The Accidental Wife by Sara Islam

Chapter 19

I wasn't going to let him put me through that again. I wasn't going to allow him to accuse me of being a cheater.

I was not a cheater!

"I won't let you insult my loyalty! Do you hear me? I have been loyal to you. I'm not the one who messaged him. I showed you the message! If I had something to hide, I wouldn't have let you touch my phone," I snapped at him. I had never been that angry at him, but that w won't allowed to cros

*1 didn't insuh your loyalty." His voice was way lower than mine.

"You did!" My voice cracked. Shit! I didn't want to cry in front of him. I wasn't that comfortable around him yet. "You know what I took a deep breath, "we need things to get back to how they originally were. I turned to leave.

"You still love him, don't you?" That had me stop and slowly run to him.

"What?" I was really confused. How did he come up with that conclusion?

"You still love him and you're waiting for any sign from him to get back with him, don't you?" His voice was low and raspy, as if it pained him to utter those words With every word he said, he took a step towards me until there were only a couple of steps between us. Why w "I wasn't aware that you considered me that cheap. I muttered, stepping away from him, but he quickly closed the space between us and wrapped his fingers around my armL

"Do you still love him, Emily? Why did I sense fear in his voice!

"Why do you care" I had to know the answer, because you wouldn't sound like that unless you had feelings for the other person.

"Answer me, please. Despair was evident in his voice, making my heart skip a beat,

I sighed and unlocked my phone, handing it to him. "Check his messages. See if I replied to any of them nicely"

He shook his head and gently pushed my hand away "Use your words, Emily Tell me whether you still love him or not?

love a man who didn't give me a chance. I can never love a man who chose to abandon me when I needed him the most, I told him. The way relief took over

chance to a man who

barely talking to you and asked you later to be friends with benefits with him and went crazy upon seeing the name of your ex on your phone

looked at him, unable to say a word. What was

could spot the difference in the way he treated me, but

to tolerate only two months ago, I mumbled, trying

moment!

and I cannot get out of my head." I must have been dreaming. "I'm tired of

a deep

crashed with mine and within seconds, I was backed against a wall. I didn't understand what was happening and I was caught in the moment, yet I didn't mind. I wanted to savor each

you're doing to me," Julian whispered, looking straight

like me?" I asked, meeting his gorgeous blue

a second to react he kissed me again. What changed? I thought I was going so spend two years walking on eggshells around a man I was supposed to consider my husband, but I had a feeling that things

""What ar

replied casually, making me

kiss unless we were having sex."

-Arr you

to have sex

wrong with

with benefits. Let's be a real married couple. Let's give each other

12:30 PM c

Chapter 19

and down as if somebody

for the hand that wasn't injured and took me

his clark beige desk and the off white chair behind it. Even the couch wasn't the usual black or white,