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.

“You think I’m doing this un piepose to

you?” Noel asked with a hint of amusement in his

silent at once

made it hard to simply walk away. And after all, it was eight years of devotion. It wasn’t easy to let po

saving me again, but my elationship with Dame is my business, I don’t need you worrying

lips into a line

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

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

or following her at a steady

not given her enough advice and was now

snapped. “Are you thinking of going to my place to

the landing between the seventh and eighth floors, his

replied coldbr. As he ascended, he added, “If you keep a steady pace, you won’tler out of

stopped, dumblinded. “You live here

then, Noel had already passed her. His voice

reply, Whitney decided to drop the

Whitney noticed that he hadn’t stopped even after a long line. She wondered which four he actually

stopped on the

the door across

same neighborhood, the building,

sem anyone or heard a sound from across the hall, so she had mounted the place

boel booked at her “Anything ebe

her mouth.

to live was his own

by Noel’s attitude, he probably didn’t even know she lived across frombin, let alone hatbor any intention

she replied and tumed to