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.

a deep, throbbing pain in her heart. She didn’t know how to describe it. Since there was nothing she could do about it, she pretended

you’ve always wanted to marry

Nathan to snap back to reality

she left to study abroad when she was 14 years old,

I last saw her. She still feels like

Nathan went into the bathroom and shut the door

Nathan’s words didn’t comfort Suzanne enough. She

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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 other for a long time.

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

breeze hit Suzanne’s face, making

wanted to go to bed before Nathan came out

she would be able to fall asleep after lying still for a while. But she couldn’t fall asleep that night, no matter how hard she tried. Maybe it was because Nathan was

her eyes, her mind would start wandering

15 minutes later, she vaguely heard the sound of the bathroom door opening. Nathan

was

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

Nathan’s phone buzzed with

senses were

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

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