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 about it, she pretended not to be bothered by it.

I’m not mistaken, you’ve always wanted to marry

took a long time for Nathan to snap back

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

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

door behind him while he washed up

didn’t comfort Suzanne enough.

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Suzanne 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 liked each

by now.

face, making her heart

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

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

soon as she closed her eyes, her mind would

the bathroom door opening.

was

loved was lying just a few feet away from her, and yet she felt as if they were both separated by

Nathan’s phone buzzed with a

stiffened. Her hearing senses were heightened in the

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

in the room. “Nate, I’m scared. Can you come