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.

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

in his eyes. “Do you ally plan on breaking

fell silent

And after all, it was eight years of

with Dame is my business, I don’t need

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

it would break down again. So, she took the stairs home

the eighth floor, she was out of hingath and had to show down. As she did, she beant footsteps belm.

or following her at a steady

now! Had he not given her enough advice and was now coming to

doing following me?”” dhe snapped. “Are you thinking of going to my place to conte ocking

the seventh and eighth floors, his

coldbr. As he ascended, he added, “If you keep a

dumblinded. “You live

voice

decided to

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

both finally stopped on

went to the door across

Whitney was astonished. The same neighborhood, the building,

few days since she moved in, she hada’t sem anyone or heard a sound from

in yesterday” boel booked at her “Anything ebe

her mouth.

bechose to live was his own business

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

replied and tumed to unlock her