The Wrong Woman

Chapter 128

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.

little, and she’d be able to

his irritation. He

Sally kept at it. With everyone watching, she stood on tipped toes and wrapped her arms around Nathan’s neck, attempting to lean against

forcefully pulled her away from him. He said furiously, “Ms. Hoffis, please stay away from General Morrison. He’s injured!”

him with concern, asking Nathan where and how he was injured a

of soup. Her heart clenched with worry for him. She reflexively raised her head

first thing she saw was Sally crying and patting Nathan’s body all over,

a second more of Sally’s heart-wrenching and affectionate

him, Nathan instinctively glanced at her.

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him deeply disappointed.

he not elicit a response out of her even after he got hurt?

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

have dinner together?”

sighed faintly and responded softly,

promptly latched onto Nathan’s arm and said, “I’ll

need for that.” Nathan coldly pushed her away and

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

depression, her suicidal an her little acts of manipulation

and

first. T second they set

the room of a student preparing for the college entrance exam. It was cluttered with books and materials of all sorts.

table, with red marks and notes scrawled

flipped

He saw a lot of books on

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him. His gaze was

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