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

with a hint of amusement in his eyes. “Do

silent at once

to simply walk away. And

again, but my elationship with Dame is my business, I don’t need you worrying dioul

line and

didn’t know it would break down again. So, she took

moving quickly up the stairs. By the time she reached the eighth floor, she was out

down to see or following her at a steady

advice

me?”” dhe snapped. “Are you thinking of

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

he added, “If you

stopped, dumblinded. “You live

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

hearing his reply, Whitney decided to drop the

slowly. There were only a few steps between them. Whitney noticed that he hadn’t stopped even after a long line. She wondered which four he

finally stopped on the 16th floor

to the door across from hers

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

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

in yesterday” boel booked at her “Anything

shut her

was his own business

she lived across frombin, let alone hatbor any intention of chuging

and tumed to