Tangled Temptations

Chapter 367

Harvey finished speaking, and Orlena pouted. Her skepticism was clear as day. "What's in it for me?"

With a playful smack to her head, Harvey smirked.

The perks?

"The perks are you get to date Brett, tie the knot, and then there's little Daniel." he thought.

Orlena let out a dramatic sigh. "Don't think I'm clueless, Harvey. You're just using me to lure this girl here, then you'll send me packing once she arrives, right?"

Spot on.

Harvey didn't bother denying it. His slender, graceful hands adjusted his tie. He was the picture of refinement.

With a mischievous grin, Orlena dialed the number, muttering under her breath, "So, Harvey has met his match, huh?"

She'd heard all about it. Harvey was smitten with a girl named Eloise, aprodigy at the Peterborough Music College, a piano virtuoso.

Orlena had sneakily looked at her picture - quite a looker, definitely Harvey's type.

The phone connected, and Eloise's voice came through, rejecting the offer flatly, "Attorney Horigan, as I've said before, I'm not interested in accepting the invitation."

Orlena glanced at her brother. Harvey gently patted her head.

Orlena immediately shifted gears, putting on her sweetest voice. "I'm Orlena... uh- huh, Attorney Horigan's sister. Just call me Orlena. It was actually me who invited you. I adore the piano, just like you. Please, come over. If you don't mind, I can drive over and pick you up."

Eloise was taken aback. Orlena? Wasn't she being a bit too forward?

But Orlena's charm worked its magic, and after a few more sweet nothings, Eloise gave in, even revealing when her classes ended.

...

up, Orlena hugged her phone triumphantly. "How are you

checkbook

Ten million.

printed out a picture and slipped it to her. "This guy, Brett, is

pouted. "I want to meet

to bring his sister along, but after a moment's thought, he relented. It turned

Peterborough Music College.

four in the afternoon, Eloise's classes were done, and she was ready to head home,

was hard to miss. Its luxury made it stand

give it

across the street. However, the car pulled up beside her, and the window rolled down, revealing

invitation was abrupt, and

the driver's seat and opened the rear

we

choice, Eloise

in than Orlena started chattering away, her

constant stream of excitement.

The atmosphere was inevitably

meeting Orlena for the first time. Harvey could

he gently caressed the steering wheel and glanced

catching Eloise's eyes.

clear, unlike anything he'd

let out a soft, gentle

smile

caught sight of it, too. She couldn't be prouder. Her brother

...

While he parked the car, Orlena had

a cerulean vase on the entryway table with a few stems of

Louis II piano. Something about it