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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he only cut her off and grumbled in annoyance, “I’ll be

later. Don’t worry.”

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that, he wasted no time hanging up. Abigail’s heart sank to

monotonous dial tone. Then, he threw back

by taking a few deep breaths.

Luna Smith, to come and pick her

of hurried footsteps echoed from the

appeared cool and

dyed in blue with streaks

as she briskly walked down

astonished looks that greeted her were no longer a surprise,

brows as she went straight to Abigail. When

so pale that she

but couldn’t stop herself from reprimanding her in

his dreams with

ovulation injection?”

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hung her head without a word. Her marriage with Sean

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one because it was his grandfather,

the marriage when it was proposed

nobody knew that she had held

years. It was only after their marriage did she

love named Joan Palmer, and Colby thought

enough for the Graham Family. That was why

her give up.

embarrassed to acknowledge

the public

thought that she would one day be

that one day he would

genuinely want to spend

realized just how silly

she arrived, she took a shower and stared at the lingerie

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prepared for the night with a bitter heart.

it’s for myself or for

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night, a pair of big, cold palms

waist. The man’s hot breath was

and she felt her body burning from the warmth. She

she could do anything, Sean grabbed

down. Then, he rolled

her legs

still groggy from slumber, she quickly realized

her arms

arching her back to

eyes swept over her clothes, and his breath raised

“You called me back just

turned rigid for a second, but

came up with a new

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together, she was always the

supplements, and even sexual positions; as

that could help to conceive, she was willing to

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she was doing was only for

baby, he lost all interest in continuing. So, he

piece of wet wipe

slowly, thoroughly cleaning them as

He didn’t miss any joints or nooks and