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

later. Don’t worry.”

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time hanging up. Abigail’s heart sank to

the monotonous dial tone.

deep breaths. Finally, she called

Luna Smith, to come

sounds of hurried footsteps echoed from the other

The woman appeared cool

dyed in blue with streaks of silver flipped along with

she briskly walked down the

Luna, the astonished looks that greeted her were

bushy brows as she went straight to Abigail. When she

face was so pale that she could rival a

from reprimanding her in a

his dreams with Joan.

ovulation injection?”

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her head without a word.

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because it was his grandfather, Colby,

when it was proposed to

because nobody knew that

years. It was only after their

Joan Palmer, and Colby thought

enough for the Graham Family. That

her give up.

to acknowledge Abigail

from the public for the

and thought that she would one day be able

hoped that one

want to spend

returned, Abigail realized just how silly

took a shower

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for the night with a bitter heart.

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

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the night, a pair of big, cold

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

felt her body burning from the warmth. She

instinctively. Before she could

and swiftly pinned them down. Then,

above her legs

groggy

she laced her arms around his neck before

and arching her back to

her clothes, and his

“You called me

rigid for a second, but she put on a smile

I just came up with a new

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together, she was

ovulation injections, supplements, and even sexual positions; as

conceive, she was willing

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everything she was

of having a baby, he lost all interest in continuing. So, he

a piece of wet wipe from the bedside table,

cleaning them as though he

He didn’t miss any joints