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

later. Don’t worry.”

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time hanging up. Abigail’s heart sank to the pits

monotonous dial tone. Then, he threw

deep breaths. Finally, she

Smith, to come

sounds of hurried footsteps echoed from the

appeared cool and eye–catching

streaks of silver

as she briskly walked down the

the astonished looks that greeted her were no

raised her bushy brows as she went straight to Abigail.

Abigail’s face was so pale that she could

but couldn’t stop herself from

dreams with Joan. What’s the point of you

ovulation injection?”

Sept

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head without a word. Her marriage with Sean was not

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was his grandfather,

when

nobody knew that she had

It was only after their marriage did she

had a first love named Joan Palmer, and

the Graham Family. That was why he

her give up.

acknowledge Abigail

their marriage from the public for

that she would one day be able

She hoped that one

spend his

Joan had returned, Abigail realized just how

she took a shower

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prepared for the night with a bitter heart. One more time, she

it’s for myself or for Sean, this

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a pair of big, cold palms carrying

man’s hot breath was

her body burning

Before she could do

them down. Then, he rolled on top of

her legs

eyes were still groggy from slumber, she quickly realized

So, she laced her arms around his neck

her back to

her clothes, and his breath raised a couple

called me back just

rigid for a second, but she put on

just came up with a

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were together, she was always the one taking the

injections, supplements, and even sexual positions; as long

was anything that could help to conceive, she was willing to

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was reminded that everything she

he lost all interest in continuing. So,

out a piece of wet wipe from the bedside table,

thoroughly cleaning them as

didn’t miss any