The Accidental Wife by Sara Islam

when we could hardly tolerate each other.

1. Chapter 9Before I knew it, I was Mr. Kensington. I had been a Kensington for the past four months. I was starting to get used to living with him under the same roof despite being very anxious at the beginni According to the media, our wedding was legendary. To me, I was a big show that I couldn't wait to get it over with. My family had because we didn't want people to get the wrong idea. My father had to deliver a speech that was full of lies. Fiona acted like a loving ste I was barely involved in any preparations for the wedding. There was a wedding planner who handled everything. When she asked me about what I would like for decorations, flowers, and basically anything, my answer was always the same. Go with what's trendy an The thing I chose was my wedding dress and I made sure to choose something I wasn't madly in love with because nothing about that marriage was real. I didn't want to look back at that day and smile because of a beautiful memory. Nothing about my marriage was It was a Saturday morning, so I woke up at ten instead of waking up at seven like I did every day. I had been working at the company and I was quite happy with my job. Uncle Steven honoured my request and put me in a department that wouldn't make me be in an I walked to the kitchen prepared breakfast for me and sat down to eat. Julian and I hadn't eaten together except for maybe a handful of times. When I was young. I used to dream about being in love and living with the person I would want to spend the rest of my life w every day.

My reality was way different.

As I w

was eating, my eyes went wide upon seeing Julian in front of me. Apparently, he was out for a run, but surely something went wrong. His knee was scraped and so was his elbow and he was limping-

"What happened?" I stood up, approaching him.

"I stumbled on a rock and fell," he said.

"Let me clean you up." I told him. "Go to the bathroom and I will get the first aid kit." He seemed reluctant at first but nodded and walked towards the bathroom down the hall.

I brought the first aid kit from one of the kitchen cabinets and went to the bathroom. I found him already sitting on the edge of the bathrub. His knee was in a really bad shape.

I crouched before him and grimaced at how the wound looked. I took cotton and a bottle of antiseptic. After putting some of the antiseptic on a cotton ball, I looked up at him and said, "This is going to hurt. I'm sorry in advance

"It's fine. Just do it" He took a deep breath and I started to clean the wound. Once the cotton ball touched his skin, he flinched. "Sorry," he mumbled as he steadied himself.

It took me a couple of minutes to clean it, then placed a band-aid on it. His elbow was in a better state, so cleaning it wasn't as painful as his knees.

"Have you eaten breakfast?" I asked him as I stood up.

"Do I get special treatment for being injured?" He smirked, causing me to roll my eyes.

to eat." I shrugged and headed out of the

towards me. Managing to make me feel bad, I stopped. "I'm really hungry and I can't help but

a coffer person or a tea

"Coffee, why?"

omelet and I placed a few pieces of cheese on a plate along with cut cucumber and some lettuce I took everything to the living room where

quickly started to dig in. "Oh my

they bad" My heart

I had always been fond of cooking. and I knew that I was

Chapter 9

make you breakfast with me

I giggled at his

with being in the same place with Julian for long, I got

you going!"

ready. I'm going out with

know something like that? "There's a business dinner and everybody is bringing their partner, so I thought maybe you'd

for our image to be seen together," I replied. "What's the

"Semi-formal"

sure to

the right to take money from me. This is an event

stuttered, taken aback by what he had

however, I couldn't get out of my head how nice julian was. He had never been that nice to me. I didn't know what changed and I didn't want

me that be gave you his Amex card?" Maya gawked at me as I took a sip from my iced coffee. I ended up telling my best friend the truth about my marriage to Julian. At first, I wanted to keep everything a secret, but I realized that if I didn't have somebo Nobody from

"Yes" I nodded.