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 grumbled in annoyance, “I’ll be

later. Don’t worry.”

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hanging up. Abigail’s heart sank to the pits

the monotonous dial tone. Then, he threw back her

few deep breaths.

come

sounds of hurried footsteps

woman appeared cool and eye–catching

blue with streaks

briskly walked down the

looks that greeted her were

her bushy brows as she went straight to Abigail.

was so pale that she could rival

stop herself from reprimanding her in

the life of his dreams with Joan. What’s

ovulation injection?”

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without a word. Her marriage with Sean was not

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it was his grandfather, Colby, who forced them

refuse the marriage when it was proposed to her

knew that she had held

many years. It was only after their marriage

named Joan Palmer, and Colby thought she

the Graham Family. That

her give up.

too embarrassed to acknowledge Abigail

marriage from the public for the past three years.

that she would one

heart. She hoped that one day he

spend his

Abigail realized just how silly

took a shower and stared at the lingerie she

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for the night with a bitter heart.

or for Sean, this

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middle of the night, a pair of big, cold palms carrying a little trace

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

her body burning from the

instinctively. Before she could do anything, Sean grabbed

them down. Then, he rolled on top of her

above her

still groggy from slumber, she

So, she laced her arms around his

her

her clothes, and his

“You called me back just for

for a second, but she put on a

came up with

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was always the one taking

even

that could help to conceive, she

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Sean was reminded that everything she was

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

drew out a piece of wet

his hands slowly, thoroughly cleaning them

didn’t miss any joints