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

forehead out of concern as she

her pressing work and drove Abigail back to the

about, pouring her

she started questioning, “Did Sean bully

How did you

want to worry Luna, so she didn’t tell

You know how I am with

just caught a cold. So, you can go back

with whatever I’m coming down with. Besides, I’ll

I’m sure I’ll be as fit as

she said this, she forced herself to

back on track. I won’t feel

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smoothly. Please just return to

you can.”

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million she got by soaking in cold water all night

afford to lose

parted her lips to say

words to comfort Abigail.

she started

life. She remembered that Abigail

just what had

gritted her teeth and took out her phone. “I’ll head to

so

a good rest. I already told my brother that

his way.”

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by the knocking on

had said her brother,

care of her before she fell asleep.

struggled to sit

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door, she was met with a pair of familiar

eyes.

also startled.

in his eyes shifted from

are you here? No, wait…

to close his jaw with

out in surprise. Then, he retracted the foot he had

placed into the house.

can’t I be at my own home? So? Why

the door, and Abigail instinctively moved to the side,

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

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Kevin standing outside.

you even after being

her frail state,

squeeze in. Nonetheless, the excitement and anticipation

unconsciously diminished as it

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

tentatively.

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

car

the topic. Unfortunately, she was feeling a bit

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

on the

minor issue. Where’s Sean?

he understood her relationship

and probed further.

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dandy

abode. Now that she was forced