The Spare Wife

Chapter 241

Chapter 241 Present

That evening, Abigail arrived at the restaurant chosen by Josh. As she exited the car, she spotted Eric waving at her from the restaurant entrance. Walking over with a faint smile, she asked, “This is Josh’s party. Why are you here as well?” Eric had been helping her behind the scenes lately, and she had wanted to thank him in person.

“What? Am I not welcome here?” he retorted playfully.

“This isn’t my party; I would never dare to refuse you,” she said as she walked into the restaurant.

Suddenly, he called out to her. “Abigail.”

Abigail stopped and turned around, looking at Eric with confusion. “What is it

“A gift for you.” He handed her a box.

She looked down at the velvet box and softly asked, “What’s this?”

“Look. It’s a bracelet.” He opened the box and held the present up for her to look at. He nervously scratched his nose as he said, rushing his words, “I asked Josh to carve it out of small acacia tree wood. Inside the largest bead is a GPS tracker.”

Abigail was surprised as she took the bracelet and carefully examined it. The largest bead was as big as her thumbnail and completely hollow.

“The bead right here is a button. Press it if anything ever happens to you, and the GPS tracker will be activated. It has enough battery to last around three days,” Eric explained.

the bracelet, she was lost in thought when she heard the words “small acacia tree.” She had previously bought Sean an antique puzzle ball on a necklace made from small acacia wood by Josh.

he offered, oblivious to her peculiar behavior. His

and didn’t register Eric’s words. She simply made a non–committal

grabbed her hand that she snapped back to reality. She twitched, about to pull away, but she saw sincerity in his

bracelet was soon secured around her wrist, and he released

in his eyes. “It’s just a bracelet

so no criminal will instantly

it

Abigail realize how thoughtful he had been about the gift. “Thank you,” she said, looking down at the

decided to keep it on. Besides, small acacia tree wood didn’t belong exclusively to Sean, so

“I

this for your grandmother,” he said, pulling another box from

bracelet?” she asked,

from men

had a GPS tracker installed in it,” Eric added, his face

After taking the box from him, they walked into

himself. Why did he invite Sean out for a drink and a talk? Why did he have to choose this specific

somewhere else?” Kevin

darkened, giving Kevin a sidelong glance as he calmly retorted, “Why should we

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