The Wrong Woman

Chapter 48

On the way back, Nathan asked, “Do you want to return to Sudvilla or the place you’ve been living in?”

Suzanne’s apartment was closer to the place where she set up her flower stall. Besides, Sudvilla was now considered Sally’s home, so

she didn’t want to return to that place.

“Let’s go to my place.”

15 minutes later, Nathan stopped the car outside an old and rundown apartment block. Suzanne got out of the car and led him inside.

It was already nighttime. The corridors were incredibly narrow and dark. Suzanne pulled out her phone and toggled on her flashlight so that she could light the way ahead.

ts tend to go out once in a while,” she explained

“The corridor lights tend to

awkwardly.

Nathan felt that the apartment was a pretty bad place to live in.

Once Suzanne unlocked her apartment door, she walked in and flicked on the lights. Then, she stood by the door so that she could

invite Nathan inside.

Nathan strode into the apartment, which seemed to be around 300 square feet at first glance. Still, he felt that it looked clean and cozy.

After Suzanne closed the door behind her and turned to look at him,

Nathan giving her the bouquet

for

why he decided to give Suzanne the flowers in

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could only stare at the zinnias dumbfoundedly. Her heart began to race, and

those flowers for Sally. The sudden surprise

response “Do you not like them?”

the flowers hurriedly, feeling her cheeks heating up

eyes as she replied happily, “I love them!

had no idea what sort of flower she liked in the past. But from now on,

There, she dug

a moment scanning the apartment before moving to sit on the couch.

a random book and flipped through it. The words printed

knew for a fact that Suzanne knew Norvanese and Sunterlish. Was she really able to read a book written in

she placed the vase of zinnias on the nightstand next to her

the filled glass, he asked curiously,

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a glance at the book. It’s

answer surprised Nathan. “You understand their language?”

this book. Its title intrigued me. I was also confused as to why I could understand

was then that her knee bumped into one of the coffee table’s edges, causing pain to shoot up

pain while tumbling forward. with the glass

accident to occur. As a result, Suzanne plopped onto Nathan’s crotch. She ended up spilling water all over his inner thighs. Coincidentally, she was also nestled between Nathan’s legs in a

to her feet,

her feet so fast that she felt like