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.

how to describe it. Since there was

I’m not mistaken, you’ve always

Nathan to snap back to reality

she left to

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

went into the bathroom and shut the door behind him

words didn’t comfort Suzanne enough.

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fact, Suzanne couldn’t help thinking that she was the third wheel. After all, Nathan and Sally had known each other

hadn’t suddenly appeared out of the blue, Nathan would have married Sally by now. So what was the point of her struggling and trying to

hit Suzanne’s face,

into the room and dimmed the lights. She wanted to go to bed before Nathan came out

after lying still for a while. But she couldn’t fall asleep that night, no matter how hard

she closed her eyes, her mind would

the sound of the bathroom door opening.

entire room was

from her, and yet she

buzzed with a notification.