The Spare Wife by Nadia Gordon

Chapter 241 Present

That evening, Abigail arrived at the restaurant chosen by Josh. As she exited the car, she spotted Eric waving at her from the restaurant entrance. Walking over with a faint smile, she asked, “This is Josh’s party. Why are you here as well?” Eric had been helping her behind the scenes lately, and she had wanted to thank him in person.

“What? Am I not welcome here?” he retorted playfully.

“This isn’t my party; I would never dare to refuse you,” she said as she walked into the restaurant.

Suddenly, he called out to her. “Abigail.”

Abigail stopped and turned around, looking at Eric with confusion. “What is it

“A gift for you.” He handed her a box.

She looked down at the velvet box and softly asked, “What’s this?”

“Look. It’s a bracelet.” He opened the box and held the present up for her to look at. He nervously scratched his nose as he said, rushing his words, “I asked Josh to carve it out of small acacia tree wood. Inside the largest bead is a GPS tracker.”

Abigail was surprised as she took the bracelet and carefully examined it. The largest bead was as big as her thumbnail and completely hollow.

“The bead right here is a button. Press it if anything ever happens to you, and the GPS tracker will be activated. It has enough battery to last around three days,” Eric explained.

previously bought Sean an antique puzzle ball on a necklace made from small acacia wood by Josh. It was a minor coincidence, but it instantly reminded her of that necklace, giving her a strange feeling, as if they were

offered, oblivious to her peculiar behavior. His throat bobbed

lost in her thoughts about the small acacia tree wood and didn’t register Eric’s words. She simply made

only when he grabbed her hand that she snapped back to reality. She twitched, about to pull away, but she saw sincerity

and he released her hand.

his eyes. “It’s

no criminal

it

how thoughtful he had been about the gift.

she decided to keep it on. Besides, small

“I

for your grandmother,” he said, pulling another box from his

bracelet?” she asked,

men without an apparent reason. However, if he had also bought one for Analise, that would have

had a GPS tracker installed in it,”

present. “Thank you.” After taking

standing next to him, felt like slapping himself. Why did he invite Sean out for a drink and a talk? Why did he have to choose this specific

go somewhere

face darkened, giving Kevin a sidelong glance as he calmly retorted, “Why should we do that?”

head. “Abigail… Ms. Quinn seems to have accepted someone else’s offer. There are plenty of fish in the sea. Why must it be her?” He knew that there was no use trying to persuade Sean, but he still did not want Sean to obsess over her.