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.

not just about him but also the resentment that built up over

and when they first got married, he

ulterior motives, so she deserved to be mistreated by Cornelie. This initial sense of

he grew accustomed

kind of emotions she had experienced during

hung up,

of anger. “Have you been cheating, and

cheat!” Sean immediately

for three years. Now, she’s gone out to work. What kind of

how much you’ve spent on Joan!” Colby’s

it’s not a heinous crime. We don’t have children yet, and she wants to pursue her dreams. What’s

teeth. “She’d better

Sean frustrated

dissatisfied with everything, so he sent a message to Abigail. ‘Do you know what you’ve done? I

on his work

response.

Abigail was working non-stop, and it was soon 9.00PM when she

market. That was when she noticed Sean’s

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

connected, he hung up.

chuckled in frustration and couldn’t be

he pretended to sound. normal. “I was dealing with

say?”

her actions today might affect her grandmother and him, for they had agreed to put on a

promise.

be back?” He felt that his grandfather’s words were meaningless, and if he

get angry because of

more.” She was now determined not to see a doctor, for she wouldn’t

a doctor and get some pills. Do you want to try to see

teased her.

turned slightly red as she replied in a low voice, “Idiot.