The Spare Wife

Joan pulled her hand back. Since she was surrounded, she had no idea what Sean and Abigail were doing, and she teared up.

Luna said, “Miss Palmer, since you can’t even prepare the fruits, let me do it. You get some rest.”

Kevin said, “The medic’s arriving soon. Calm down. At least get disinfected. For safety’s sake.”

Damian dragged Victor away and went back to their stations. Luna took over Joan’s job, while Kevin sat Joan down and blew on her wound. To his credit, that was caring.

Sean finished cleaning the processor’s blades and approached Joan. He asked calmly, “Let me see your hand.”

Joan raised her hand. The wound wasn’t bleeding anymore, and it didn’t look deep at all. Without the impact of blood, the wound didn’t look scary at all. It was just a white line on a finger.

“Not a big deal. Just rub something on it and slap some Band–Aid over the wound. You can get back to work right away,” said Sean. He was going to go back and grill. Abigail’s cooking skills were dubious. He was worried she might flip the whole grill and burn herself.

Joan looked aggrieved, but she nodded anyway. The audience mocked her aggressively.

‘She calls that a wound? It’s almost microscopic. Damian was right. If the medic’s one second slower, the wound would’ve closed up. Man, that guy’s good. He shoots straight.‘

Victor and Damian are so dramatic. First thing Victor did was tell everyone about the wound. It’s like he did it on purpose, that drama queen.‘

kind of dense? Obviously, Joan wants him to look at her more, and then the guy be like, “Oh just slap some Band–Aid on it and get back to work.”

and Sean worked together, her eyes glinting. After the medic showed up, Kevin left. The

plate of fruits. She whispered, “Damian and

after us. Mr. Graham’s taking Abigail’s side

She stared at the ground, the look in her eyes dark. “It’s a shame they didn’t

around. Even if she did

her around.

Luna to design everything for Joan. Of course he would give her some privilege. However, he wouldn’t let Victor and Damian off the

cautious, however. “Damian and Victor dislike

fall into their

a point. She said, “It doesn’t

Luna snuck over to Victor and Damian. She

talk

meet at the garden in the west later. Tell Quinn to

Sean kept Abigail around to

meat. She kept coughing,

a kebab.

put it on a plate and munched on the kebab slowly. A moment later, a