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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off and

later. Don’t worry.”

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that, he wasted no time hanging up.

dial tone. Then, he threw back her

few deep breaths. Finally, she called her

to come and pick her

footsteps echoed from the other end

woman appeared cool and eye–catching as her

dyed in blue with streaks

she briskly

astonished looks that greeted her

she went straight to Abigail. When she

pale that she could rival a

herself from reprimanding her in a

dreams with Joan.

ovulation injection?”

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her head without a word. Her

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was his grandfather, Colby, who forced them

when it was proposed to

nobody knew that she had held a

was only after their marriage did she discover

Joan Palmer, and Colby

Family. That was why he used Abigail to

her give up.

acknowledge Abigail

the public for the past three years.

and thought that she

heart. She hoped that one day he would be able to forget

spend his days

Abigail realized just how silly she had

she took a shower and stared at

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the night with a bitter heart. One more time,

Whether it’s for myself or for Sean, this will be

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the night, a pair of big, cold palms carrying

by the waist. The man’s hot breath was right next to

felt her body burning from

legs instinctively. Before she could do anything,

down. Then,

above her

groggy from slumber, she quickly realized

her arms around his neck before

her back

eyes swept over her clothes, and his

called me back

rigid for a second, but she put on a

just came up with

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was always the

and even sexual positions; as

help to conceive, she

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everything she was

baby, he lost all interest

a piece of wet wipe from the bedside table, and

thoroughly cleaning them as though he

miss any joints or nooks and