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.

heart. She didn’t know how to describe it. Since there

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

for Nathan to snap back

“I liked her when I was young. But she left to study abroad when she was 14 years old,

still feels like

the bathroom and shut the door behind him while

didn’t comfort Suzanne enough. She

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had known each other since they were kids, and they had both liked each

suddenly appeared out of the blue, Nathan would have married Sally by now. So what was the

Suzanne’s face, making her heart grow

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

lying still for a while. But she couldn’t fall asleep that night, no

as she closed her eyes, her mind would start wandering elsewhere.

she vaguely heard the sound of the bathroom door

room was plunged into darkness.

man she loved was lying just a few feet away from her, and yet she

Nathan’s phone buzzed with

were heightened in the dark.

felt for his phone and tapped on the notification. It was

sickeningly sweet voice sounded in the room. “Nate, I’m scared. Can you come here and