The Spare Wife

Chapter 71 Wait for the Day You Succeed

Abigail leaned against the wall, lifting her injured leg as she breathed lightly. It was dark inside, so Sean could not see it. He took out his phone and turned on the torchlight. Then, he crouched down before her. “How’s your leg?”

She almost lost her balance and subconsciously reached out to hold onto his shoulder. Gently, she moved her left ankle. “It hurts a little, but I’m unsure if it’s sprained.”

Feeling her strength, Sean reached out and held her left ankle. Abigail shivered a little, reflexively tightening her grip on his shoulder, and said in a trembling voice, “I’m fine… Don’t…”

He looked up at her, a smirk on his face. “Are you getting weak just because I held your ankle?”

Her face flushed as she bit her lip, her eyes moist. “I’m scared of the pain.” With that, she looked away. Under the glow of the torchlight, her ears were translucent, and the red tint on them was

more visible than ever.

It was only then that Sean realized that Abigail might be embarrassed. He gazed at the woman’s

slightly raised leg, her foot pale and pretty as the silver high heels wrapped around it. Faint veins

her foot, and the bump on her ankle was slightly

it as he applied light

balance, so she could only lean against the wall. With no choice, she

who asked me to write the annotations. I wasn’t the one

not focused on that. He had only made a reasonable guess, but he decided not to probe further since it had been debunked. His gaze turned dark as he gazed at the pale leg that kept retracting. He

held her like that. However, she was about to answer when his phone rang. Lowering her

his arm around her waist, he gazed at her before asking Joan over the phone, “What’s the

from the phone, trembling in

her lips and lowered her gaze, tentatively putting

was instantly

I don’t know what it is… Sean, come

With that,

Ending the call, he turned to look at Abigail, who placed a hand against the wall as she spoke in a distant and polite tone, “Give me the drafts, and you can go. I just tried to land my foot, and it doesn’t seem injured.

for a moment, but it’s

decide if it’s okay. Let’s go.” With his

to leave with him.

him, she stated in an even colder tone, “I only came for the drafts. I’m already happy enough that you came here in person and gave them