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.

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

warm milk, torn between wanting Nathan to return early for some rest and hoping he could smoothly

me in on what exactly Nathan is

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she asked

canceled because of an unexpected incident. Besides, Ms. Hoffis

Sally’s name, and a twinge of bitterness crept

her heart.

leniency toward Sally and went out of his way to rectify her mistakes. It seemed

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

day, Ms. Hoffis accidentally broke our Azurium, and we lost a whopping 80 million dollars in the blink of an eye. We managed to secure some Azurium. after a lot of

the professors are scrambling to extract pure Azurium but they’re all failing despite numerous attempts. If we

to

Suzanne before he could finish. “Hold

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