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 get

a hint of amusement in his eyes. “Do you

silent at once

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

my elationship with Dame

a line and moved past Noel without a

was fixed, she didn’t know it would break

By the time she reached the eighth floor, she was out of hingath and had to show down. As she did,

see or following her

given her enough advice and was now coming to lecture

you thinking of going to my place

floors, his breathing

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

“You live here

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

his reply, Whitney decided

slowly. There were only a few steps between them. Whitney noticed that he

both finally stopped on the 16th

across

Whitney was astonished. The same neighborhood,

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

moved in yesterday” boel booked at her “Anything ebe

her

was

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

and tumed to unlock her own door