Tangled Temptations novel Chapter 294

At the break of dawn, the sunlight was weak.

Eloise's face appeared unusually pale, but her expression was notably calm. "Sign it." She said.

Harvey watched her. After a long while, he gently closed the door, walked over to pick up the document, and whispered, "Eloise... yesterday was an accident. I promise that woman won't appear in front of Linda again."

Eloise gave a faint, cold laugh. She no longer wished to hear his promises. All she wanted now was to protect her children.

She spoke again, her tone still calm, "Once you've signed, and once Linda has calmed down a bit, I will move out with the kids."

Eloise was still distressed. When she first moved here, she had harbored some hope. She thought that in a big family, Harvey could feel the warmth of a home. But perhaps she was wrong from the start. When he had abandoned his family to rescue Monika, she should have given up on him completely.

Harvey watched her, noticing her moist eyes. The document in his hand was tossed back onto the coffee table. He went to the closet to change his clothes but couldn't find anything suitable after a while.

In the end, he stood inside the closet, talking to Eloise outside, "Do you think I have no feelings for you at all? But Eloise...if I really didn't like you, why would I move back with you?" He still refused to accept the divorce and sign the documents.

"Eloise, don't you love me?"

Eloise quietly replied, "I can't anymore, Harvey. I just want to live a peaceful life."

Harvey had already put on his shirt. He abruptly took it off, threw it aside, and put on another one. After trying several times, he finally came out. He looked at her and said softly, "I will not agree to a divorce."

Eloise lowered her eyes and gave a faint smile. "I will find a way. Harvey, if you don't sign this, don't blame me for coming after your girl."

Harvey gave a cold laugh, "She isn’t, but you are."

Eloise scoffed. This joke was not funny at all.

She turned around and left, not looking back. The door slammed shut with a loud bang.

Before Harvey left, he went to check on Darrien. The nanny was feeding Darrien milk, and he couldn't help but ask, "Isn't Eloise usually the one feeding him in the morning?"

Her milk had always been plentiful. There was always more than enough for Darrien.

The nanny looked awkward and whispered, "Last night, Mrs. Horigan suddenly dried up. There wasn't a drop left. We don't know what happened."

Harvey was taken aback.

Eloise had only given birth to Darrien three months ago, hadn't she? How could she have dried up already?

He held Darrien for a while, didn't say much, but thought that he should have a good talk with Eloise in the evening...about their marriage and two children.

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At eleven in the morning.

When the court session ended, Harvey walked out of the courthouse. In front of his car, stood a miserable-looking girl, her body covered in blood. Her exposed skin showed several blue and purple bruises - clear signs that she had been beaten up.

Monika trembled as she spoke, "Attorney Horigan, please plead for Mrs. Horigan for me. Give me a way out. Yesterday, I just wanted to keep the kid company, I didn't mean to do it, I didn't know she was sick."

Harvey opened the car door and tossed his briefcase inside. When he looked at Monika again, he lit a cigarette. "Why did you go to the kindergarten to find my daughter?"

Monika shrank back. After a while, she spoke softly, "Attorney Horgan, you were different to me that night you took me home, weren't you? I know you like my face. It's so much like my sister's..."

Harvey slowly exhaled a ring of smoke. He looked at her, his tone cold. "Maybe your face reminds me of something, but it's definitely not something pleasant. Besides, what makes you think you have the right to disturb Linda?"

So she had been taught a lesson, and Harvey did not feel any pity towards her. He wasn't a man who messed around, but he was adept at dealing with the subtle nuances between mature men and women.

That night in the car, when she leaned in, he gently turned her down. He believed a sensible young girl should know they had no future.

Monika's face turned even paler, and her injured body shivered. Now, she was at her wit's end. The school had expelled her and the landlord wanted to sell the house. Soon she would be sleeping on the streets. She told him about her plight, hoping he would feel sorry for her.

Harvey flicked the ash off his cigarette. His tone was very light, "If you're willing to leave Peterborough, you can go to Denise to pick up a check for 200,000."

Monika's face turned white as a sheet. This was not the result she wanted. She wanted be his mistress, and then, his wife.

She bit her lip, tears filling her eyes. "Attorney Horigan, I didn't want to be with you because of money. I just genuinely like you... You were my brother-in-law. So you really not have any feelings for me?"