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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7

and

later. Don’t worry.”

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he wasted no time hanging up.

monotonous dial tone.

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

to come and pick

later, sounds of hurried footsteps echoed

cool and eye–catching

with streaks of silver

as she briskly

the astonished looks that greeted her were no longer a

raised her bushy brows as she

that she could rival a ghost at this rate,

stop herself from

with Joan. What’s the point of you taking

ovulation injection?”

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without a word. Her marriage with Sean

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was his grandfather, Colby, who

marriage when

knew that she

It was only after their marriage did she discover

Joan Palmer, and Colby thought

for the Graham Family. That was why

her give up.

Sean was too embarrassed to acknowledge

the public for the past

care about that and thought that she would one day be able

She hoped that one day

want to spend

realized just how silly she

she arrived, she took a shower and stared at the lingerie she

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night with a bitter heart. One more time,

it’s for myself or for

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night, a pair of big, cold palms carrying a little trace

man’s hot breath was right

burning from the warmth. She blinked awake

her legs instinctively. Before she could do

down. Then, he rolled on top of

above her legs

eyes were still groggy

laced her arms around his neck before raising

her back

swept over her clothes,

me

but

just came up with

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they were together, she was always the one taking

even sexual

could help to conceive, she was willing to give

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that everything she was doing was

all interest in continuing. So, he

of wet wipe from the bedside table, and

cleaning them as though

miss any joints or nooks and