The Wrong Woman

Chapter 13

Suzanne then pointed at the bookshelf in the room and said, “I’ve finished reading all the books on your shelf in the past few days.”

Nathan asked her again, “Are you not even going to consider it?”

Suzanne lowered her eyes. “No. I’ll leave tomorrow morning. I might never come back here again.”

Nathan didn’t bother trying to convince her anymore.

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He just walked past her and entered the room, slowly unbuttoning his shirt as he said, When we’re home, don’t bring up the divorce with Grandma. It’ll only aggravate her illness.”

Suzanne couldn’t help tightening her hold on the phone. She held it so tightly that she trembled.

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She simply couldn’t hold her emotions back and said, “I’m sorry, but I noticed a photo of a little girl in one of your books. There was something written on the back. It said, ‘My one true love, Sally Hoffis.“”

Nathan paused, his hands still in the midst of undoing his buttons. His entire body turned rigid as he froze in place.

dark. He said nothing.

describe it. Since there was nothing she could do about it, she pretended not to be bothered by it.

mistaken, you’ve

a long time for Nathan to snap back to reality

said nonchalantly, “I liked her when I was young. But she left to

since I last saw her. She still feels like a stranger to me, even though she’s

the door behind him

enough.

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help thinking that she was the third wheel. After all, Nathan and Sally had known each other since they were kids, and they had both

Sally by now. So what was the point of

hit Suzanne’s face, making

and dimmed the lights. She wanted

be able to fall asleep after lying still for a while. But she couldn’t fall asleep that night, no

her eyes, her mind would start wandering elsewhere.

minutes later, she vaguely heard the sound of the bathroom door opening. Nathan walked toward her and carefully got into

the entire room was plunged into darkness.

from her, and

Nathan’s phone buzzed with a