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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only cut her off and grumbled in annoyance, “I’ll be

later. Don’t worry.”

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hanging up. Abigail’s heart sank

listened to the monotonous dial tone. Then, he threw

herself by taking a few deep breaths. Finally, she called her

Luna Smith, to come

sounds of hurried footsteps

corridor. The woman appeared cool and eye–catching

dyed in blue with streaks of silver flipped along with

as she briskly walked

looks that greeted her were no longer a

as she went straight to

Abigail’s face was so pale that she could rival a ghost

herself from

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

ovulation injection?”

Sept

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without a word. Her marriage

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it was his

when it was proposed to her

knew that

for many years. It was only after their marriage did

Joan

enough for the Graham Family. That was why

her give up.

was too embarrassed to acknowledge Abigail as his

their marriage from the public for the

and thought that she would one

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

to spend

that Joan had returned, Abigail realized just how silly

arrived, she took a shower and

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a bitter heart. One more

or for Sean,

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

by the waist. The man’s hot breath

burning from the warmth.

instinctively. Before she could do anything,

Then, he rolled

her

still groggy from slumber, she quickly

her arms around his neck before

arching her back

over her clothes, and his breath

called me back just

a second, but she put on a smile the

just came up with a

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they were together, she was always the one taking the

ovulation injections, supplements, and even sexual positions; as long

conceive, she

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was reminded that everything she was doing was

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

wet wipe from the bedside table, and

cleaning

any joints or