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 get Dvenian’s

of amusement in his eyes. “Do you ally plan on breaking up with

silent

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

saving me again, but my elationship with Dame is my

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

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

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

see or following her at a

her enough advice and was now coming

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

seventh and eighth floors, his breathing wins stil steady, showing

he added, “If you keep a steady pace, you won’tler out

dumblinded. “You live here to?”

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

his reply, Whitney decided to drop the conversation

only a few steps between them. Whitney noticed that he hadn’t stopped even

both finally stopped on

the door across from hers and

was astonished. The same neighborhood, the building, and even the

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

boel booked at her “Anything ebe you’d

shut her

was his own business

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

she replied and tumed to unlock her own