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

later. Don’t worry.”

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up. Abigail’s heart

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

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

Smith, to come and pick her

sounds of hurried footsteps echoed from

The woman appeared cool

with streaks of silver flipped along

briskly walked

astonished looks that greeted her were no longer a

as she went straight to Abigail. When

that she could rival a ghost at this rate,

sorry but couldn’t stop herself from reprimanding her

with Joan. What’s the point of you taking

ovulation injection?”

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without a word. Her

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because it was his grandfather, Colby, who forced them

Abigail didn’t refuse the marriage when it was proposed

rejoiced because nobody knew that she had

was only after

named Joan Palmer, and Colby thought she was

Graham Family. That was

her give up.

embarrassed to acknowledge Abigail as his wife, they

public for the

that

his icy heart. She hoped that one day he

to spend

returned, Abigail realized just how silly she had

shower and stared at

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for the night with a bitter heart. One more time, she

it’s for myself or for Sean, this will be the

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

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

her body burning from

legs instinctively. Before she could do

pinned them down. Then, he

above her

were still groggy from slumber,

arms around

her back to

clothes, and

“You called me back just for

muscles turned rigid for a second, but she put on a

“Yes. I just came up

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together, she was always the one taking the

supplements, and even sexual

help to conceive, she was willing to give

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she was

baby, he lost all interest in continuing. So, he shoved

drew out a piece of wet wipe from the bedside table, and

his hands slowly, thoroughly cleaning

any