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.

eyes turned dark. He said nothing.

heart. She didn’t know how to describe it. Since there was nothing she could do about it, she pretended not

“If I’m not mistaken, you’ve always wanted to marry

to snap back to reality and continue unbuttoning his shirt.

young. But she left to study abroad when she was 14 years

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

into the bathroom and shut the door behind him while he washed up for

Nathan’s words didn’t comfort Suzanne enough. She

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the third wheel. After all, Nathan and Sally had known each other since they were kids, and they

would have married Sally by now. So what was the point of her struggling and trying to

Suzanne’s face,

lights. She wanted

a while. But she couldn’t fall asleep that night, no matter how hard she tried.

soon as she closed her eyes, her mind

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

was plunged

and yet she felt as if they were

phone buzzed with a notification.