The Wrong Woman

Chapter 128

People often claimed that unrequited love was an internal battlefield. Right at this moment, Suzanne couldn’t agree more.

She clearly missed Nathan so dearly with her entire being, but she was conflicted and afraid. She dared not even look at him openly, yet she stole countless glances at him from the corner of her eye.

She clearly knew that he held another woman dear in his heart, and it pained her to know that. She hated and resented the fact, yet she

could not bear to let him go.

She clearly yearned for him to be back, and she was both elated and anxious that he was, yet she feigned calmness and nonchalance. She put so much effort into it so that he wouldn’t notice any trace of her feelings for him, as though that would make her unrequited love less painful.

The moment Nathan stepped into the living room, Sally rushed ov excitedly. “Nate!”

Caught off guard, Nathan was trapped in her embrace. Sally clung tightly to his waist, frustrating him.

Nathan’s brow furrowed as he reached behind his back to pry Sally’s arms off of him. But Sally was persistent and refused to let go. “I missed you a lot, Nate.”

“Nate, why didn’t you tell me you were coming home today?” Florence smiled at him warmly.

Nathan greeted the people in front of him politely. Every one of them beamed brightly at him, expressing their concern.

His gaze darkened slightly when he failed to spot Suzanne amidst the

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crowd. Then, he took a sweeping glance across the room and finally spotted her not too far away in the dining room.

With one hand resting on the table, she lowered her head and ate her soup quietly. She treated his return as indifferently as a stranger

would.

to do was to raise her head just a little, and she’d be able to

Nathan, further fueling his irritation. He pushed

watching, she stood on tipped toes and wrapped her

He said furiously,

where and how he was injured a how severe the injury was. The living room buzzed with commotio

moment Suzanne heard that Nathan was injured, she froze, her spoon hovering over her bowl of soup. Her heart clenched with

thing she saw was Sally crying and patting Nathan’s body all over, asking him if the injury

second more of Sally’s heart-wrenching and affectionate act, so she quickly shifted her gaze away

him, Nathan instinctively glanced at

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him deeply disappointed.

response out of her even after he got

around him, Nathan couldn’t pinpoint who was speaking to him, so he gave them a simple reply. “I’m fine.”

you want to have dinner together?” Florence

and responded softly, “No,

said, “I’ll help you back to your room, Nate.”

coldly pushed her away and walked past the

Suzanne silently stirring her soup and Nathan’s cold attitude toward her. Sensing that things had reached a

her suicidal an her little acts of manipulation had worked like

and

and went into the study first. T second they set foot in the room, they were

gaped in surprise, unable to utter a word. The study was a me and resembled the room of a student preparing for the college entrance exam. It was cluttered with books and materials of

marks and notes scrawled across the pages. Someone had been studying very hard there.

flipped

he took in the room. He

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belong to him. His gaze was locked on

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