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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her off and grumbled in annoyance, “I’ll

later. Don’t worry.”

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up. Abigail’s

to the monotonous dial tone. Then, he

herself by taking a few deep

to come and pick her

footsteps echoed from the

cool and eye–catching as

dyed in blue with streaks

as she briskly walked down the

that greeted her were no longer a surprise,

as she went

face was so pale that she could rival a ghost at this rate,

herself from

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

ovulation injection?”

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head without a word.

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one because it was his grandfather,

when it was proposed to her

that she had

for many years. It was only

first love named Joan Palmer,

the Graham Family. That was

her give up.

was too embarrassed to acknowledge

public for the past three years.

and thought that she would

hoped that one day he

genuinely want to spend his days

returned, Abigail realized just how silly

arrived, she took a shower and stared

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with a bitter

for Sean, this will be the last

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a pair of big, cold palms carrying a little trace

The man’s hot

and she felt her body burning from the warmth.

Before she could do anything, Sean

swiftly pinned them down. Then,

above her legs

were still groggy from slumber, she

her arms around his

arching her back

eyes swept over her clothes,

“You called me back just for

but she put on a smile

I just came up with a

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together, she was always

supplements, and even sexual

that could help to conceive, she was willing

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Sean was reminded that everything she was doing

a baby, he lost all

a piece of wet wipe from

hands slowly, thoroughly cleaning them as

something filthy. He didn’t miss any joints or