The Wrong Woman

Chapter 28

That evening, Suzanne, Nathan, and Vera had dinner together. The table was silent as they ate.

Suddenly, Nathan’s phone rang and disrupted the peace.

He took out his phone, glanced at the screen, and frowned.

Sally was video-calling him.

It wasn’t appropriate to pick up her call with Suzanne and Vera at the table. Moreover, he still hadn’t had time to deal with Sally over what

happened yesterday.

Without hesitation, he rejected Sally’s call and texted her instead. “I’m busy. I’ll call you when I’m free.”

With that, he placed his phone back on the table and continued

earring.

Vera glanced at him. “Have you been very busy lately?”

“A little.”

matters?”

not an important call,” Nathan explained.

he said that, Sally called

doubt that it was Sally calling. She

quietly, but her

at her before rejecting

served them both a bowl of soup each.

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unable to believe her eyes. In the past, she would’ve been ecstatic about this.

feel happy at all. Slowly,

that Suzanne

breath, but his voice seemed to be stuck in his throat. He couldn’t seem

again for the third time. This time, Vera grabbed Nathan’s phone quickly and answered the

touch my things? The drawer’s all messed up, and there’s a necklace missing. It costs a few thousand dollars. I don’t know if she has

Vera’s expression darkened.

lowered. She gripped her knife tightly. The weight on her chest felt heavier. She

phone back quickly and saw that Sally was crying with her eyes closed. She wasn’t looking at her

dare you call my Chubs a thief? Chubs is honest and kind. She