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

later. Don’t worry.”

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wasted no time hanging up. Abigail’s heart

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

herself by taking a few deep breaths. Finally, she called

to come and pick her

of hurried footsteps echoed from the

cool and eye–catching as her

streaks of silver

as she briskly

astonished looks that greeted her were no longer a surprise,

as she went straight to

that she

stop herself from reprimanding her in a

his dreams with Joan. What’s the point of

ovulation injection?”

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head without a word. Her marriage with Sean

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because it was his grandfather, Colby,

the marriage when it was proposed to her

nobody knew that she had held a torch

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

had a first love named Joan Palmer, and Colby thought

That was why he

her give up.

embarrassed to acknowledge

the public

and thought that she would one day be able

hoped that one day

genuinely want to spend his days with

returned, Abigail realized just how silly

took a shower and stared

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night with a bitter heart.

or for Sean, this will be

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the night, a pair of big, cold palms

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

she felt her body burning from the warmth.

her legs instinctively. Before she could do

down. Then,

her legs

were still groggy

her arms

arching her back to welcome

over her clothes, and his breath raised

“You called me

muscles turned rigid for a second, but

“Yes. I just came up with a

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she was

and even sexual positions; as long

conceive, she was willing to

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she was doing was only

of having a baby, he lost all interest in continuing.

wet wipe

his hands slowly, thoroughly cleaning them as though

any