The Spare Wife by Nadia Gordon

Chapter 15

Cold.

It was a chill that went bone deep.

Abigail leaned against the edge of the bathtub. Although the cold water

sluicing against her skin helped somewhat, it was still a terrible ordeal to

endure after she was drugged with an aphrodisiac. Fortunately, she

somehow managed to drift off to sleep.

She soaked in the cold water all night, and the next day, she felt somewhat

dazed.

Before she left, she also made it a point of informing Dahlia. “Sean went out

early last night and didn’t come back all night. I don’t know what he’s doing,

but I’m not waiting for him; I’m going to work.”

She didn’t care about what Sean was up to. She just wanted Dahlia to inform

Lína that the two of them hadn’t consummated their marriage last night.

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Also, she wasn’t the one who ran away.

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She didn’t even know how she left Graham Residence. When she stood at the

doorstep of her studio, Luna was taken aback by her pale face. “Where did

you go last night? How did you end up like this?”

Then, she hastily went over to support the dangerously swaying Abigail. Yet,

the moment her skin touched Abigail, she could tell that Abigail was definitely

running a high fever. “Why did you come here when you have a fever?! I’m

taking you to the hospital right now.”

Abigail weakly waved her hand in dismissal. “No, I want to go home and

sleep. Just give me a ride.”

Then, she instinctively touched her belly as those words fell from her lips.

That was the spot where she had received numerous injections to stimulate

ovulation. After she left that dreadful place the last time, she was

traumatized enough that just hearing the word ‘hospital‘ could make her

nauseous.

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As Luna had been her best friend for many years, she immediately

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understood what Abigail meant. “Okay, we don’t have to go there if you don’t

to. I’ll

caressed Abigail’s forehead out of concern as

drove Abigail back

Luna puttered about, pouring her water and

she started questioning,

you left. How did you end up in such a

Luna, so she didn’t tell Luna the truth. “It’s

didn’t sleep fitfully last night. You know how

just caught a cold. So, you can

with. Besides, I’ll

be as fit as a fiddle soon

to open her eyes. “I finally managed to

on track. I won’t feel at ease if you’re not there

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goes smoothly. Please just return to the studio as

you can.”

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in cold water all night came at a

couldn’t afford to lose

her lips to say

to comfort Abigail. She truly couldn’t

she started viewing money

than her life. She remembered that Abigail had always been

had

she gritted her teeth and took out her

now, so don’t

told my brother that

his way.”

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awakened by the knocking on the

said her brother,

before she fell asleep. So, that was probably him.

she struggled to sit up and open the

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she was met with a pair

eyes.

person in front of her was also startled. As

in his eyes shifted from anticipation to

Why are you here? No, wait…

Kevin only managed to close his jaw with a click,

Then, he retracted

placed into the house.

own home? So?

and Abigail

want to stand in

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Kevin standing outside.

expect Sean to hide you even after being

her frail state, he

the

diminished as it was replaced by

way… What’s your relationship with Zachariah?” Kevin

tentatively.

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my best–my boss Luna’s elder brother.” Abigail almost slipped

car fixed

she was feeling a bit dizzy

herself to get up from bed. So, she leaned against the wall,

the person in

just a minor issue. Where’s Sean? Why isn’t he

understood her relationship with Zachariah, Kevin felt

and probed further.

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would have been fine and dandy

into her humble abode. Now