When Love Is a Lie

Chapter 241 Unless He Shows Up

“Helena just called. It might have been a misdial, but I heard someone trying to force her to drink Whit, call her and ask where she is,” Matthew said urgently. unable to call back as the traffic light turned green.

Whitney pulled out her phone. “Okay, I’ll call her. Don’t worry.”

When she unlocked her screen, she noticed unread messages in the group chat between ber, Helena, and Wette.

Ten minutes ago, Helena had sent a message. “Sos!”

She had even attached a location.

Five minutes ago, Yvette had already replied, “Omy way, Hang light!”

To

Whitney hadn’t noticed the notifications earlier because her phone had been on silent. She opened the location it was a restaurant and sent the address to Matthew, who immediately navigated these

Thankfully, they were only about ten minutes away. When they arrived, Matthew shed inside first, with Whitney following closely behind

The restaurant had a sophisticated ambiance, designed in a traditional courtyard style, with semi–open private dining rooms “There,” Matthew said sharply, pointing across the room.

holding wine glasses, pressuring Helena to drink Helena’s cheeks were flushed. Though she was able to sit upright, it was clear she already had quite a bit

quickly and turned to Matthew. “Wait here for

go.” Matthew said, already moving

start a fight. Those two are likely Helena’s clients. You can’t just beat them

a fimi look, leaving no room for argument, before walking briskdy toward Helena

“Ms. Howard, I ordered this wine just for you. It has a low alcohol percentage. If you can finish this glass, we’ll

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anymore,” Helena replied. “But I sincerely want to work with your company. How about this? I’ll

She low better than to fall for the same excuse about

contract that this

table. “Ms. Howard, Mr. Jackson always keeps his word. Look, we even brought

reached out to take it, but the man quickly slid it aside. “As long as you finish Mr. Jackson’s wine, the contract

like a predator. She

Helena’s law firm for a long time, and they were down to the final step. Helena didn’t

schedule an impromptu meeting. He asked

other party was, if even the chief designer of Seabourke Architectural Institute was looking for Helena, they surely wouldn’t get in the way. Helena imanediately y caught on and stood up. “Apologies, Mr. Jackson. I have to

so close to being finalized, she wasn’t about to compromise herself. The

shouldn’t there? After all, I arranged this

Whatury, his eyes lighting up. “Are you also from Ms. Howard’s law

young lady? I don’t recall seeing you there