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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hanging up.

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

taking a few deep breaths. Finally, she called

Smith, to come and pick

sounds of hurried footsteps echoed

corridor. The woman appeared cool and eye–catching as her

hair dyed in blue with streaks of silver flipped

as she briskly walked

Luna, the astonished looks that greeted her were no longer a surprise,

her bushy brows as she went straight to Abigail. When

face was so pale that she could rival a ghost at

couldn’t stop herself from reprimanding

with Joan. What’s the point of you

ovulation injection?”

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her head without a word. Her marriage

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because it was his grandfather,

when it was proposed to

nobody knew that she had held a torch

only after their marriage did she

named Joan Palmer, and Colby thought she was

Family. That was why he

her give up.

acknowledge Abigail as his wife,

from the public for the

that and thought that she would one

icy heart. She hoped that one day he

to spend his

that Joan had returned, Abigail realized just how

took a shower and stared

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a bitter heart. One more time,

for Sean,

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middle of the night, a pair of big,

The man’s hot breath

felt her body burning from the warmth. She blinked

Before she could do anything,

pinned them down. Then, he rolled on top

her

were still groggy from slumber,

she laced her arms around his

her back

clothes, and his breath raised

me

for a second, but she

“Yes. I just came up with a new

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were together, she was always the one

ovulation injections, supplements, and even sexual

help to conceive, she was willing to give

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that everything she was doing was only for

lost all interest in continuing.

wet wipe from the bedside table, and

cleaning them as though he

something filthy. He didn’t miss any joints or nooks and tossed