I Want a Divorce 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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Unfortunately, he only cut her off and grumbled in annoyance, “I’ll be back
later. Don’t worry.”
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After that, he wasted no time hanging up. Abigail’s heart sank to the pits as
she listened to the monotonous dial tone. Then, he threw back her head and
composed herself by taking a few deep breaths. Finally, she called her best
friend, Luna Smith, to come and pick her up.
Ten minutes later, sounds of hurried footsteps echoed from the other end of
the corridor. The woman appeared cool and eye–catching as her clean–cut
short hair dyed in blue with streaks of silver flipped along with her
movements as she briskly walked down the corridor.
To Luna, the astonished looks that greeted her were no longer a surprise, and
she raised her bushy brows as she went straight to Abigail. When she saw
that Abigail’s face was so pale that she could rival a ghost at this rate, she
felt sorry but couldn’t stop herself from reprimanding her in a hushed voice,
“He’s living the life of his dreams with Joan. What’s the point of you taking the
ovulation injection?”
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Abigail hung her head without a word. Her marriage with Sean was not a
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happy one because it was his grandfather, Colby, who forced them together.

However, Abigail didn’t refuse the marriage when it was proposed to her and
even secretly rejoiced because nobody knew that she had held a torch for
Sean for many years. It was only after their marriage did she discover that
Sean had a first love named Joan Palmer, and Colby thought she was not
good enough for the Graham Family. That was why he used Abigail to make
her give up.
As Sean was too embarrassed to acknowledge Abigail as his wife, they had
kept their marriage from the public for the past three years. Nonetheless,
Abigail didn’t care about that and thought that she would one day be able to
melt his icy heart. She hoped that one day he would be able to forget Joan
and genuinely want to spend his days with her.
Now that Joan had returned, Abigail realized just how silly she had been.
Once she arrived, she took a shower and stared at the lingerie she had
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specially prepared for the night with a bitter heart. One more time, she told
herself. Whether it’s for myself or for Sean, this will be the last shot.
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In the middle of the night, a pair of big, cold palms carrying a little trace of
humidity held Abigail by the waist. The man’s hot breath was right next to her

ears, and she felt her body burning from the warmth. She blinked awake and
raised her legs instinctively. Before she could do anything, Sean grabbed her
ankles and swiftly pinned them down. Then, he rolled on top of her and
hovered above her legs intimately.
Although her eyes were still groggy from slumber, she quickly realized what
was happening. So, she laced her arms around his neck before raising her
neck and arching her back to welcome him.
The man’s eyes swept over her clothes, and his breath raised a couple of
degrees. “You called me back just for this?”
Abigail’s muscles turned rigid for a second, but she put on a smile the next
second. “Yes. I just came up with a new position.”
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Whenever they were together, she was always the one taking the initiative.
The ovulation injections, supplements, and even sexual positions; as long as
it was anything that could help to conceive, she was willing to give it a try.
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When Sean was reminded that everything she was doing was only for the
sake of having a baby, he lost all interest in continuing. So, he shoved her
aside, drew out a piece of wet wipe from the bedside table, and started

cleaning his hands slowly, thoroughly cleaning them as though he had
touched something filthy. He didn’t miss any joints or nooks and tossed the
wet wipe into the bin when he was finished. “You sent someone to follow
Joan just because of this?” he asked with a cold face.
A stunned Abigail realized a few seconds later that he was speaking about
the paparazzi who published his picture with Joan. Although he was asking a
question, the certainty in his voice was as clear as day. So, he came back
specially to redress his lover’s grievances, she thought. Her hot body felt as if
a bucket of cold water had just splashed over it, and a chill traveled from the
top of her head right to her toes.
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A few minutes passed by in silence, and she rolled over and sat up. Then, she
picked up her nightgown, slipped it over her head casually, and put on an
emotionless expression on her stunning face. It was such an impressive
contrast to the initiative and passionate woman in bed earlier.
She didn’t see the point in holding back her words as she said, “Yeah. It’s not
my fault that you insist on keeping our marriage a secret while flirting with
your ex–girlfriend. You’re such a hypocrite. Don’t even bring up the paparazzi

with me. The reason I didn’t charge you for adultery is that I’m ashamed to be
married to you!”
Her reaction startled him because he was used to seeing her as an obedient
and understanding person. Never did he know that she could have such a
sharp tongue as well. She masked herself very well, huh? he thought.
The veins on his temples popped, and he pushed her aside without warning.
“Don’t use your crooked thoughts to judge Joan. She’s not like you.”
In his eyes, Abigail had always been an unscrupulous woman while Joan was
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forever innocent and clean. It didn’t matter that she had spent three years on
him as it was nothing compared to a look from Joan.
I was truly blind and dumb to have loved him for so many years! When she
was younger, she would ignore every jerk like him, but ironically, she had
regarded him like a priceless treasure the whole time.
After a moment of silence, she raised her chin, and her brow quirked up in
disdain. “I want a divorce, Sean.”