The Wrong Woman

Chapter 13

Suzanne then pointed at the bookshelf in the room and said, “I’ve finished reading all the books on your shelf in the past few days.”

Nathan asked her again, “Are you not even going to consider it?”

Suzanne lowered her eyes. “No. I’ll leave tomorrow morning. I might never come back here again.”

Nathan didn’t bother trying to convince her anymore.

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He just walked past her and entered the room, slowly unbuttoning his shirt as he said, When we’re home, don’t bring up the divorce with Grandma. It’ll only aggravate her illness.”

Suzanne couldn’t help tightening her hold on the phone. She held it so tightly that she trembled.

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She simply couldn’t hold her emotions back and said, “I’m sorry, but I noticed a photo of a little girl in one of your books. There was something written on the back. It said, ‘My one true love, Sally Hoffis.“”

Nathan paused, his hands still in the midst of undoing his buttons. His entire body turned rigid as he froze in place.

His eyes turned dark. He said nothing.

a deep, throbbing pain in her heart. She didn’t know how to describe it. Since there was nothing she could do about it, she pretended not to be bothered

calmly, “If I’m not mistaken, you’ve always wanted to marry Sally, right?”

to snap back to

to study abroad when she was 14 years old, and

like a stranger to me, even though she’s been back for a year

shut the door behind him while

didn’t comfort Suzanne enough. She

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couldn’t help thinking that she was the third wheel. After all, Nathan and Sally had known each other since they were kids, and they had both

hadn’t suddenly appeared out of the blue, Nathan would have married Sally by now. So what was the point of her struggling

Suzanne’s face, making her heart grow

dimmed the lights. She wanted to go to bed

while. But she couldn’t fall

soon as she closed her eyes, her

the sound of the bathroom door opening. Nathan walked toward her and

was plunged into darkness.

and yet she felt as if

buzzed with

Her hearing senses were

tapped on the notification.

the message. Sally’s soft, sickeningly sweet voice sounded in the room. “Nate, I’m scared.