When Love Is a Lie

Chapter 243 Is He Crazy

Whitney had only planned to use Noel’s name to put a little pressure on Charles. She didn’t think he would actually be there.

He had heard her blatant lie, which made her wish she could dig a hole and disappear

When she saw Noel looking her way, she clenched the hem of her clothes awkwardly.

But it was

as just for a moment as he tumed his gaze toward Helena, “If you had another appointment, you should’ve told me. The meeting could’ve been postponed.

“sorry, dear brother. I drank too moch with Charles and didn’t think of it,” Helena replied, playing along.

“Brother?” Charles‘ face turned even paler.

He had no idea about Helena’s identity. Realizing they shared the same last name, he was utterly dumbfounder

“Ms. Howard, I’m sorry for not recognizing you sonter. Please don’t hold it against me, I’ll have the contract revised immediately and deliver it to you tomorrow for your review, “Charles said.

Helena, ever gracious, picked up the glass of wine from the table. “Thank you, Mi, Jackson. Let me give you a toast first.”

the lifted the very glass Charles knew had been tampered with, and he panicked. “Mts. Howard, you’ve already had too much to drink. Let’s call it a day. I’ll go prepare the contract now.

With that, Charles and the middle–aged man beside him scrambled out of the room

They bumped into Yvette, who had just arrived, she was about to curse them when the men vanished as if they’d disappeared into thin air. Rubbing her shoulder, she tumed and saw a group of familiar faces

she

wastemible. I was so arious i handed the car over to the daiver and ran the rest of the way.

Things have been

over and started massaging Yvette’s shoulder. “So you were gearing up for a

as the swatted

stuffed his hands into his pockets. “Because I would we stepped

son and another from the second most prominent family after the Howards, Charles couldn’t afford to provoke them at

that moment, Gavin spoke up. “It’s such a coincidence that we’re all here today. There’s a big

eat and that.”

restroom, and by the time she returned, the

one seat remained–beside Nuel, on his right. On his left sat Lilian.

that would seem too deliberate. She could only quietly move her chair a little farther away after

at her, but she pretended not

Helena best friends? You seem really close,

“We’ve known each other since

can

Noel, I can have the same kind of relationship with Helena as she

Lilian were engaged, they

suffocating feeling in her chest and replied, “You

sip. It was only when she tasted it

saymore, su she “Newlyweds always stick together like honey. After you marry my brother, you probably

was alcohol.

showed a

the two of them chatted, Noel quietly swapped the

she glanced