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.

know how to describe it. Since there was nothing she could do

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

snap back to reality and continue

I was young. But she left to study abroad when she was 14 years old, and we lost

been more than a decade since I last saw her. She still feels like a stranger to me, even though she’s

the door behind him while he washed up for

Suzanne enough. She was still hurting inside.

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Sally had known each

appeared out of the blue, Nathan would have married Sally by now. So what was the point of her struggling and trying to keep

hit Suzanne’s face, making her

dimmed the lights. She wanted

lying still for a while. But she couldn’t fall asleep

her eyes, her mind would

vaguely heard the sound of the bathroom door opening.

room was plunged into darkness.

feet away from her, and yet she felt as if they were both separated by an

Nathan’s phone buzzed with

senses were

felt for his phone and tapped on the notification. It was a voice message from Sally.

sweet voice sounded in the room. “Nate, I’m scared. Can you come here and stay with me?”