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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cut her off and grumbled in annoyance,

later. Don’t worry.”

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that, he wasted no time hanging up.

dial tone. Then, he threw back her head

taking a few deep breaths. Finally, she called

to come and

minutes later, sounds of hurried footsteps

cool and eye–catching as her

streaks of

as she briskly walked

Luna, the astonished looks that greeted her were

as she

was so pale that she could rival

stop herself from

of his dreams with Joan. What’s the

ovulation injection?”

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her head without a word. Her marriage with Sean

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it was his grandfather,

the marriage when it

rejoiced because nobody knew that she had

many years. It was only

love named Joan Palmer, and Colby thought she was

the Graham Family. That was why he used Abigail to

her give up.

to acknowledge Abigail as

the public for

that and thought that she would one day

She hoped that one day

spend his days with

returned, Abigail realized just how silly

a shower and stared

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for the night with a bitter

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

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pair of big, cold palms carrying

Abigail by the waist. The man’s hot breath

her body burning from the warmth. She blinked

she

and swiftly pinned them down. Then, he rolled

above her legs

her eyes were still groggy from

laced her arms

arching her

over her clothes, and his breath raised a couple

called me back

second, but she put on a

came up

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were together, she was

ovulation injections, supplements, and even sexual positions; as long

to conceive, she was willing to give it

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Sean was reminded that everything she

a baby, he lost all interest in continuing. So, he

wet wipe from the bedside table, and

thoroughly cleaning

something filthy. He didn’t miss any joints or nooks and tossed