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 grumbled in annoyance, “I’ll

later. Don’t worry.”

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

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

few deep breaths. Finally, she called

come and

footsteps echoed from

woman appeared cool and eye–catching as

dyed in blue with streaks of silver

she briskly walked down the

greeted her were

bushy brows as she went straight to Abigail. When

that she could rival a ghost

but couldn’t stop herself from reprimanding her in

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

ovulation injection?”

Sept

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without a word. Her marriage with Sean was not

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one because it was his grandfather, Colby, who forced them

refuse the marriage when it

that she

was only after

named Joan Palmer,

enough for the Graham Family. That was why he

her give up.

acknowledge

the public for the past

that and thought that she would one

heart. She hoped that one day he would be able

spend his days with

realized just

arrived, she took a shower and stared

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for the night with a bitter heart.

or for Sean, this will be the

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

man’s hot breath

body burning from the warmth. She blinked

Before she could do anything, Sean grabbed

down. Then, he rolled on

her

were still groggy

arms around his neck

her back to welcome

man’s eyes swept over her clothes,

me back just

rigid for a second, but she

just came up with

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was always the one taking

even sexual

to conceive,

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Sean was reminded that everything she was doing

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

out a piece of wet wipe from the bedside table,

slowly, thoroughly cleaning them as

miss any joints or