The Spare Wife 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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he only cut her off and grumbled

later. Don’t worry.”

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no time hanging up. Abigail’s heart sank

listened to the monotonous dial tone. Then, he threw back her head

taking a few deep breaths. Finally, she called her

come and pick

hurried footsteps echoed from the other end

cool

in blue with streaks of silver

she briskly walked down

the astonished looks that greeted her

brows as she

pale that she could rival a ghost at

from reprimanding her in a

of his dreams with Joan. What’s the point of you

ovulation injection?”

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a word. Her marriage with Sean was

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his grandfather,

refuse the marriage when it was proposed to her

rejoiced because nobody knew that she had held

years. It was only after

named Joan Palmer, and

the Graham Family. That was why he used

her give up.

to acknowledge Abigail as his

marriage from the public for the past

thought that she would one day be

that one day

genuinely want to spend

realized just how

shower

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a bitter heart. One more time,

for Sean, this will be the last

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a pair of big, cold palms carrying a

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

body burning from

instinctively. Before she could do anything, Sean grabbed

Then, he rolled on

her legs

were still groggy from slumber,

So, she laced her arms

her back

eyes swept over her clothes, and his breath raised

me back just for

rigid for a second, but she

“Yes. I just came up

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together, she was always the one taking the

and even sexual positions; as long

to conceive, she

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she was doing

all interest in continuing. So, he

a piece of wet wipe from the bedside

hands slowly, thoroughly cleaning them as

didn’t miss any joints or