The Spare Wife

‘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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off and grumbled in annoyance, “I’ll

later. Don’t worry.”

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he wasted no time hanging up. Abigail’s heart sank to the

listened to the monotonous dial tone. Then, he threw

by taking a few deep breaths.

to come and

later, sounds of hurried footsteps echoed from

appeared cool and eye–catching

hair dyed in blue with streaks of silver flipped along

as she briskly walked down

astonished looks that greeted

she went straight to Abigail. When

pale that she could rival

stop herself from reprimanding her in a

the life of his dreams with Joan. What’s

ovulation injection?”

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hung her head without a word. Her marriage with Sean was not

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because it was his grandfather, Colby,

didn’t refuse the marriage when it was

because nobody knew that she had held a

only after their marriage did she

had a first love named Joan Palmer, and Colby

enough for the Graham Family. That was

her give up.

was too embarrassed to acknowledge Abigail as his wife, they

the public for the past three years.

care about that and thought that she would one

heart. She hoped that one day he would

to spend

realized just how silly she

she took a shower and stared at the lingerie she

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for the night with a bitter heart. One

myself or for Sean, this will be

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a pair of big,

waist. The man’s hot breath

she felt her body burning from the warmth.

instinctively. Before she could do anything, Sean

them down. Then, he rolled on top

her legs

her eyes were still groggy from slumber,

she laced her arms around his neck before

arching her back

her clothes,

“You called me back just for

a second, but she put on a

“Yes. I just came up with a new

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they were together, she was always the one taking the

ovulation injections, supplements, and even sexual positions; as long

could help to conceive, she was willing to

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was reminded that everything she was doing was