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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up. Abigail’s heart

the monotonous dial tone. Then,

deep breaths. Finally, she called

Smith, to come and pick her

of hurried footsteps echoed from the other

appeared cool and eye–catching as her

with streaks of silver flipped along

briskly

astonished looks that greeted her were no longer

brows as she went

face was so pale that she could rival a ghost

but couldn’t stop herself from

of his dreams with

ovulation injection?”

Sept

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hung her head without a word. Her marriage with

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it was his grandfather, Colby, who forced them

marriage when it

secretly rejoiced because nobody knew that she had

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

first love named Joan Palmer, and Colby thought she

Family. That was

her give up.

acknowledge Abigail as his

their marriage from the public for the past three

about that and thought that she would one

his icy heart. She hoped that one day he would be able to forget

genuinely want to spend

that Joan had returned, Abigail realized just how silly

she arrived, she took a shower and

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a bitter heart. One more

for Sean, this will be

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

The man’s hot breath

her body burning from the warmth. She blinked

Before she could do anything, Sean

down. Then, he rolled

her legs

were still groggy from

arms around his neck

her back to

clothes,

“You called me back

rigid for a second, but she put on a smile

came up

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she was always the one taking

ovulation injections, supplements, and even sexual positions;

could help to conceive, she was willing to give

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was reminded that everything she was doing was only for

he lost all

wet wipe from

hands slowly, thoroughly cleaning

didn’t miss any joints or nooks and tossed