Chapter 67 My Power’s Out Again
Later, Whitney helped Eliph rot of the CTM untfice and walked him to the elevatoa
“Whitney, if anyone emri plyns you trouble, you be mine to let me know,” Eliph said, patting her hand gently and giving Damian a stern look “siness can be messy, and misunderstandings happen, but now that we’ve deared things up, that’s the ended in Throw this kid – he would’t do anything to hurt you.”
whitzen pressed the elevator button and smiled. “I know, Grandpa. Thank you for looking out for me.”
Damian added quick. “Don’t worry. These won’t be any make misunderstandings between us. Clim ( you have anything next time, and we be here immediately.
There won’t be a next time,” Damian replied quickly.
Elijah shot him a waLÍ
(look, then turned back to Whitney with a want smile. “You two come met for dinner this week. It’s been long since I’ve seen you
“Of course “Whimey agreed
y to be pulled sharply into the stairwell.
amuel gave a few parting reminders. When the elevator doors opened, he and Elijah stepped inside.
“Goodbye, Grandja imey said softly. After the does closed, she turned back in the hall, only i
“Vac did that on purpose?” Damian’s expression was dark and furious.
whimey mentioned seeing him with another woman, he had immediately gone on guard, his mind racing for a way to explain it to Elijah. As soon as his grandfather asked who the
Domian had prepared a dozen different excuses, ready to use the best one.
But then Whimey claimed she hadn’t seen the woman’s face, which Damian knew was her way of warning him. Relieved, he explained to his grandfather that it was just a misunderstanding at a workeren. Now, with Elijah and Samuel gone, his anger finally flared
Damian gripped her wrist tightly, and whitney struggled, but he didn’t let go.
She lined her head and ned his gaze coldy. “Weren’t you the one who started this? Damian, I have Entits, and I told you, I won’t let you step over me
Dumian grabbed her chin and growled, “You forced my hand I’ve explained a thousand times that it’s over with Rachel, but you keep bringing it up while cozying up to Noel!
The sharp pain in het jaamade Whimey slap his hand away.
“Did
you to cheat with Rachel What did you tell her in the fitting room of the bridal shop? What did you two do in that room?
The painful memories surged back, the ones she had worked so hard en bury. She hadn’t confronted him before because she couldn’t bear to face the reality that all her sacrifices for him were nothing but a jou
Damian was stunned. He had thought Whitney only figured things o shop
out after sering Rachel’s social media posts. He hadn’t realized she had known as far back as the day she went to the bridal
Athugult crossed Darman’s eyes “Listen to me I was impulsive that day, I said thingst didn’t m “There’s no need to explain, Whitney cut him off with tears in her eyes. “It doesn’t matter anymore.”
She didn’t want to cry since she no longer held any expectations from Damian. But she couldn’t help but feel her heartache, especially when she said that his explanation didn’t matter anymore.
Maybe she was crying just to say goodbye to the past, to the naive girl she used to be and to the Damn who pece adored her.
Whitney was still in a bad mood even after work.
Damian didn’t show up. She was actually relieved to have to aide in his car
Back at her building, she stepped out of the elevator and glanced at Noel’s du
His unit was quiet, as if no one was hummer.
After dinner, she curled up on the couch, quietly going though her laptop. The architectural design information Noel sent her last time was incredibly helpful. She even found some related Industry websites and organized a ton of a souperi
But as she stared at her screen, her mind drifted back to Noel. She hadn’t heard him come home.
e heard a noise from the hallway. Instinctively, she set her laptop down, hurried to the door, and looked through the peephole. A few seconds later, she returned to the couch, letle disappointed. It wasn’t Noel–just the cleaning staff.
she started feeling issiless, and the material on her laptop could’t hold her attention anymore
Almost without thinking, she picked up her phone and typed a quick message to Noel, “My power’s out again.”
