The Spare Wife by Nadia Gordon

Chapter 42
After a shower, Abigail came out of the bathroom and dried her hair with a
towel. She was about to blow dry her hair when Ana lise called out from the
living room, “Abigail, it’s getting so late. Why isn’t Sean back yet? Did he drink
too much at a business meeting and is too drunk to get home?”
Abigail was startled by her grandma’s voice. She quickly set the hairdryer
down and stuck her head out to glance at the clock on the wall in the living
room. It was 10.40PM.
She didn’t think her grandma would still be waiting for Sean.
“Why aren’t you asleep, Grandma? Didn’t I tell you? He’s quite busy these
days. He must’ve decided to sleep elsewhere tonight.”
Abigail rubbed her forehead. She was beginning to get a headache. Usually,
Ana lise went to bed quite early, so much so that Abigail assumed her
grandma would’ve gone to sleep by the time she came out of her
longer-than-usual shower.
“Hurry up and give Sean a call to ask him where he is. See if he needs
someone to pick him up.”
AH.
Ana lise trembled as she took Abigail’s phone from the table and held it out.
Her voice was stern, leaving no room for discussion.
Abigail sighed. She couldn’t argue with her grandma, so she dried her hands
and took the phone.
Under Ana lise’s solemn gaze, Abigail shiftily hid her screen as she scrolled to

the number listed under the name B*stard.
Her finger hovered mid-air as she hesitated for a while before she finally
made the call.
“Hello. The number you’ve dialed cannot be reached at the moment…”
When the crisp voice of the automated message rang out, Abigail exhaled in
relief. She purposely put her phone on speakers and waved it in front of
Ana lise.
“His phone is switched off. It’s not like I’m trying to avoid calling him on
purpose.”
“The point is that you didn’t even call him sooner,” Ana lise huffed as she
glared at Abigail. “You’re married now. Don’t just focus on your career. You
should be paying more attention to your husband. A man needs to feel the
gentle love and care of his wife. Why wouldn’t he come home if you
expressed more care and concern for him?”
“You’d never be able to find another man like Sean who’s so filial and
capable. A married woman needs to learn to work on her marriage too,
understand?”
The look of indifference in Abigail’s eyes made Ana lise fret. Her voice became
more and more agitated.
For a woman from Ana lise’s generation, it was bad news when a married
man didn’t come home at night.
“I got it, Grandma. Sean’s company has been extremely busy lately. It’s
worried about her grandma’s high blood pressure. She quickly patted
Ana lise’s hand and brought her back to her room.
After sending Ana lise back to her room, Abigail exhaled in relief and set her
phone down. She picked up the hairdryer again.
In the wee hours of the morning, the alarm rang. A group of people with
weary, disgruntled faces shuffled out of the meeting. The last man to walk
out was still dressed in an unruffled suit. Even though he just finished a
four-and-a-half-hour meeting, there was no trace of exhaustion on his
handsome face.
“Your phone is fully charged now, Mr. Graham. I just turned it on for you.”
Sean’s assistant had been waiting by the door for him, and now that he
came out, his assistant swiftly handed his phone over to him.
Sean glanced at the screen before heading back to the hotel.
It was a quiet night. He couldn’t fall asleep.
After tossing and turning for some time, he took his phone and checked
Twitter.
When he saw that the program, Top Designer, had topped the trending list,
he suddenly recalled that Sabrina had called him today about this program.
Sean clicked on the official announcement and glanced at the list of special