The Wrong Woman

Chapter 81

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The door creaked open, and Suzanne glanced up from her book.

When she spotted Nathan entering with her meal, her face lit up in

surprise.

“Why are you suddenly the one bringing me food?” Suzanne asked as she stood up.

“I swung by to grab some things and figured I’d bring over the meal in Lucas’ stead,” Nathan replied calmly

He placed the meal and utensils on the dining table before walking over to the bedside table. He casually opened the drawer, and simply closed it without grabbing anything.

Suzanne was a little flustered by the towering heap of food before

her. She had no clue where to start.

Nathan approached with a grin. “Consider it Lucas’ way of showing

you some care.”

Suzanne furrowed her brows and gave Nathan a pleading look. “It’s way too much. I can’t possibly finish all this by myself.”

Nathan regarded her seriously as he uttered, “Don’t let the food go to

waste.”

Suzanne was stumped by his words. She had expected him to say

that.

After pausing for a moment, she quickly asked, “Have you eaten?”

“Not yet.” Nathan glanced at his watch on purpose.

Suzanne handed him the utensils with both hands and earnestly

pleaded, “Join me for a meal if you don’t mind. I can’t finish all of this

on my own.”

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hesitation, Nathan accepted

“I’ll see if there are any clean. utensils left. We can

wrist and urged her to sit. “No worries. Let’s just

was surprised. She whispered, “Sure.”

bandaged hand. “Do you need

a bite of omelet. “No worries. I

own.”

moved a bit closer to Suzanne since they

perfect posture, savoring his meal with a combination of

reserved and self-conscious in the

a rather slow pace, Nathan grabbed a tissue, wrapped a grilled

front of her.

she laid eyes on the

said with a bit of

too keen on meat and was thinking of a good

and switched to a serious tone. You need more proteins to recover.

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you want me to feed you?”

the chicken drumstick and awkwardly explained, “It’s too big. There’s no way I

hand and placed the drumstick into it. “Eat as much as you can and leave

sound a

point.

if I left you this half-eaten drumstick?” Suzanne asked instead, wondering

fork and grabbed a tissue to

his mouth. Then, he inched closer to

froze. She stared into his eyes while

and sleeping together are part of the routine. So, why the hesitation over sharing a chicken drumstick

Nathan teased.

On the contrary, Suzanne felt

and her cheeks flushed. scarlet. She shyly lowered her head to

sudden blush?” Nathan playfully brushed her cheek with his

sensation ran through him-causing his heart to

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blush,” she

decided to go easy on the teasing, not wanting to risk giving

in to temptation.