When Love Is a Lie

Chapter 128 Let’s See How She Handles This

In a dark colored suit and with his tall, straight posture, Noel looked every bit the professional he was, Whitney had never seen him like this at work

His secretary followed closely behind, organizing the materials for the meeting. Noel took his seat at the head of the long conference table. “Everyone is busy, so won’t waste time. Let’s begin”

His calm, steady voice filled the room. “The proposal has been appenved, and the final drawings must be submitted within this week.

The provincial–level hospital project had a tight deadline, requiring it to be operational by early next year. All processes had to he expedited. Whitney focused

Suddenly, she felt someone taples shoulder. It was a colleague fimber company. “Mr. Howard called for you,” he whispered.

Since she was only at the assistant level, Whitney was seated at the ckofthe table. She had been so absorbed in her notes that she hadn’t heard him call her

She lifted her gare incension and looked across the long table, Noel’s dark pupils seemed to hold a hint of doubt the stared at her.

Am med slightly. “Mr. Hand wants you to explain the design proposal. What are you waiting for?.

They had asked her to present at this meeting. Whitney had completely forgotten about this

Paniclong, she quickly stood up she clutched her laptop as she walked to the front of the room.

Noel shifted slightly in his seat, giving her space to set up the projector. As she bent over to connect her laptop, her portail, which was tied low at the back of her head, noved forward. The faint fragrance of joomine Hogered in the air, brushing past Noel’s nose.

dark lashes nearly brushing her cheeks, and the subtle curve of her nose, was enhanced by her soft makrop Herlips, usually a rosy pink, were now a soft cherry color. As she focused

wrong?” Noel asked.

stayed focused on it. She frowed her brows and said, “I

asked, “Can’t find it?

it before leaving this moming. The murmur of whispers

you? This is embarrassing for our company! You can’t even save a file properly. Did you forget to do it and are now just saying

we stole the design concept from somewhere. Now, when it’s time for her to present her

their brains but couldn’t come up with a decent plan. They never expected to be

even the higher–ups had approved it. This only made the others more dissatisfied

kind of person the was. They never imagined she would be

she even get into Universal Architecture?

with Whitney,

sent her a message, asking Whitney to present her design at the meeting. This meant Whitney was being involved

furious

had only joined the company a few days ago, and now, she had Noel’s attention. With this incident, it would seem to others that Whitney was nothing more than a

and the room fell

expression remained neutral as he asked Whitney, “As designers, we always need backups. Don’t you know

Whitory that she had a backup. “Yes, I have a backup. I saved it to a USB drive last night.”

in her bag Whitney quickly returned

had just been relieved,

her bag, checking carefully. Thirty seconds passed, then a