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,

her the bouquet of white zinnias.

is for

was devoid of any emotions. No one knew why he decided to give Suzanne the flowers in the first place.

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the zinnias dumbfoundedly. Her heart began to race, and her mind had gone blank.

thought Nathan had bought those flowers for Sally. The sudden surprise shocked her so much that she could barely

slightly in response “Do you not

heating up at his question. A similar spread of warmth surged from her heart as

eyes as she replied happily, “I love them! Thank you

she liked in the past. But

before rushing into the kitchen hurriedly. There, she dug out a vase and placed the zinnias

scanning the apartment before moving

a random book and flipped through it. The words printed on the pages

Suzanne knew Norvanese and Sunterlish. Was she really able to read a book written in a third foreign

exited the kitchen a moment later. First, she placed the vase of zinnias on the nightstand next to her

him with the filled glass, he asked curiously, “What’s this book’s

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a glance at the book. It’s a book that’s published in Xyperia.”

answer surprised Nathan. “You understand their

for books at the library when I came across this book. Its title intrigued me. I was also confused as to why I could understand

close to Nathan, she didn’t pay attention to the coffee table in front of him. It was then that her knee bumped into one of the coffee table’s edges, causing pain to shoot up

Suzanne scrunched up her face in pain while

expected the accident to occur. As a result, Suzanne plopped onto Nathan’s crotch. She ended up spilling water all over his

realized what happened, she felt extremely embarrassed. She quickly clambered up to her feet, her che now Scrimson from

her feet so fast that