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

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

mistaken, you’ve always wanted to marry Sally, right?”

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

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

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

enough. She was still hurting inside.

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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

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

hit Suzanne’s face, making her heart grow

the room and dimmed the lights. She wanted to

to fall asleep after lying still for a while. But she couldn’t fall asleep that night,

eyes, her mind

the bathroom door opening. Nathan walked toward her

entire room was

away from her, and yet she

phone buzzed