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

herself by taking a few deep breaths. Finally, she

to come

later, sounds of hurried footsteps echoed from the other end

woman appeared cool and

dyed in blue with streaks

she briskly walked down

greeted her were no

her bushy brows as she went straight to

she could rival a

but couldn’t stop herself from reprimanding her in

with Joan. What’s the point of you

ovulation injection?”

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word.

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was his grandfather, Colby, who

when it was

because nobody knew that she

many years. It was only after their marriage did she

first love named Joan

Family. That was why he used Abigail to

her give up.

embarrassed to acknowledge Abigail as his wife, they

marriage from the public for the past three

didn’t care about that and thought that she would

She hoped that one day he

to spend his

Joan had returned, Abigail realized just how silly she had

took a shower and stared at the lingerie

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for the night with a bitter heart. One

for myself or for Sean, this

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middle of the night, a pair of big, cold

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

her body burning from the warmth. She

instinctively. Before she could do

them down. Then, he rolled on top of her

above her

were still groggy from slumber, she

laced her arms around his neck before raising

arching her back

swept over her clothes, and his breath

“You called me

turned rigid for a second, but she

I just came up with a

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together, she was always

ovulation injections, supplements, and even sexual positions; as

was anything that could help to conceive, she was willing to

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Sean was reminded that everything she was doing

baby, he lost all interest

of wet wipe

cleaning them as though

He didn’t miss any joints or nooks