The Wrong Woman

Chapter 13

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 was nothing she could

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

Nathan to snap

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

a decade since I last saw her. She still feels like a stranger to me, even

bathroom and shut the door behind him while he

comfort Suzanne enough. She was still hurting inside.

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

Nathan would have married Sally by now. So what was the point of her struggling and

hit Suzanne’s face,

She wanted to go to bed before Nathan

fall asleep that night, no matter how

soon as she closed her eyes, her

the bathroom door opening. Nathan walked toward her and

the entire room was plunged into darkness.

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

phone buzzed with a notification.

Her hearing senses were

phone and tapped on the notification. It was

message. Sally’s soft, sickeningly sweet voice sounded in the room. “Nate, I’m scared. Can you

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