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.

eat." I shrugged

stopped. "I'm really hungry and I can't help but crave whatever you made. It sunells amazing"This was officially the first compliment 1 had received from Julian. I needed to mark the

coffer person or a tea person?"

"Coffee, why?"

towards the kitchen and quickly made him some pancakes, and 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 he was and

amazing. Thank you," he said and quickly started to dig in. "Oh my God, Emily.

bad" My heart

you kidding me! This isn't just good. This is Michelin star restaurant good." I grinned upon hearing that, I had always been fond of cooking. and I knew

Chapter 9

breakfast with me if you'd like,"

I giggled at his reaction but

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

are you going!" He

go get ready. I'm going out with

that? "There's a business

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

"Semi-formal"

sure to buy

have the right to take money from me. This is an event that I want you to attend with me, so it doesn't make sense to make you pay for a dress you're

aback by what he had just

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

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 Julian's knew that she knew the truth,

"Yes" I nodded.