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.

I’m doing this

in his eyes. “Do you ally plan on

fell silent

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

me again, but my elationship with Dame is my

into a line and moved past Noel without

would break down again. So, she took the stairs

reached the eighth floor, she was out of hingath and

or following her at a

her enough advice and was now coming to lecture her more?

dhe snapped. “Are you thinking of going

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

he ascended, he added, “If you keep a steady pace, you won’tler out of breath”

“You live here

voice

Whitney decided to drop

few steps between them. Whitney noticed that he hadn’t stopped even after a long line. She wondered

finally stopped on the 16th floor

went to the door across

Whitney was astonished. The same neighborhood, the building,

a sound from across the hall, so

moved in yesterday” boel booked at her “Anything ebe you’d Beinsk

shut her mouth.

to live was his own business

even know she lived across frombin, let alone hatbor any intention of chuging saber aver that

to unlock her