When Love Is a Lie

Chapter 219 Sign This Agreement

When Whitney pushed the door open again, Thomas was gone, and Noel was the only one left in the room

She was scanning the room when Noel spoke in a cold, calm voice.

“What are you looking for?”

Whitney shook her head. “Nothing.”

“You’ve been crying.”

His eyes locked onto her red–rimmed eyes. It wasn’t a question, but a statement of a fact.

When she had retreated to the restroom earlier, she hadn’t wanted to cry, that with no one around, the suffocating emotions she had been holding back had

overwhelmed her. Hei thunat trembled, her eyes buttied and stung, and the tears just fell uncontrollably.

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By the time she calmed down, she noticed her eyes were swollen through the mirror’s reflection. She had hurriedly splashed cold water on her face. Once s thought it was hard to tell she had been crying, she took a deep breath and exited the restroo

She didn’t expect Noel to notice it with just a glance.

“No, it’s just from cooking earlier.” Whitney said quieldy, trying to cover up her embarrassment and not wanting him to see how vulnerable she was

“Don’t you think that excuse is a little weak?” he said, his gaze never leaving her, watching for even the smallest flicker of emotion

It was a temble excuse, What kind of food could possibly make her eyes red and swollen like that?

“What do you want me to say, my dear brother–in–law? That I cried for you?”

Rather than continuing to make excuses, it would be better to face things head–on and turn them on their head

at the corner of his lips “What’s this?

Whitney wasn’t his fiancee anymore. There was no reason for her to refer to Noel

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tell silent, his fingers curling around the glass of wine in front of him as he swirled it idly, keeping his eyes lowered

dimmed, her hands clenched tightly at her sides. Then, she took a deep breath and walked over to him. She

had no choice

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lens lingered in the air,

pulling her toward him without a word.

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