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.

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

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

a long time for Nathan to snap back to reality and continue unbuttoning his

was young. But she left to

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

went into the bathroom and shut the door behind him while he

words didn’t comfort Suzanne enough. She was still

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Nathan and Sally had known each other since they were kids, and they had both liked each other for a long

hadn’t suddenly appeared out of the blue, Nathan would have married Sally by now. So what was the point of her struggling and trying

hit Suzanne’s face,

lights. She wanted to go to bed before Nathan came out of

couldn’t fall asleep that night, no matter

eyes, her

she vaguely heard the sound of the bathroom door opening. Nathan walked toward her and

entire room was

her, and yet she felt as if they were both separated

Nathan’s phone buzzed with a notification.

stiffened. Her hearing senses were heightened in

for his phone and tapped on the notification. It was a voice

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