'm not that frigid."

She could feel something, more or less

Harvey tightened his hold on her waist, remaining silent. He knew Eloise was somewhat responsive but if she had enough, she would stop. Unlike people truly in love, where enough was never enough.

They wished they could hold each other all night long. His body was cool, comforting against hers.

Harvey whispered gently in her ear, "Eloise, you can tell me anything. I'm your husband. You can tell me anything... and from now on, I'll listen. I won't do anything you don't like."

Eloise remained silent, so he had heard what she had said to her therapist.

Harvey was somewhat nervous. He was worried about triggering her by bringing it up, but after a while, Eloise responded, "Harvey, find me a new therapist, please. I'll go by myself from now on."

They had two children and had no plans to divorce.

Illness needed treatment, but as a woman, Eloise did not want her husband to know everything about her. Some wounds did need to heal on their own.

Harvey agreed. Before falling asleep, he whispered in her ear, "I'll take Linda for a run tomorrow morning."

Eloise's wounds were brutally exposed. She did not avoid it, but sought help from the new therapist Harvey found. There was some progress, but very little. Perhaps, as the doctor said, they needed to have another child, or they needed time.

her and invited her out

towards her with a playful grin. “Try this. It's their signature dessert. If you like it, we can get some

bite. She smiled. "It's pretty good. The flavor

the waiter over and ordered two more servings to go. As she was doing this, Eloise watched her. When Veronica noticed Eloise's gaze, she touched

curled into a gentle smile. "Veronica, we've

Veronica was taken aback.

In their college days, Veronica was certainly the

of leisure. In recent years, after her marriage to Riley and the birth of their son, she often looked into the mirror and lamented that she was no longer as slim as before. Her

however, had barely changed. She was still so slender. No wonder Harvey couldn't let go. Even if he couldn't touch her, he wouldn't let go. Veronica

familiar

a personal assistant by her side, Ravenna looked every bit

didn't expect Eloise to still dare to go out.

was behind it, what could she do? Her husband, Stuart, was rich and famous in the southwest, and even the Horigan family's influence

over, wearing a lavish fur coat despite the early autumn weather. She sat down opposite Eloise, lighting

reminded her in a soft voice, "Madam, we don't allow smoking

Ravenna just laughed. "Small-minded!"

confidence. "What a coincidence, old classmates! Veronica, you've put on so much weight after just a few years of marriage. Are you at 110 pounds now? Doesn't your second husband

temper.

really don't need to worry about that, Ms. Ravenna. Now that you've achieved such success, aren't you supposed to be at home taking care of your own husband?

to say something even more offensive, but her arm was suddenly pulled. She looked up and it was

here for a meeting,

a long

patisserie. His rough manner left Veronica stunned. She quietly said to Eloise, "See, this is what 'an eye for an eye' looks