The Wrong Woman

Chapter 83

It was Lucas.

He passed a cup of warm milk to Suzanne and said, “Mrs. Morrison, have some milk and get some sleep. General Morrison might have a busy night, and he’s not sure when he’ll be back.”

Suzanne accepted the milk. She felt a little let down as she mumbled, “Thanks.”

“No problem.”

She looked downcast as she asked, “How did you know I’m still awake?”

“Mrs. Morrison, I swear I wasn’t stalking you. I was pulling extra hours at the office, and General Morrison told me to bring you the milk. Hel said you should go to bed soon,” Lucas clarified.

Suzanne was taken aback. She glanced out of the balcony and asked, “Does Nathan know I’ve been awake?”

Lucas wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, worried about coming across as a stalker.

is on the top floor of the tallest building a couple of streets away. He’s got a clear view of the dorms. The whole building is dark, except for the lights in your room. So naturally, he knows

empathy. She held onto the warm milk,

fill me in on what exactly Nathan is caught up

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asked

disclose.” The drill got canceled because of an unexpected incident. Besides, Ms. Hoffis stirred up trouble

name, and a twinge of bitterness

her heart.

of his way to rectify her mistakes. It seemed like he was overly indulgent with

took a moment to think before saying, “Mrs. Morrison, there are details I can’t get into. General Morrison is genuinely overwhelmed and exhausted,

we lost a whopping 80 million dollars in the blink of an eye. We managed to secure some Azurium. after a lot of hard work, but it was contaminated by some unethical foreign institution.

pure Azurium but they’re all failing despite numerous attempts. If we can’t get it right soon, we’ll either have

skilled scientists to extract it. General Morrison-”

before he could finish.

the table, and snagged a cardigan on her way out. Lucas looked confused. “Mrs. Morrison, where are