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

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

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

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

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

her. She still feels like a

the door

words didn’t comfort Suzanne enough. She was

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help thinking that she was the third wheel. After all, Nathan and Sally had known each other since they

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 keep this marriage afloat?

face, making her heart

the room and dimmed the lights. She wanted to go to

she couldn’t fall asleep that

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

bathroom door opening. Nathan walked toward her and carefully got

was

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

phone buzzed