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.

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

you?” Noel asked with a hint of amusement in his eyes. “Do you ally plan on breaking up with

silent at once

it hard to simply walk away. And after all, it was eight years

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

her lips into a line

was fixed, she didn’t know it would break down

found herself moving quickly up the stairs. By the time she reached the eighth floor, she was out of hingath and had

following her at a

her enough advice and was now

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

landing between the seventh and eighth floors, his breathing wins stil steady, showing no sign of fatigue.

home,” he replied coldbr. As he ascended, he added, “If you

dumblinded. “You

voice floated down from above, is

reply, Whitney decided to

Whitney noticed that

on the 16th

across from hers and

from me?” Whitney was astonished. The same neighborhood, the building,

the few days since she moved in, she hada’t sem anyone or heard a sound from across the hall, so she had mounted the place was

in yesterday” boel booked at

her

live was his

frombin, let alone hatbor any intention of

and tumed to unlock her own door