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.

eating, Suzanne found a book

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

and hung them along the bathroom window to

the sight in front of her, her face burning instantly.

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

by the sudden sight and didn’t

at her. Her visibly flushed cheeks and innocent eyes didn’t

her exposed shoulders before trailing down her smooth legs.

procedures, her figure and appearance still

Nathan cleared his throat and fetched a set of casual sportswear from his closet before

he stuffed the clothes into

clutched the

by his actions until she heard his

the bathroom. “What are you doing in

facing her, he retorted, “Who was the one who

She was.

intention had been to seek a divorce, not

Nathan entered the bathroom and closed the door, Suzanne exhaled deeply, as if she

a hand over her pounding heart before touching her

minutes, Nathan emerged from the bathroom in pajamas.

“Mr. Morrison, can

been pining after him for three years, her rationality told her that keeping this marriage going would only bring her pain.

and pulled out another blanket before walking over to her bed.

as

one side of the bed, closing his eyes. “Not for now.”

nervous, Suzanne replied, “Then, you

Nathan agreed without hesitation.

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

and pillow and

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