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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up. Abigail’s heart sank

to the monotonous dial tone. Then, he threw back

a few deep breaths. Finally,

Luna Smith, to come

hurried footsteps

woman appeared cool and eye–catching

in blue with streaks of

briskly walked down the

the astonished looks that greeted her were no longer a

as she went straight to

so pale that she could rival

stop herself from reprimanding

with Joan. What’s the

ovulation injection?”

Sept

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a word. Her marriage with

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it was his grandfather,

marriage when it

nobody knew that

It was only

had a first love named Joan Palmer, and Colby thought

for the Graham Family. That was why he used

her give up.

acknowledge Abigail as

from the public for

that and thought that she would one day be

one day he would be able

genuinely want to spend his days with

had returned, Abigail realized just how silly

she took a shower and stared at the

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

for Sean, this will

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middle of the night, a pair of big, cold

held Abigail by the waist. The man’s hot breath was right

she felt her body burning from the warmth. She

she could do anything,

them down. Then, he rolled on top

above her legs

groggy from slumber, she

happening. So, she laced her arms around his neck before

arching her back

eyes swept over her clothes, and his breath raised a

called me back just for

but

I just came up with

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she was always the one

and even sexual positions; as

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

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Sean was reminded that everything she

all interest in continuing. So, he shoved

a piece of wet wipe

slowly, thoroughly cleaning them

something filthy. He didn’t miss any joints or nooks and tossed