The Wrong Woman
Chapter 131

Suzanne fixed her gaze on Nathan’s bandaged shoulder, not daring to look anywhere else. She felt asubtle warmth radiating off her entire body as her fingers trembled ever so slightly.

The room was so silent she could almost hear her own heartbeat.

There was something off about Nathan too. She could feel his’ fiery gaze locked on her, and hislabored breathing matched the rise and fall of his chest. Perhaps it was because of the pain, he sat boltupright, unmoving.

Suzanne had to inch closer as he was seated on the bed, causing his gaze to fall uncomfortably on herchest. She shifted slightly to the

side.

“I’ll remove the gauze now. Tell me if it hurts,” Suzanne said softly. He could hear her concern for him inher voice.

Nathan hummed in response, his Adam’s apple bobbing in

Suzanne slowly peeled the gauze off his wound, but as it w tightly, it pulled on his skin. She carefullyremoved it with both as she was worried that she might cause him pain.

Without even noticing it, she had already bent forward and lower her head to blow lightly on theexposed wound.

She didn’t know that the slight pain caused by the peeling of the gauze was nothing to Nathan. Theaction of her blowing on the wound, however, made him restless and uneasy.

Suzanne had a faint and enticing fragrance around her, and several strands of her hair lightly brushedagainst his face and his shoulders. An internal turmoil raged within Nathan, causing him to tighten the

hands on his lap into fists.

When Suzanne finally removed the gauze, she noticed the wound was still bleeding. Though it wasalready stitched up, it was still a horrifying sight. It hurt her to see him suffering such an injury.

She teared up at the thought of how if the bullet were to hit him just a little lower, it would have hit hisheart.

After disinfecting the wound with some iodine, she applied fresh medication and replaced the gauze.

When Nathan slowly turned to look at her, she quickly lowered her head so that her face was coveredby her hair. She took several deep breaths to force back the tears in her eyes.

Nathan’s intense gaze was locked on Suzanne’s side profile. They were like bottomless abysseswanting to draw her into their depths.

He felt no pain. The only thing he felt was her soft fingertips brushing across his skin ever so lightly,causing his whole body to tens His heart raced.

As she focused on tending to his wound, he was absorbed in star

at her.

Time ticked by as they basked in the blissful and warm interaction. However, there was also anindescribable agony lurking just beyond

reach.

Nathan did all he could to suppress the urge, clenching his fists ever so tightly. He was afraid that hemight scare her if he lost control. His mind had been in utter disarray since the day Suzanne brought upher

wish for a divorce.

For the past half a month, he would occasionally forget about her when he was busy with work.Thoughts of her would not intrude his mind when he contemplated matters of the nation.

However, when night fell, and all was quiet, he would go mad thinking about her. Her adorable face andwatery eyes would occupy every

crevice of his mind.

He was starting to think he liked Suzanne for her face, which resembled Sally’s in her younger days.

He’d asked himself if his taste in women had remained unchanging

and that he preferred women who looked more youthful. Yet, he found that he admired her for hertalent, her knowledge, and her gentle personality even more.

Nathan wasn’t sure if that was love.

After bandaging his wound up, Suzanne cleared the medications from the bed and placed them on thebedside table. But the moment she turned around, her gaze met his, and she saw the scorchingintensity

in them.

Flustered, her heart seemed to skip a beat. She had no idea why Nathan was staring at her like that.

In her mess of anxiety, she hurriedly picked up his shirt and hande to him, urging, “You should put themon. The air-conditioning is o You might catch a cold.”

As Nathan reached out for his shirt, his grip on her wrist suddenly tightened, and he gave her a sharptug. Suzanne was caught off guard

and fell onto him.

The moment she was pressed against his chest, Nathan’s arm went around her waist and flipped heraround so that she was on the bed,

beneath him.