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.

turned dark. He said

her heart. She didn’t know how to describe it. Since there was nothing

mistaken, you’ve always wanted to marry

time for Nathan to snap back to reality and continue unbuttoning

young. But she left to study abroad when she was

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

the door behind him while he washed up for

Suzanne enough. She was still hurting

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the third wheel. After all, Nathan and Sally had known

hadn’t suddenly appeared out of the blue, Nathan would have married Sally by now. So

face, making her

into the room and dimmed the lights. She wanted

she couldn’t fall asleep that night, no matter how hard she tried. Maybe it was because Nathan

soon as she closed her eyes, her mind would start wandering elsewhere.

bathroom door opening. Nathan walked

the entire room was plunged into darkness.

feet away from her, and yet she felt as if they were both

Nathan’s phone buzzed with