Tangled Temptations

Chapter 178

Harvey stepped out of the private room. He was wearing a white shirt, smeared with blood-most of it Max's. He

lit a cigarette in the corridor and puffed away in silence.

Though he despised Max, he had to admit that sof Max's words were true. His relationship with Eloise,

seemingly equal, was, in reality, her making all the compromises. Due to their difference in background, he took

her sacrifices for granted, never really considering them.

Max was right; he had hurt Eloise's feelings as a woman.

Harvey took a long drag on his cigarette. He was handsand appeared noble, attracting many women.

In The Mirage Club, Max had a little mistress named Bella, who bore sresemblance to Eloise. She had once

met Harvey briefly at an event. She felt that the way Harvey looked at her was different, so when she saw him

again, she couldn't help but be drawn to him. Even if he wasn't interested in a long-term relationship, she'd be

satisfied just to share his bed.

Bella was smitten.

She approached and lightly touched Harvey's handsface. "Attorney Horigan, may | keep you company for a

drink?"

Just how picky was Harvey? He hated unfamiliar women touching him. He downed smore drinks, then

roughly shoved Bella away. Her slender body crashed into the opposite wall, causing her to cry out in pain.

The club manager rushed over after hearing the commotion.

It shouldn't have been a big deal, but when Harvey got a good look at her face, he was agitated. He kicked open

the door of a private room and shoved Bella inside.

The manager hastily followed in to apologize. "Bella doesn't know any better, Attorney Horigan, please be

lenient."

Harvey sat on the couch. He lowered his head, lit a cigarette, and inhaled silently, his dark eyes boring into Bella.

He was really handsome, and Bella felt her heart flutter under his gaze.

"Chere!" Harvey suddenly commanded.

Bella blushed, her heart rate sped up. She gathered her courage to approach him, wanting to touch Harvey, but

the moment she saw him frown, she didn't dare try again. Instead, she lifted her pretty face for him to admire.

Harvey gently pinched her chin, scrutinizing her. She did bear sresemblance to Eloise.

The male manager thought Harvey had taken a liking to Bella, so he started to sell her to him. "Bella knows how

to please a man. Attorney Horigan, you can try something with her and see for yourself."

Bella lightly bit her lower lip, a tempting gesture for men.

Harvey suddenly let her go. He wiped his palm with a wet tissue, saying coldly, "I have two pieces of advice for

you. First, don't use your pretty face for such a lowly job, leave and find decent work! Second, if you really want

to do this, then get plastic surgery, change your face completely... If | see you here again with that face, I'll make

you disappear from this world!"

Bella was so scared that her legs becweak! The male manager was also frightened by his words. What a

beautiful woman Bella was! How had she offended Mr. Horigan?

Harvey left a check and coldly said, "Peterborough is a big place. If | want someone to disappear, it's an easy

thing to do!"

The male manager collapsed on the floor. He was also a smart man and quickly figured out why Harvey couldn't

stand Bella. Her face was similar to his ex- girlfriend's.

In the manager's mind, rich people were so picky! They only slightly resembled each other, and Bella wasn't his

woman. Why did he have to interfere with her life? Regardless, the manager sent Bella back to her hometown

that night, hoping she would stay out of Peterborough, or she wouldn't be able to handle Harvey's wrath.

Harvey got drunk. Someone sent a driver to take him home, but he hesitated at the bottom of his apartment

building. He didn't want to go up, because Eloise wasn't in the apartment upstairs.

He had always been a restrained man, rarely drinking to the point of losing control, but that night he vomited at

the roadside. Once sober, he stood alone under a streetlight.

He remembered Eloise feeding a puppy here. She had left, and she even took the puppy. She left nothing for

him!

Harvey's eyes reddened, and he involuntarily called her name, "Eloise! Eloise... Eloise..."

In the distance, a slender woman was watching him. It was Joan. She had been watching him for a long time,

seeing him drunk and seeing his reddened eyes looking up at the building. She knew he was missing Eloise.

"Harvey, have you really fallen for Eloise..."

She had been calling him, but he didn't answer. Even her tantrums couldn't make him visit her in the hospital

anymore. He ignored her, treating her as if she were

air.

Joan approached to help him. "Harvey, you've had too much to drink!"

Harvey violently pushed her away. He took a couple of steps back, his eyes full of rage, but he said, "Get away! |

don't want to see you... If | see you, Eloise will be upset, she'll cry!"

Joan was shocked. "Harvey, I'll be upset, too!"

But Harvey continued to back away, then hurriedly left. It seemed that for him, every extra second he spent

looking at Joan meant Eloise would never cback, even though he knew clearly that Eloise would never

return to his side!

Just as Max said, she just needed to heal her wounds. Then start dating others, and get married.

In the dim night, Joan was shaking all over. She had lost.

She gambled with her life, threatening Harvey with suicide attempts. Her excessive blood loss had left her

looking worse. Even with all the self-harm, she still couldn't keep Harvey by her side. The one on Harvey's mind

was Eloise.

Joan let out a scoff, "Eloise, how much more do you plan on taking from me?"

In the morning, Eloise received sgreat news - she was named one of the 'Most Influential People in

Peterborough’ by the city government.

All the teachers at Encore Soundworks congratulated her, even Vanessa from Switzerland called to celebrate.

"Eloise, this is such a big deal. | really wish I could pop a bottle of champagne for you!"

Eloise cracked a small smile. "Then I'll just head over to Switzerland to celebrate with you!"

Vanessa tried to politely decline, saying there was no need for Eloise to go through all the trouble of traveling all

the way to Switzerland. But, missing Eloise, Vanessa finally agreed. "I'll be waiting for you in Switzerland."

Eloise was in high spirits. She gave all the employees at Encore Soundworks a bonus, which made everyone

extremely happy. Just then, her secretary cover and said, "Ms. Laurent, there's a Ms. Joan here to see you."

Ms. Joan...

Eloise's smile slowly faded. She told her secretary, "Please turn on the surveillance system in the meeting room

and ask Ms. Joan to wait forthere."

Her secretary, sensing a tiff between them, swiftly carried out the orders. Veronica happened to be there and

asked Eloise, "Are you sure you want to see her?"

Eloise gave a small smile. She said, "Look at her attitude, do you think she's going to letoff easily? If | don't

teach her a lesson, I'm afraid she'll keep annoying me. I'm not her dad, so | won't indulge her."

Veronica felt a pang of sympathy. She had heard everything from Landon and was so angry that she wanted to

confront Harvey. But Eloise stopped her, saying there was no need to bring up the past, and if they were to cut

ties, they should do it completely.

Worried, Veronica decided to accompany Eloise to see Joan. When they walked into the meeting room, they were

both taken aback.

Early in the morning, Joan had the audacity to show up at Eloise's company in a hospital gown! If Veronica were

in Eloise's shoes, she would have kicked Joan out ages ago!

Eloise sat across from Joan, smiling as she asked, "Ms. Joan, what brings you

here?"