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.

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

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

snap back to reality and continue

left to study abroad when she was

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

the bathroom and shut the door behind him while

didn’t comfort Suzanne enough. She was

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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

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

face, making her heart grow cold.

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

while. But she couldn’t fall

as she closed her eyes, her mind would start wandering

sound of the bathroom door opening. Nathan walked toward

room was plunged into darkness.

and yet

phone buzzed