When Love Is a Lie

Chapter 12 You Live Here Too

To Whitney’s sumprise, it was Morl

She hadn’t expected the person waiting outside the elevator who guided her through the deal to be him. No wonder he had call here at det beke she was trapped in the elevated?

“Thank you, Mr.Howard”

“‘s nothing”

The property management

si stait thanked Noel and then asked Whitney if she felt unwell and needed to go to the hospital whey shook her head, saying their was no need. She was just a bit shaken, nothing more.

Once the stall leit, she turned to thank Nor. “Thank you. You saved me again. “

This was the second time he had come to her rescue.

As much as she tried to mid any entanglement with him, late seemed intent on making her men, flat she was genuinely thankhel Hewing his voice in the elevator had truly calmed her nerves –

Noel lowered his paze. His deep eyes lingered on her for a moment behind his sibvs framed glasses. Then, picking up the umbrellapainst the will, he saidcently, “Don’t play hard to get over and over again. Men will get tentotit.”

“What?” Whitney looked at him, contused The coutent was so nin of the bhee that she had no idea what he met

Noel shook off the son from his umbrla “Move back home at least you won’t ha

Whitney frmed at his words. She trad to put his words together, and finally, she understood what he meant.

tumed to anger at once “You think I’m doing this un piepose

of amusement in his eyes. “Do you ally plan

silent at once

And after all, it was eight years of

with Dame is my business, I don’t

she pressed her lips into a line and moved past Noel without a

though the later was fixed, she didn’t know it would break down again. So, she took

moving quickly up the stairs. By the time she reached the eighth floor, she was out of

down to see or following her

given her enough advice and was now coming to lecture

you doing following me?”” dhe snapped. “Are you thinking of

and eighth floors, his breathing wins stil steady,

As he ascended, he added, “If

stopped, dumblinded. “You live here to?”

already passed her. His voice floated down from above, is

hearing his reply, Whitney decided to

advice, she climbed more slowly. There were only a few steps between them. Whitney noticed that he hadn’t stopped even

both finally stopped on the

went to the door across from hers and unlocked

live across from me?” Whitney was astonished. The same neighborhood, the building, and even

hada’t sem anyone or heard a sound from across the hall, so she had

moved in yesterday” boel booked at her “Anything ebe

shut her

live was his own

even know she lived across frombin, let

and tumed to unlock her own door