The Wrong Woman

Chapter 128

People often claimed that unrequited love was an internal battlefield. Right at this moment, Suzanne couldn’t agree more.

She clearly missed Nathan so dearly with her entire being, but she was conflicted and afraid. She dared not even look at him openly, yet she stole countless glances at him from the corner of her eye.

She clearly knew that he held another woman dear in his heart, and it pained her to know that. She hated and resented the fact, yet she

could not bear to let him go.

She clearly yearned for him to be back, and she was both elated and anxious that he was, yet she feigned calmness and nonchalance. She put so much effort into it so that he wouldn’t notice any trace of her feelings for him, as though that would make her unrequited love less painful.

The moment Nathan stepped into the living room, Sally rushed ov excitedly. “Nate!”

Caught off guard, Nathan was trapped in her embrace. Sally clung tightly to his waist, frustrating him.

Nathan’s brow furrowed as he reached behind his back to pry Sally’s arms off of him. But Sally was persistent and refused to let go. “I missed you a lot, Nate.”

“Nate, why didn’t you tell me you were coming home today?” Florence smiled at him warmly.

Nathan greeted the people in front of him politely. Every one of them beamed brightly at him, expressing their concern.

His gaze darkened slightly when he failed to spot Suzanne amidst the

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crowd. Then, he took a sweeping glance across the room and finally spotted her not too far away in the dining room.

With one hand resting on the table, she lowered her head and ate her soup quietly. She treated his return as indifferently as a stranger

would.

All she needed to do was to raise her head just a little, and she’d be able to see him. But she wouldn’t even do so.

within Nathan, further fueling his irritation. He pushed Sally away from him.

toes and wrapped her arms around Nathan’s neck, attempting to lean against his chest.

and forcefully pulled her away from him. He

concern, asking Nathan where and how he was

that Nathan was injured, she froze, her spoon hovering over her bowl of soup. Her heart clenched with worry for him. She reflexively raised her head to

was Sally crying and patting Nathan’s body all over, asking him

second more of Sally’s heart-wrenching and affectionate act, so she quickly

instinctively glanced at her. All he saw was her coldness and indifference,

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him deeply disappointed.

response out of her even after he got

Nathan couldn’t pinpoint who was speaking to him, so he gave them a simple reply. “I’m fine.”

want to have dinner together?” Florence asked.

faintly and responded softly, “No, I’d

latched onto Nathan’s arm and said, “I’ll

away and walked past the living room

toward her. Sensing that things had reached a

her feigned depression, her suicidal an her

and

study first. T second they set

to utter a word. The study was a me and resembled the room of a student preparing for the college entrance exam. It was cluttered with books and materials of all sorts.

opened books were scattered on the computer table, with red marks and notes scrawled across the pages. Someone

over and flipped through

took in the room. He saw a lot of books

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him. His gaze was locked on the

Handle Toxic

Overcoming Nasty People”

“Foundations of Psychology”

curled slightly as a smirk

reaction from him. “General