I Want a Divorce by Nadia Gordon

Chapter 1

‘Your husband has cheated on you.‘

When Abigail Quinn received the text message from her best friend, she had

just taken an ovulation injection and was resting on the bench of the

outpatient clinic, trying to suppress the piercing pain in her abdomen. Her

hair was dark and her skin as fair as snow, but there was no trace of blood on

her face now. Even so, that didn’t overshadow her stunning looks and

passersby kept turning their heads to look at her.

Then, she inhaled deeply and tapped with a trembling finger, and opened the

picture on her cell phone to take a look. It was a picture of Sean Graham

holding a woman in a pink haute couture dress while walking out of a hotel.

The man’s usually cold and stoic face looked tender as he lowered his head

at the woman in the picture.

Abigail knew who that woman was, Sean’s first love, Joan Palmer.

After a while, she snapped back to her senses, searched for Sean’s number,

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and called him. She waited for a long time for the busy dial tone to end and

the man’s aloof voice finally echoed from the other end of the call. “What’s

the problem?”

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“Are you coming home tonight?” Actually, she wanted to ask if he even

wanted to return home.

Alas, it was clear that her call itself had already caused Sean to feel annoyed.

Thus, after a few seconds of silence, he said impatiently, “Is there an

important issue we need to discuss?”

Tears immediately welled up in her eyes, his indifferent voice stabbing her

heart like a knife, but she expertly masked her sadness. “Did you forget what

day it is today?”

They had been married in secret for three years, and except for that monthly

coitus, they rarely met with each other. Today was their wedding anniversary,

the day when he should return home. When they were in bed last month, he

promised her that he would spend the day with her.

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only cut her off and grumbled

later. Don’t worry.”

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time hanging up. Abigail’s heart sank

to the monotonous dial tone. Then, he threw back

deep breaths. Finally, she

Smith, to come and pick

sounds of hurried footsteps echoed

The woman appeared cool and eye–catching

dyed in blue with streaks of silver flipped along

briskly walked down

greeted her were no

as she went straight

she could rival a ghost at this rate,

herself from reprimanding her

dreams with Joan. What’s

ovulation injection?”

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head without a word. Her marriage with Sean was not

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was his

didn’t refuse the marriage when

nobody knew that she had held a

It was only after their marriage did she discover

had a first love named Joan Palmer, and Colby thought

for the Graham Family. That was why he used Abigail

her give up.

embarrassed to acknowledge Abigail as his

public for the past three years.

and thought that she would one day be able

heart. She hoped that one day he would be able to forget

genuinely want to spend his days

realized just

she took a shower and stared at the lingerie she

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night with a bitter heart. One

Whether it’s for myself or for Sean, this will

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pair of big, cold palms carrying

held Abigail by the waist. The man’s hot breath

body burning from the

legs instinctively. Before she could do anything,

swiftly pinned them down. Then,

above her legs

eyes were still groggy from slumber, she

her arms around his

arching her back

clothes, and his breath raised a couple

me back just

second, but she put

just came up with

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they were together, she was

injections, supplements, and even sexual positions; as

to conceive, she

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Sean was reminded that everything she was

all interest in continuing. So, he shoved