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.

She didn’t know how to describe it. Since there was nothing she could do about it, she pretended not to

I’m not mistaken, you’ve always

for Nathan to snap back to reality and continue unbuttoning

liked her when I was young. But she left to study abroad when she was

her. She still feels like a stranger to me, even though she’s been back for a year now.”

shut the door behind him while

comfort Suzanne enough. She was still hurting

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

have married Sally by now. So what was the

Suzanne’s face, making

She wanted to go to bed before Nathan came out of the bathroom.

But she couldn’t fall asleep that

her eyes, her mind would start

of the bathroom door opening. Nathan

was

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

phone buzzed

were heightened in the dark.

phone and tapped on the notification. It was

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