The Wrong Woman

Chapter 48

On the way back, Nathan asked, “Do you want to return to Sudvilla or the place you’ve been living in?”

Suzanne’s apartment was closer to the place where she set up her flower stall. Besides, Sudvilla was now considered Sally’s home, so

she didn’t want to return to that place.

“Let’s go to my place.”

15 minutes later, Nathan stopped the car outside an old and rundown apartment block. Suzanne got out of the car and led him inside.

It was already nighttime. The corridors were incredibly narrow and dark. Suzanne pulled out her phone and toggled on her flashlight so that she could light the way ahead.

ts tend to go out once in a while,” she explained

“The corridor lights tend to

awkwardly.

Nathan felt that the apartment was a pretty bad place to live in.

Once Suzanne unlocked her apartment door, she walked in and flicked on the lights. Then, she stood by the door so that she could

invite Nathan inside.

Nathan strode into the apartment, which seemed to be around 300 square feet at first glance. Still, he felt that it looked clean and cozy.

Suzanne closed the door behind her and turned

her the bouquet of white zinnias.

for you.”

devoid of any emotions. No one knew why he decided to give Suzanne the flowers in

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by Nathan’s sudden gesture, Suzanna could only stare at the zinnias dumbfoundedly. Her heart began to race, and her mind had gone blank.

sudden surprise shocked her so much that she could barely

frowned slightly in response “Do

out of her reverie and accepted the flowers hurriedly, feeling her cheeks heating up at his question. A similar spread of warmth surged from her heart

over her eyes as she replied

liked in the past.

down her bag before rushing into the kitchen hurriedly. There,

the apartment before moving to sit on

coffee table piqued his attention in an instant. So, he picked up a random book and flipped through it. The words printed on the pages were foreign

a fact that Suzanne knew Norvanese and Sunterlish. Was she really able to read a book written in a

of zinnias on the nightstand next to her bed. Then, she

the filled glass, he asked curiously, “What’s this

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the book. It’s a book that’s published in Xyperia.”

answer surprised Nathan. “You

browsing for books at the library when I came across this book. Its title intrigued me. I was also confused as to why I could understand the language, so I borrowed it,” Suzanne explained

It was then that her knee bumped into one of the coffee table’s edges, causing pain to shoot up her nerves.