When Love Is a Lie

Chapter 1 Do You Want Me

When Love Is a Lie

Chapter 1 Do You Want Me

Whimer Spencer was on her way to deliver sdocuments to the CEO's office when she got a call from the

bridal shop

“Ms. Spencer, the wedding dress you tried on lost thas been altered. You can cin to try it again.”

After hanging up the phone, Whitney knocked twice on the CEO’s door. She pushed it open, only to find that

Damian Howard wasn't there.

He wasn’t there the last tshe tried on dresses either. She had hoped he could join her this time, but it

seemed he was busy again.

It was almost tto head home, so Whiter decided to go to the bridal shop on her cuti.

The shop was housed in a vintage building, exading a unique artistic vibe. This was one of the top bridal shops in

Seaboucke

As soon as the staff members saw Whitey get out of the car, they greeted her with respect. After all, they were

well aware that she was the future bride of the her to the Howard family in Seabourke.

“Your dress is in the Eating room at the back, Ms. Spencer?!

Noticing the start members were about to personally escort her, Whitney smiled politely. “Tom go by myself.”

The curved ballway was lined with beautifully crafted wedding dresses. As she walked, she admired the exquisite

designs. The soft carpet almost swallowed up the sound of her

Suddenly, familur vokes drifted from the fitting room ahead.

Enough. Don’t make ass”

“I'm not making a fuss! | just want to attend your wedding and be a bridesmaid Why is that so wrong?

The man’s voice was deep and commanding while the woman's response was full of frustration.

Whitney's heart skipped a beat. Her steps grew her as she slowly moved toward the door of the fitting room.

The doce wasn't billy closed Through the narrow crack, she couldn’t see much, but the voices were growing

clever.

“You can’t,” the man said

“Why?“l just want to be a little closer to you for last time.

“Because if you come, | won't be able to resist running away from the wedding! The man seemed to rent as he

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continued, “You love shopping, right? Go to Croydon for a few days. Buy whatever you want with my card I'll

clook for you or the wedding is over

“st what am | to you? Your nime’ or your secret lover? Just letgo.“The woman's voice broke into sol

The man sounded helpless but also somewhat

“Didn't tell you before? status doesn’t matter. What matters is the heart. Don’t you know who mine belongs to?

“Can’t you just not get married? The woman's voice softened as well..

“Stop asking silly questions. You just need to trust that doing this for our future, the man responded.

As Whitney Istened to the conversation, her blood seemed to rush to her head, as if a dam had broken and all

her emotions flooded through her at once.

The two woes she heard belonged to Damian Howard, the man she was set to marry in a month, and Rachel

Yames, his niece in name

Rachel was adopted by Damian's grandfather, Elijah Howard, as his great-granddaughter.

The man Whitney had loved for eight years, the one who had always been so land and wrtentive to her, was

cheating on her. At that moment, het world seemed to lose all its cobr

Just then, from the fitting room nmore patling sounds, along with sintimate moans.

Whitey hit her lip, trying to hold back the sobs that threatened to nope.

Her vision blurred with tears. She struggled to move her legs, which fell heavy, as she hurriedly left the shop

The sky had darkened, and the streetlights flickered on. The streets were filled with people, all of them brushing

past her.

Couples off work passed by the faces glowing with happiness. To Whitney, it was blinding. It was like arrel

teminder that her love lite was nothing but a joke.

Because of the relationship between their families, Whitney and Danian had known each other since they were

children. He was four years older than her, and she had always followed him an sound Damian never minded and

always protected her Herven scolded those who bullied her

Looking back now, the remembered how he had always been very attentior to Rachel tos

As they grew older, Damjan becmore handsand mature. His elegant and poised demeanor became

more apparent Whitney rely began to fall in love with him. When

had always wanted, and Damian pamprod and cared for her in turn. He made her his secretary so that they

could see each other everyday.

cof her most important moment, she heard thou words.

The sounds of freely mande and lacking on light drew her attention. When she looked up, she tealand she had

walked to the entrance of Bhie Night Bar Shepard fat a moment, then stepped inside.

The bartender bought the inquashots she doidered Whitney rarely drank, but now, she was downing or glass

after another.

Tha want Whitney's first tat Blue Night Bar. The last tshe was he was with Hansdags for one of his cross-

ami tomt. Damian smiled and stopped thens, cl

she couldnt drink and didn’t w

Now, she realized it to cfor her bed fause he didn’t want to do act

birthday parties Everyone had teased them into doing a

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Whitney held the glass in her hand, a bitter smile tugging at her lips. Before she knew it, tears welled up in her

eyes.

As she slowly drank, her dad gone happened to fall on a man sitting in the corner

Even in the dim light, his fine fearses

stood out behind silver=framegden

glasses, his yes bre dark and deep

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Forros she couldn’t explain, Whitney stood up and walked toward him...

She tried to steady her uncoordinated steps as she approached him with a slur in het voice, she asked, “Do you

wan

Damian had never touched her. She

had always belined it was becayse he

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Well, it Damian could keep a mistress, why couldn't she sleep with a hot stranger?

The man looked up and stared coldly into her eyes without a word.

Noticing his silence, the tipy Whitney took ten hundred-dollar in from her bag and stutted them into his hand.

“You won't lose out

the man finally asked, “How do you know for sure?s voice was deep and pleasant

Whitney's eyes, already clouded with tears, filled with a trace of disappointment “Are you not interested in me

too

wandered just how much of a failure she was. Dia duin’t love her, and now, this stranger didn’t want her.

She turned away.

Just as Whitney took a step, the man

suddenly stood up. His tall frasnen

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His

expected movement caught her off guard.