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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cut her off and grumbled in

later. Don’t worry.”

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time hanging up.

tone.

taking a few deep breaths. Finally, she called

to come

of hurried footsteps echoed from the other end

appeared cool

hair dyed in blue with streaks of silver flipped along

she briskly walked down the

greeted her were no longer

brows as she went straight to

was so pale that she could rival

sorry but couldn’t stop herself from reprimanding

of his dreams with Joan. What’s the point

ovulation injection?”

Sept

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without a word. Her marriage with Sean was

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because it was his grandfather, Colby, who forced them

Abigail didn’t refuse the marriage when

secretly rejoiced because nobody knew that she

was only after their marriage did she

Joan Palmer,

the Graham Family. That

her give up.

to acknowledge Abigail

from the public for the

care about that and thought that

heart. She hoped that one day he would be able

want to spend his days

returned, Abigail realized

she took a shower and stared at the

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for the night with a bitter heart. One more

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

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a pair of big, cold palms carrying a

man’s hot breath was right next

she felt her body burning from the warmth. She

she could do

and swiftly pinned them down. Then, he rolled on

above her

eyes were still groggy from slumber, she

her arms around

arching her back

clothes, and his breath raised a couple

“You called me

second, but

came up with

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was always the one taking the

ovulation injections, supplements, and even

help to conceive, she was willing to give

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was reminded that everything she was doing was

a baby, he lost all interest

of wet wipe from the bedside table,

cleaning them

miss any