When Love Is a Lie

Whitney Spencer has never known about her boyfriend's true love despite having dated for eight years. Only when they've set a date for their wedding does she stumble upon her boyfriend arguing with his true love while she tries on wedding gowns."What am I to you? Your secret lover?""Didn't I already tell you that your identity doesn't matter? What matters is that my heart is with you. Don't you know you're the one I love?"She cries, and he coaxes her.Whitney feels like she's been struck by lightning. It turns out their eight-year relationship is nothing but a joke.That night, she invites a man she doesn't know into her bed and gives him a thousand dollars. "You're not losing out."…Later, Damian Howard comes to her in the rain, looking like he's lost his mind. "Give me another chance, Whitney. Please!"However, the man who answers the door is his cousin, Noel Howard. Damian has always feared him.Noel stands in the doorway and says, "Don't tell me you have the nerve to covet your cousin's wife."