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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he only cut her off and grumbled in annoyance,

later. Don’t worry.”

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hanging up. Abigail’s heart sank

monotonous dial tone. Then, he threw back

by taking a few deep

come and pick her

minutes later, sounds of hurried footsteps echoed from the other end

cool and eye–catching as

blue with streaks of silver flipped

briskly walked

looks that greeted her were

she went straight to Abigail. When she

so pale that she could rival

stop herself from reprimanding her in a

with Joan. What’s the point of

ovulation injection?”

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her head without a word. Her marriage with Sean was not

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because it was his grandfather, Colby, who forced

refuse the marriage when it was proposed to

knew that

many years. It was only after their marriage

Joan Palmer, and

Family. That was why he used Abigail to

her give up.

was too embarrassed to acknowledge Abigail as his wife,

their marriage from the public for the past

about that and thought that she would one day be

that one day he would be able

to spend his days with

realized just how silly she had

took a shower and stared at

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prepared for the night with a bitter heart. One

for Sean, this will be

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

man’s hot

she felt her body burning from

legs instinctively. Before she

pinned them down. Then, he rolled

above her legs

still groggy from

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

arching her back to

her clothes, and his breath

me back just for

second, but she put on a

“Yes. I just came up with a new

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they were together, she was always

ovulation injections, supplements, and even

that could help to conceive, she was willing

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that everything she was doing was only for

he lost all

piece of wet wipe from

slowly, thoroughly cleaning them

didn’t miss any joints