The Wrong Woman

Chapter 83

It was Lucas.

He passed a cup of warm milk to Suzanne and said, “Mrs. Morrison, have some milk and get some sleep. General Morrison might have a busy night, and he’s not sure when he’ll be back.”

Suzanne accepted the milk. She felt a little let down as she mumbled, “Thanks.”

“No problem.”

She looked downcast as she asked, “How did you know I’m still awake?”

“Mrs. Morrison, I swear I wasn’t stalking you. I was pulling extra hours at the office, and General Morrison told me to bring you the milk. Hel said you should go to bed soon,” Lucas clarified.

Suzanne was taken aback. She glanced out of the balcony and asked, “Does Nathan know I’ve been awake?”

Lucas wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, worried about coming across as a stalker.

He took a moment to explain, “General Morrison’s office is on the top floor of the tallest building a couple of streets away. He’s got a clear view of the dorms. The whole building is dark, except for the lights in your room. So naturally, he knows you’re still up.”

warm milk, torn between wanting Nathan to return early for some rest and hoping

on

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because of an unexpected incident. Besides, Ms. Hoffis stirred up trouble for General Morrison

name, and a

her heart.

fathom why Nathan consistently showed leniency toward Sally and went out of his way to rectify her mistakes. It seemed

there are details I can’t get into. General Morrison is genuinely overwhelmed and exhausted, especially

grew as he continued, “Just the other day, Ms. Hoffis accidentally broke our Azurium, and we lost a whopping 80 million dollars in the blink of an eye. We managed to secure some Azurium. after a lot of hard work,

attempts. If we can’t get it right soon, we’ll either have to buy it again or shell out money

to extract it.

Suzanne before he could finish. “Hold

snagged a cardigan on her way

switching off the lights, Suzanne responded, “I know the extraction methods

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and walked out,

behind.