When Love Is a Lie

Chapter 195 Tell Him You Never Loved Him, You Just Used Him

Whitney’s redier body toembled authe weight of the truth sink in.

From the moment she and Rachel stated their plan, Damian had known everything. He had been watching them all along, letting them act out their futile scheme while he waited in the shadows.

It was all under hiscont

she finally understood Neel’s waming–Damian wasn’t someone who could be bronglit down easily. The man who had risen to the top of the Howard empire wasn’t just chaming, he was calculating and puthless.

She had gondol’s advice, stubbornly believing she could handle things on her own Now, her navet had landed her here

Whitney tell a sharp pang of regret, but it was too late for that. She had to find a way out of this,

“Ladmit I thought Hudevidence,” she said, keeping her volce steady. “But I didn’t do anything. I just wanted to force you to end the engagement

Damian’s lips twitched into a cold smile.

He held up his hand, and Billy stepped forward, pulling a Lansiliar envelope from his jacket. He placed it in Damian’s outstretched hand.

Whitney’s stomach dropped. It was the letter she had perpared for the authorities.

he gotten it?

envelope in front of her, hestone mocking, “You’re planning to turn me in, and you still think you did nothing? Is that what you

forced herself to stay calm. “Did I send it? It really wanted to take you down, I’d have sent that the moment 1 got my hands on

he stepped closer, his hand snapping out to

me, basn’t he? Don’t act like you weren’t

for air, her face turning red as her

She’s going to pass

face. He released her, letting her collapse forward, coughing and

voice boarse. “You’ve been with Rachel behind my back, pretending to care about me

expression flickered, guilt flashing across his features before

he said quietly, almost as if he meant it. “I shouldn’t have been with her. I shouldn’t have hurt you. But don’t you

the desperation in

realized what you meant to me. Everything I’ve done the deals, the risks–was for you. Once my plan succeeds, the entire Howard legacy will

emotion–only fear. Damian had crossed the line from ambition to obsession,

destiny me! You plotted against

the air like a

met his gaze, her eyes blazing. “And why wouldn’t I? I loved you for right years, Damian. Eight years! You to me apart. Was I

and

his notions a storm of age and anguish. Then, almost imperceptibly, his expression softened.