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.

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 by it.

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

time for Nathan to snap back

But she left to study abroad when she was

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

the bathroom and shut the door

comfort Suzanne enough. She was still

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third wheel. After all, Nathan and Sally had known each other since they were kids, and they had

married Sally by now. So what was the point of her struggling and trying to

cold breeze hit Suzanne’s face, making her

went back into the room and dimmed the lights. She wanted to go to

able to fall asleep after lying still for a while. But she couldn’t fall asleep that night, no matter how hard she tried. Maybe it

eyes, her mind would start

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

the entire room was plunged into darkness.

and yet she felt as if they were

phone buzzed with a

stiffened. Her hearing senses were heightened in

tapped on the notification. It was a voice message from

room. “Nate,