The Wrong Woman

Chapter 28

That evening, Suzanne, Nathan, and Vera had dinner together. The table was silent as they ate.

Suddenly, Nathan’s phone rang and disrupted the peace.

He took out his phone, glanced at the screen, and frowned.

Sally was video-calling him.

It wasn’t appropriate to pick up her call with Suzanne and Vera at the table. Moreover, he still hadn’t had time to deal with Sally over what

happened yesterday.

Without hesitation, he rejected Sally’s call and texted her instead. “I’m busy. I’ll call you when I’m free.”

With that, he placed his phone back on the table and continued

earring.

Vera glanced at him. “Have you been very busy lately?”

“A little.”

work, or with personal matters?” She pointed at

an important

he said that, Sally called

that it was Sally calling. She

her mood

her before rejecting the call again.

disrupted dinner, Nathan served them

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was taken aback. She stared at the bowl of soup, unable to believe her eyes. In the past, she would’ve been ecstatic about

feel happy at

frowned. He could see that Suzanne was still

seemed to be stuck in his throat. He couldn’t seem to apologize.

This time, Vera grabbed Nathan’s phone quickly and answered the

sounded. “Nate, Suzanne has gone too far! How dare she touch my things? The drawer’s all messed up, and there’s

Vera’s expression darkened.

her knife tightly. The weight on

and saw that Sally was crying with her eyes

you?” Vera snapped at the phone. “How dare you call my Chubs a thief?

anything!”

at Nathan, who was