The Spare Wife by Nadia Gordon

Chapter 138 Trying To Understand

Abigail truly cared about no one now. Not only did she not care about Sean’s prestige, but she also disregarded Cornelie’s words.

“She doesn’t know how to do anything. What can she achieve outside? With a capable husband like

you, she’s still insistent on earning a meager salary outside. Only people who come from the countryside have such poor mindsets,” Cornelie criticized with disdain.

Sean used to dislike Abigail, and he would forget such words in the past. As he carefully listened, he

couldn’t help but feel that these words were like thorns pricking at his heart.

“Grandma, have you always been talking to her like this?” he asked suddenly.

“Why? Did I say anything wrong? We’ve spent thousands to feed and clothe her, yet she’s never

given us a child,” Cornelie muttered.

After listening indifferently, he said, “I’ve said before that I don’t want kids. Why are you making

things difficult for her? Why did you ask her to come back today?”

His tone carried a hint of anger, and Cornelie could sense it. She stuttered, “I-I found a doctor to

treat her.”

“It won’t help. I don’t want a child,” he said coldly before hanging up

the phone.

resentment that built up over these three years, which he had always chosen

got married, he felt that Abigail had married

to be mistreated by

he grew accustomed

couldn’t understand what kind of emotions she had experienced during

hung up,

pressed the answer button when he heard Colby’s fit of anger. “Have you been

didn’t cheat!” Sean immediately defended

work. What kind of husband are you? Are you

you’ve spent on Joan!” Colby’s voice grew

yet, and she wants to pursue her dreams. What’s wrong with that?”

teeth. “She’d better be pursuing her

call ended, leaving Sean frustrated and

a message to Abigail. ‘Do you know what you’ve done? I

focus on his work and kept checking his phone

response.

other hand, Abigail was working non-stop, and

market. That was when she noticed

the car, she called him back, but just a few seconds after the

connected, he hung up.

couldn’t be

to sound. normal. “I

Grandpa say?”

affect her grandmother and him, for they had agreed to put on a facade for the sake of the

promise.

his grandfather’s words were meaningless, and

angry

She was now determined not to see a doctor, for she wouldn’t consider

Do you want to

teased her.

as she replied in a low voice,