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

I’ll

caressed Abigail’s forehead out

her pressing work and drove Abigail back

pouring her

questioning, “Did Sean bully

How did you end up in such

so she didn’t

didn’t sleep fitfully last night. You know how I am with my blankets.

you can go back now. I

I’m coming down with. Besides, I’ll make sure

I’m sure I’ll be as

she said this, she forced herself to open her eyes. “I finally managed to

track. I won’t feel at

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goes smoothly. Please just return to the studio as

you can.”

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she got by soaking in cold water all night came

afford to lose

her lips to say something, but she

words to comfort Abigail. She truly couldn’t imagine

she started

her life. She remembered that Abigail

what had happened

she gritted her teeth and took out

so

already told my brother that you’re sick, and he’s

his way.”

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the knocking

had said her brother, Zachariah, would come

fell asleep.

want to move, she struggled to sit up and open

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was met with a pair of

eyes.

front of her was also

his eyes shifted from anticipation to complete bewilderment.

you here? No,

to close his

he retracted the foot he

placed into the house.

So? Why are you

the door, and Abigail instinctively moved to the

didn’t want to stand in the cold, nor did she want to

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Kevin standing outside.

expect Sean to hide you even after being married for so long,”

When he noticed her frail state, he didn’t

the

diminished as it was replaced

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

tentatively.

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

car

Unfortunately, she was feeling a bit

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

focus on the person in front

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

he understood her relationship with

and probed further.

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would have been fine and dandy if Kevin hadn’t just

abode. Now that she