When Love Is a Lie (Whitney and Damian) novel Chapter 58

"Noel, why'd you call him to pick me up? I'm perfectly capable of leaving on my own!" Yvette snapped as soon as she heard Thomas's name.

"Thomas will kill me if I let you leave alone."

"I don't have anything to do with him. You don't need to report my whereabouts to him."

Just then, a slightly annoyed voice came from the doorway. "I'm your fiancé, Yvette. Of course, he needs to tell me your whereabouts."

Yvette clenched her teeth at the word "fiancé".

"Once my parents return, I'll go home and call off the engagement. Then we'll have nothing to do with each other."

"Until then, I'm still responsible for you. You're too reckless for your own good!" Thomas cut her off, grabbing her hand and giving Noel a nod before he practically dragged Yvette out of the room.

As they left, the room fell silent, with only the faint beat of music from below. Whitney looked down at her toes, avoiding Noel's gaze. Soon, a pair of polished black shoes came into view, stepping closer and closer until she could barely breathe under the weight of his presence.

"Thomas may think Yvette's reckless, but you're not much better. Are you trying to repeat what happened last time? Getting drunk and leaving with some random guy?" Noel's cold voice rang out above her.

Whitney recalled that night she got drunk at the bar and recklessly left with him. Her face turned red at the thought, and she clenched her clothes as she muttered softly, "It wasn't like that..."

"Stop coming to places like these if you're not smart enough to protect yourself!"

She got lucky that he was here for a meeting and saw what was happening downstairs. Otherwise, god knew what would've happened.

Whitney was confused by his frustrated tone. She couldn't understand why he was so upset.

Hearing the anger in his voice, Whitney was puzzled. Why was he so upset? Any consequences of her actions would affect Damian, not him. But then she remembered that any scandal involving her could impact the Howard family. After all, it was his family, and his father was the deputy mayor.

Whitney realized where his anger was coming from.

"I should've thought it through. I could've ruined the Howard family's reputation. It won't happen again," she replied quietly.

Once her engagement with Damian ended, she would have nothing to do with the Howards.

Noel's expression darkened further, and he looked at her silently for a long moment.