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

later. Don’t worry.”

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wasted no time hanging up. Abigail’s heart sank

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

few deep breaths. Finally, she called her

to come and pick her

hurried footsteps echoed from the other

appeared cool and eye–catching

in blue with streaks of silver flipped along with

as she briskly walked down

the astonished looks that greeted her

brows as she went straight to Abigail. When she

so pale that she could rival

but couldn’t stop herself from reprimanding her in a

with Joan.

ovulation injection?”

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hung her head without a word. Her marriage with

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because it was his

when it was proposed

nobody knew that she

years. It was only after

a first love named Joan Palmer,

Family. That was why he used Abigail to

her give up.

to acknowledge

from the public

about that and thought that she would one day be

She hoped that one day he would

spend his days with

Abigail realized just how silly she

she took a shower and

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a bitter heart. One

Whether it’s for myself or for Sean, this

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the middle of the night, a pair of big,

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

her body burning from the warmth. She blinked awake

Before she could do anything, Sean grabbed

and swiftly pinned them down. Then, he

her

still groggy from slumber, she quickly

So, she laced her arms around his

her back

over her clothes,

called me back

turned rigid for a second, but she put on

just came

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they were together, she was always the one taking the

ovulation injections, supplements, and even sexual

was anything that could help to conceive, she was willing to give it a

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reminded that everything she was doing

he lost all interest in continuing. So,

drew out a piece of wet

thoroughly cleaning them as though

any joints or nooks