The Wrong Woman

Chapter 13

Chapter 13

Suzanne then pointed at the bookshelf in the room and said, “I’ve finished reading all the books on your shelf in the past few days.”

Nathan asked her again, “Are you not even going to consider it?”

Suzanne lowered her eyes. “No. I’ll leave tomorrow morning. I might never come back here again.”

Nathan didn’t bother trying to convince her anymore.

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He just walked past her and entered the room, slowly unbuttoning his shirt as he said, When we’re home, don’t bring up the divorce with Grandma. It’ll only aggravate her illness.”

Suzanne couldn’t help tightening her hold on the phone. She held it so tightly that she trembled.

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She simply couldn’t hold her emotions back and said, “I’m sorry, but I noticed a photo of a little girl in one of your books. There was something written on the back. It said, ‘My one true love, Sally Hoffis.“”

Nathan paused, his hands still in the midst of undoing his buttons. His entire body turned rigid as he froze in place.

His eyes turned dark. He said nothing.

know how to describe it. Since there was nothing she could do about it, she pretended not to

said calmly, “If I’m not mistaken, you’ve always wanted to

Nathan to snap back

young. But she left to study abroad when

saw her. She still feels like a stranger to me, even though she’s been back

into the bathroom and shut the door behind him while he washed up for

enough.

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Nathan and Sally had known each other since they were

the blue, Nathan would have married Sally by now. So

hit Suzanne’s face, making her heart

went back into the room and dimmed the lights. She wanted to go to bed before Nathan came out of

after lying still for a while. But she couldn’t fall

closed her eyes,

15 minutes later, she vaguely heard the sound of the bathroom door opening. Nathan walked toward her

entire room was plunged into darkness.

away from her, and yet she

buzzed with a

stiffened. Her hearing senses were

tapped on the

played the message. Sally’s soft, sickeningly sweet voice sounded in the room. “Nate, I’m scared. Can

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