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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off and

later. Don’t worry.”

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

listened to the monotonous dial tone. Then, he threw back her head

by taking a few deep breaths. Finally,

come and

later, sounds of hurried footsteps

appeared cool and eye–catching

hair dyed in blue with streaks

briskly walked down

Luna, the astonished looks that greeted her were no longer a surprise,

raised her bushy brows as she went straight to Abigail.

that she could rival a ghost at this rate,

from reprimanding

dreams with Joan.

ovulation injection?”

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her head without a word.

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his grandfather, Colby,

the marriage when it was

because nobody knew that she had held

years. It was only after their marriage did she discover

a first love named Joan Palmer, and

the Graham Family. That was

her give up.

embarrassed to acknowledge Abigail as his

marriage from the public for the past

that and thought that she would

icy heart. She hoped that one day he would be able to forget

genuinely want to spend his days

realized just

a shower and stared

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for the night with a bitter

for Sean, this will be the

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the middle of the night, a pair of big, cold palms carrying a little trace

man’s

body burning from the warmth.

legs instinctively. Before she could do anything, Sean grabbed

Then, he

above her legs

groggy from slumber, she quickly realized

her arms around his

and arching her back to

clothes, and his breath raised a couple

“You called me back just for

muscles turned rigid for a second, but she put on a

“Yes. I just came up with

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she was always the one taking

even

could help to conceive, she was willing to give

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everything she was doing was

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

drew out a piece of wet wipe from the

hands slowly, thoroughly cleaning them as

didn’t miss any joints or nooks and tossed