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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time hanging up. Abigail’s heart sank to the

tone. Then, he

taking a few deep breaths. Finally, she called her

come and pick

of hurried footsteps echoed from the other end

cool and eye–catching as

with streaks of silver flipped along

as she briskly walked down the

astonished looks that greeted her were no longer a

brows as she went straight to Abigail. When

she could rival

couldn’t stop herself from reprimanding her

of his dreams with

ovulation injection?”

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head without a word.

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because it was his grandfather, Colby, who forced

the marriage when it

knew that she had

only

named Joan

enough for the Graham Family. That was

her give up.

too embarrassed to acknowledge

marriage from the public for the past three years.

and thought that she would one

icy heart. She hoped that one day he

want to spend

Abigail realized just how

took a shower and stared at the lingerie she

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a bitter heart. One more time, she

myself or for Sean, this will be

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of the night, a pair of big, cold palms

by the waist. The man’s hot

body burning from the warmth. She

her legs instinctively. Before she could do anything,

swiftly pinned them down. Then, he rolled on

her

still groggy

arms

and arching her back to welcome

clothes, and his breath raised a couple

called me back

for a second, but she put on a smile

just came up with a

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together, she was always the

supplements, and even sexual positions; as long

conceive, she was

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everything she

baby, he lost all interest

out a piece of wet wipe from the bedside table, and

his hands slowly, thoroughly cleaning them as though

any joints or nooks and