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

later. Don’t worry.”

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

the monotonous dial tone. Then,

few deep breaths.

Luna Smith, to come

footsteps echoed from the

cool

dyed in blue with streaks of silver flipped along with

as she briskly walked down the

greeted her were no longer a surprise,

she went straight to

pale that she could rival a ghost at this rate,

stop herself from

dreams with Joan. What’s the

ovulation injection?”

Sept

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word. Her marriage with Sean

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it was his grandfather,

Abigail didn’t refuse the marriage when

knew that

It was only after their

a first love named Joan Palmer, and Colby thought she was

enough for the Graham Family. That was why

her give up.

too embarrassed to acknowledge Abigail as his wife,

marriage from the public for

that

one day he

to spend his days

had returned, Abigail realized

shower and stared

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for the night with a bitter heart.

or for Sean, this will

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

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

burning from the warmth.

her legs instinctively. Before she

swiftly pinned them down. Then, he rolled on top

above her

still groggy

laced her arms around his

and arching her back to welcome

over her clothes, and

me back

a second, but she put

came up with

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she was always

and even sexual positions; as

conceive, she was

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reminded that everything she

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

out a piece of wet wipe from the bedside table, and

hands slowly, thoroughly cleaning them as though he

something filthy. He didn’t miss any joints