The Wrong Woman

Chapter 58

The people around them started gossiping after hearing that.

Suzanne gripped the painting tightly in her hands and glowered at Wendy. Wendy was truly materialistic. She worshiped nothing but money and status.

However, Suzanne didn’t waver. She held her ground and said firmly, Wendy, your loss has nothing to do with me. I drew this for Grandma. You can explain yourself to the cops as to why my work appeared here.”

Wendy paled the moment the police were brought up. She froze, not knowing what to do.

Just then, a man with a gentle voice interrupted them, “Once this ship sails into the high seas, no country’s government nor its authorities has the right to interfere with the transactions made here.”

Everyone turned to the source of the voice. The person who spoke was a man in his mid-thirties. He wore a white suit and a pair of golden-rimmed glasses. He carried himself in a sophisticated ar elegant air.

A shiver ran up Suzanne’s spine the moment her gaze landed on hi handsome face. A wave of anxiety enveloped her heart.

He was a stranger to her. Why was she afraid of him?

Unsettled, Suzanne took a step backward.

Wendy, on the other hand, beamed when she saw the man.

“It’s you, Dr. Hoffis! Did you accompany Sally here?” Wendy asked smilingly.

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doctor, Oliver Hoffis, was polite enough to shake hands with Wendy

look in the

that, Oliver started walking toward

approached her. She stared uneasily at the pair of piercing eyes underneath the glasses and felt her heart jump into her

Suzanne,” Oliver said, his voice gentle as if he

we know each other?”

again, his voice was still as soft as ever. “I’m your ex-boyfriend, Oliver. Are you purposely pretending not to know me?”

ex-boyfriend? Oliver Hoffis? Suzanne was in so much disbelief that

plenty of men in the past. Who kn that she’d bump into one like this?

such an opportunity slip by. She asked, “Dr. Hoffis,

when he smiled softly and nodded

she teased, “You’re Nathan’s friend, Suzanne’s

A while later, she told

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and smiled softly at her.

friend, Nathan,” he said. “I’ll

shook her head. “No. I lost

you.”

it. “I won’t believe such