When Love Is a Lie

Chapter 40 Why Didn‘! You Lee

Noel’s lipcurved ines a slight smile. “Did you think post per themigh this without shedding a dog? Your firm’s hidisthe highest, her we haven’t reached the pricing documian yer”

| wantediottine Whitney had sem him inde. Denn though the only caught it out of the core of her eyes, her heart game a small jo

Helena fooled slightly disrested and was just about to say something else when she suddenly prerived a work call

“Something ingent came in. Ineedie po handle i

“Sany, Whitney We’ll haven fo check out the hangert hall home toe. And font Dorym home.” Helena glancedat Noel “Noel,could trouble you by ghring Whimeyaride?” and with that, Helena parkeredher things and bout ind out of the café like a

Whitney sighed, fresh and. She wasallama, bij hem brady in Hol, the student drive me. I know

She moved to stand, indicating that the needs

the needed him tenke put of the both.

Since he was seated on the inside, she couldn’t leave unless Noel soup in she askedly climbedeni kim

an

-As for climbing went him? Absolutely not.

“Noel, could you please let me out?” she asked, trying inkeep her voice ready.

Whitney’imitation flared, and the used his fullname “Noel Howard, let me out. I want to go home.”

At last, he looked up, his gare cool and intense. His well–shaped but not overly thin lips parted slightly as he asked, “Didn’t you say you didn’t want to see me?

drop off documents, “Whitney replied, her tone dipped. She was clearly intitared

you saw me as soon as you walked in, so why didn’t you

had ne Anment for

hadn’t wanted to see him, she could have burned

spicious,”

of what?” Noel’s gas held steady as if he

away for a moment, then mot his eyes again. A trace of frustration

pretend he didn’t know

relationship with Noel was supposed to be distant and formal, strictly respectful Any hint of unusual

stand bere and let everyone indide watch?” Noel took a sip of water, his

busy, and there was a good chanor someone here knew

sat back

check the banquet hall?”

must have overheard Helena mention it bedane

replied, avoiding

in the restroom, and the only one dubii de that could’ve helped was broken, thur night.

Rachelor Jenay,

surprise. He had alrady checked the scene?

I can’t let Yvette take

other angles are

the crifices. Tvie had made tabuild her business. The success at her studio hadn’t come day—it had

on the table. “You could try fund witnesses from that

Why hadn’t she thought of

with possibilities, and she

“The odds of a guest seeing anything are low if Jerry planned to set you up, she would’ve

were fewer in number, and each one had a designatedarea.