The Wrong Woman

Chapter 5

The air around Nathan buzzed with danger. “Are you threatening me?”

Suzanne struggled to breathe, overwhelmed by his dominance. “Please don’t force me to do something I don’t want to.”

Nathan narrowed his eyes at her.

Her flawless, charming face reminded him of what Sally had looked like as a child.

In a daze, he gave her a meaningful smile. “I admit you’ve done a great job at making your face look like hers as a child. No wonder Grandma likes you so much.”

Hers as a child?

Suzanne wondered who he was referring to.

While she was distracted, Nathan calmly replied, “Alright, I agree.”

With that, he turned around and left with Cole.

Suzanne was dumbfounded by his reply. She didn’t understand what Nathan had agreed to.

Had he agreed to the divorce or to live together as husband and wife?

…

Night fell, and a gentle breeze swept through the room.

Suzanne’s room. After she finished eating, Suzanne found a book on military strategies and kept herself entertained until late

to take a shower. When she finished half an hour later, she realized that she had no clean clothes to

them along the bathroom window to dry before wrapping a towel around her body and stepping

front

taken off his shirt, exposing his chiseled body. The faint scars on his body added to his

sight

furrowed his brows at her. Her visibly flushed cheeks and innocent eyes didn’t seem like

landed on her exposed shoulders before trailing down her

her numerous cosmetic procedures, her figure and appearance

set of

stuffed the clothes into her arms.

clutched the clothes

confused by his actions until she heard his command.

walk toward the bathroom. “What are you doing in my room, Mr.

one who asked to live together as husband

She was.

not suffer

and closed the door, Suzanne exhaled deeply,

hand over her pounding heart before touching her flushed face in confusion.

emerged from the bathroom

up nervously. “Mr. Morrison, can we

him for three years, her rationality told her that keeping this marriage going would only

over to the closet and pulled out another blanket before walking

shirt as she stared at him with

one side of the bed, closing

replied, “Then, you

agreed without hesitation.

direct answer. It left her feeling restless as she watched him lie

pillow and laid them on the