When Love Is a Lie

Chapter 146 I Shouldn’t Have Asked

Noel’s voice was deep and husky like it was coming from far away but also so close. Whitney felt her mind go blank, a slight duziness overwhelming her

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Delure she could even process what was happening, she was lifted into the air and gently placed on his lap. To steady herself, the instinctively peached for hus shoulders

Noel set up straight, leaning forward, and kissed her lips once again.

Aldenchill ran through her as she realized her clothes had been removed without her noticing Whitney instinctively shrank back, but the next moment. pressed down on her, her back meeting the soft warmth of the bed beneath them.

Their skin touched, but Nor didn’t mish

He looked into her eyes, glistening with confusion, and smiled softly. “Til take that as a pes

“What?” Whitney was dazed, forgetting the question he had asked earlier.

Noel chuckled lovely. “Don’t ask Even if you know, it’s ton late. The time for an answer has passed.”

with those words, her vision went black, and all she could feel was his overwhelming persence,

When Whitney awoke, it was still dark outside. A soft, warm light from the bedside lamp illuminated the room. Noel was seated next to her, migrossed in the blueprints displayed on his tablet.

His shirt was half–open, revealing a large expanse of his chest.

Whitney lay still, a voice echoing in her mind. “What’s wrong with me? How did I end up with him again?”

She couldn’t explain how she had given in again. Their relationship was forbidden. Her engagement wasn’t annulled yet, and he was Damian’s cousin.. These were boundanes they shouldn’t have crossed.

once again, they had crossed that

this man, who had claimed to be injured and unable to dess himself, still had

must be taking it. She thought, “He’s

“Are you awake?

still. She was frustrated, both with herself and with him. But she

yet? Then I’ll-

leaned down

eyes and shifted away from him. “I

smile and leaned

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sharply with her awinward

some more rest. You had a tough night,” he said, smiling as he

her cheeks flush with warmth. Noel retumed in his tablet, still reviewing the blueprin

don’t you need to rest?”

tied

his navy blue sleeve, her fingers nervously twisting

me, right?” she wondered to berelt.

“Could you. Help me call

was quiet, lacking confidence, yet there was an underlying hope. Noel’s gaze shifted from the screen to her face, his eyes locking with her. He studied thelonging in reyes but remained silent for

silent. She wanted to hear him say it, so she reached out and tugged

sleep, I’ll be moming

he stood up, left the room,

his sleeve still lingering in her fingertips. Her heart dropped, and a coldness spread through

I disappointed? This

had proven it

like she was bargaining with her of