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 grumbled

later. Don’t worry.”

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up. Abigail’s heart sank to

dial tone.

by taking a few deep

Smith, to come and pick

minutes later, sounds of hurried footsteps echoed

woman appeared cool and eye–catching as her

with streaks of

as she briskly walked down

looks that greeted her

her bushy brows as she went straight

face was so pale that she could rival

sorry but couldn’t stop herself from reprimanding her

the life of his dreams with Joan. What’s the point

ovulation injection?”

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her head without a word. Her

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his grandfather, Colby, who forced them

marriage when it was proposed to

nobody knew that

It was only

named Joan Palmer, and Colby thought

Family. That was

her give up.

too embarrassed to acknowledge Abigail as

from the public for the past

thought that she

icy heart. She hoped that one

want to spend his

realized just how silly she had

she took a shower and stared

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a bitter heart. One more time, she

it’s for myself or for Sean, this will

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of the night, a pair of big, cold

Abigail by the waist. The man’s

burning from the warmth. She blinked

legs instinctively. Before she could do anything,

down. Then, he rolled on

her

her eyes were still groggy from slumber, she

happening. So, she laced her arms around

arching her back to welcome

clothes, and his breath raised a couple

me back just for

muscles turned rigid for a second, but

“Yes. I just came up with a

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together, she was always the one

even sexual positions; as long

could help to conceive,

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reminded that everything she

he lost all interest in continuing. So, he

a piece of wet wipe from the

cleaning

He didn’t miss any joints or