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

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

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

took a long time for Nathan to snap back to reality and continue unbuttoning

“I liked her when I was young. But she left to study abroad when she was 14 years old, and we lost

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

door behind him

comfort Suzanne enough. She

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thinking that she was the third wheel. After all, Nathan and Sally had known each other since they were kids, and they had both liked each other for a long time.

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

Suzanne’s face, making her heart

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

she couldn’t fall asleep that night, no matter how

she closed her eyes, her mind would start

vaguely heard the sound of the bathroom door opening. Nathan walked

room was plunged into darkness.

a few feet away from her, and yet

Nathan’s phone buzzed