The Spare Wife by Nadia Gordon

Chapter 1

‘Your husband has cheated on you.‘

When Abigail Quinn received the text message from her best friend, she had

just taken an ovulation injection and was resting on the bench of the

outpatient clinic, trying to suppress the piercing pain in her abdomen. Her

hair was dark and her skin as fair as snow, but there was no trace of blood on

her face now. Even so, that didn’t overshadow her stunning looks and

passersby kept turning their heads to look at her.

Then, she inhaled deeply and tapped with a trembling finger, and opened the

picture on her cell phone to take a look. It was a picture of Sean Graham

holding a woman in a pink haute couture dress while walking out of a hotel.

The man’s usually cold and stoic face looked tender as he lowered his head

at the woman in the picture.

Abigail knew who that woman was, Sean’s first love, Joan Palmer.

After a while, she snapped back to her senses, searched for Sean’s number,

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and called him. She waited for a long time for the busy dial tone to end and

the man’s aloof voice finally echoed from the other end of the call. “What’s

the problem?”

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“Are you coming home tonight?” Actually, she wanted to ask if he even

wanted to return home.

Alas, it was clear that her call itself had already caused Sean to feel annoyed.

Thus, after a few seconds of silence, he said impatiently, “Is there an

important issue we need to discuss?”

Tears immediately welled up in her eyes, his indifferent voice stabbing her

heart like a knife, but she expertly masked her sadness. “Did you forget what

day it is today?”

They had been married in secret for three years, and except for that monthly

coitus, they rarely met with each other. Today was their wedding anniversary,

the day when he should return home. When they were in bed last month, he

promised her that he would spend the day with her.

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only cut her off and

later. Don’t worry.”

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hanging up.

to the monotonous dial tone.

a few deep

Smith, to come

minutes later, sounds of hurried footsteps echoed from

appeared cool and eye–catching

with streaks of silver flipped along with

briskly walked down

that greeted her were no

brows as she went

was so pale that she could rival a ghost at this

from reprimanding her in a hushed

living the life of his dreams with Joan. What’s the point of you

ovulation injection?”

Sept

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a word. Her

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because it was his grandfather,

Abigail didn’t refuse the marriage when it was proposed to

because nobody knew that she

many years. It was only after their

had a first love named Joan Palmer,

the Graham Family. That was why he used Abigail

her give up.

too embarrassed to acknowledge Abigail

the public for the past three years.

care about that and thought that she would one day

icy heart. She hoped that one day he would

want to spend his days with

realized just how silly she had

she took a shower and stared

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for the night with a bitter heart.

myself or for Sean, this will be

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of the night, a pair of big, cold

waist. The man’s hot breath was right next

body burning from

legs instinctively. Before she

them down. Then,

above her

still groggy

So, she laced her arms around his neck before raising

arching her

her clothes, and his

called me

rigid for a second, but she

came

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were together, she was always the one taking the

even sexual positions;

to conceive, she was willing to give it a

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was reminded that everything she was doing

he lost all interest in continuing. So,

out a piece of wet wipe from the bedside

cleaning them

filthy. He didn’t miss any joints or nooks and