The Accidental Wife by Sara Islam

Chapter

15

It was a late Friday night. I was reading a book in my bed when I heard something smash downstairs. 1 set the book down and got out of bed. My heart was beating hard in my chest. Was that a burglar? Was Į about to die tonight? Well, my life wasn't fantastic, and death

I unplugged the lamp beside my bed and opted for not wearing slippers as I made my way downstairs. It was a bit dark, but I could still see. The moment I reached the bottom of the stairs, Julian appeared out of nowhere in front of me, making me scream. I almost hit him v

lamp, bur he quickly held my hand, preventing me from doing so.

"It's just me! I'm Julian," he repeated that twice until I calmed down.

"I heard something break, so I came to check. I thought there was a burglar or something, I mumbled, placing my hand over my chest,

"You were going to fight a burglar with a lamp?" He chuckled, making me roll my eyes at him. He took it from me and set it on a table nearby, then kissed my forehead, making me smile. "Sorry for scaring you. Laccidentally knocked something on my way upstairs."

I looked at what he was wearing and gave him a look of confusion. He was in black pants, a white t-shirt, and a leather jacket. He looked bot. Super hot. Why did he have a helmet with him! I didn't even know that he owned a bike, "Where were you" I wondered,

"Out with some friends," he replied.

"What about the helmet? Do you have a bike?" I asked

I do, but I would rather you keep this a secret," he said, rubbing the back of his neck.

"From whom?" I frowned.

"My parents" He gave me a sheepish smile.

"May Lask why?" I was curious to know

"When I was eighteen, I had an accident with my old bike and Mum made me promise them I wouldn't ride a bike again," he told me.

"Looks like somebody has broken their promise." I smirked.

"What can I say? I love the thrill." He grinned.

"I will keep your secret under one condition." I folded my arms.

"And what is your condition?" He leaned against the wall.

"You have to take me on a ride at least once every two weeks I exclaimed, making him laugh.

widely. "But we need to get you a helmet first," he said and

tomorrow," I said, reaching for

preferences" he asked, throwing one

replied in a heartbeat, earning myself a look of

of probably fifteen colours at most and that Sacramento in't

to the

find you a helmet in

and kissed his cheek. "Tm going

"Sweet dream."

a lot of cluttering in the kitchen, which was weird. Melissa wasn't supposed to come today since she had the weekends

in surprise when I found Julian in the kitchen and it seemed like he was doing something. The kitchen wasn't in the best state. Everything was out of its place and there were many ingredients here and there. Julian was attempting to prepare God knew what "Is

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Chapter 15

as you can see everything is far from okay?"

to make!" I asked, examining the ingredients around me. He probably wanted to bake

birthday is today, but as you

I walked over to him. "Maybe I can help you out. I promise we won't get out of this kitchen until this cake is baked to perfection, okay? I will help you out with everything

way

I most certainly would."

made my

you think I should just forget

want to bake it in the first place?" I rested my elbow

as I stood in

a gift, I could make her something myself and she loves desserts, so I told

the cake. We are giving Rose the

for him when he was being that nice? "Wait" He pulled away. "Let's

french toast sound like?" I

his comment and started preparing everything and he helped me out. It didn't take us a lot of time to

to bake, Mr.

His grin matched mine. My heart thumped hard when he called me

that he had never considered me one. Hearing him calling me Mrs. Kensington was terrifying because I didn't want to feel like I finally belonged to a family, only to be thrown out of it

couldn't even break the eggs. I think I ruined five eggs 1 always get pieces of the shell in the egg"

me show you how you can do it," I said, showing

with him was fun. It made me feel like I belonged somewhere and that

could spend the rest of my life with, only to have him leave me later. I didn't want any false hope, especially that kind of false hope. I didn't want julian to make me feel like

smiled at me. He looked so handsome when he

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