Chapter 219 Sign This Agreement

When Whitney pushed the door open again, Thomas was gone, and Noel was the only one left in the room. She was scanning the room when Noel spoke in a cold, calm voice. "What are you looking for?" Whitney shook her head. "Nothing." "You've been crying." His eyes locked onto her red-rimmed eyes. It wasn't a question, but a statement of a fact. When she had retreated to the restroom earlier, she hadn't wanted to cry. But with no one around, the suffocating emotions she had been holding back had overwhelmed her. Her throat trembled, her eyes burned and stung, and the tears just fell uncontrollably. By the time she calmed down, she noticed her eyes were swollen through the mirror's reflection. She had hurriedly splashed cold water on her face. Once she thought it was hard to tell she had been crying, she took a deep breath and exited the restroom. She didn't expect Noel to notice it with just a glance. "No, it's just from cooking earlier," Whitney said quickly, trying to cover up he