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.

to get you a helmet first," he said and I

order one tomorrow," I said, reaching for the lamp as the two of us headed

do it. Any colour preferences"

a heartbeat, earning myself a

a guy. My colour palette consists of probably fifteen colours at most and that Sacramento in't one of

the green family, I

will try to find you a helmet in that shade, but

kissed his cheek. "Tm going to

"Sweet dream."

hear a lot of cluttering in the kitchen, which was weird. Melissa wasn't

was out of its place and there were many ingredients here and

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Chapter 15

as you can see everything is far from okay?" A sigh full of frustration

examining the ingredients around me.

but as you

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

most certainly would."

my heart tighten in

think I should just forget about it?"

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

as I stood in

everything and I just.. I thought maybe in addition to a gift, I could make her something myself and she loves desserts, so I told myself a cake would

baking the cake. We are giving Rose the best birthday cake

me. How was I supposed to not fall for him when he was being that nice? "Wait" He pulled away. "Let's eat

french toast sound like?" I

helped me out. It didn't take us a lot of time to eat breakfast

ready to bake, Mr. Kensington?" I

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

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 within months. "Okay, let's mix the eggs." I opened the fridge and got the right amount out

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 him how to do it

fun. It made me feel like I belonged somewhere and that was the last thing I wanted. In my life, I lost a

didn't want to feel like I had finally found the person I 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 I was his and he was mine for a w "Can I play some music?" I asked him as

He looked

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