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

later. Don’t worry.”

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hanging up. Abigail’s heart

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

a few deep breaths.

Luna Smith, to come and pick

hurried footsteps echoed from the other end

appeared cool and

streaks

as she briskly

looks that greeted her were no longer

raised her bushy brows as she went straight to Abigail.

that she could rival a ghost at this

stop herself from

his dreams with Joan. What’s the point of

ovulation injection?”

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word. Her

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his grandfather, Colby, who

didn’t refuse the marriage when it

rejoiced because nobody knew that she had held a torch

many years. It was only after their marriage did she discover

love named Joan Palmer, and Colby thought

Graham Family. That was why he

her give up.

was too embarrassed to acknowledge Abigail as his wife, they

their marriage from the public for the past three

didn’t care about that and thought that she would one day be

one

to spend his days with

realized

she took a shower

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a bitter heart. One more

myself or for Sean,

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

The man’s hot breath was right

she felt her body burning from

she could do anything,

swiftly pinned them down. Then, he rolled on

above her

still groggy from slumber, she quickly realized

happening. So, she laced her arms

and arching her back

swept over her clothes, and his breath raised a

called me

a second, but

“Yes. I just came up

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they were together, she was

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

conceive, she was willing to give

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she was doing was only for

of having a baby, he lost all

piece of wet wipe from the

thoroughly cleaning them as

miss any joints or nooks and