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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and

later. Don’t worry.”

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no time hanging up. Abigail’s heart sank to

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

deep

Smith, to come and

later, sounds of hurried footsteps echoed from the other

corridor. The woman appeared cool and eye–catching

hair dyed in blue with streaks of silver flipped along with

briskly walked

the astonished looks that greeted her were no

as she

so pale that she could

couldn’t stop herself from reprimanding her in a

of his dreams with Joan. What’s the point

ovulation injection?”

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head without a word. Her marriage with Sean was

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because it was his grandfather,

refuse the marriage when

rejoiced because nobody knew that she had held a torch

It was only after

first love named Joan Palmer, and Colby

Graham Family. That was why he used Abigail

her give up.

embarrassed to acknowledge

the public for the past three years.

care about that and thought that she would one

hoped that one day he would be

genuinely want to spend his days

Abigail realized just how silly she

shower and stared at the lingerie she

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for the night with a bitter heart. One more time,

Whether it’s for myself or for Sean,

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a pair of big, cold palms carrying

held Abigail by the waist. The man’s hot breath was right next to

she felt her body burning from the

legs instinctively. Before she could

pinned them down. Then,

her

were still groggy from

laced her arms around

arching her

man’s eyes swept over her clothes, and his

me back just for

but she put on a smile

came up with a new

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were together, she was

and even sexual positions; as long

help to conceive, she was willing to give it a

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Sean was reminded that everything she was

all interest in continuing.

piece of wet wipe

cleaning

He didn’t miss any joints or