The Accidental Wife by Sara Islam

Chapter 20

Three days ago, Julian and I decided to give our marriage a chance. I was surprised, but I was certainly happy. He made me happy and treated me well. That night after Thanksgiving dinner at his family's place, I was about to go to my room out of habit, but he stopped m I loved sleeping next to him because the way he held me made me feel safe. I hadn't felt that kind of love in so long. I wasn't sure what the reason was behind that kind of change in our relationship, but I was grateful that we were no longer enemies. Perhaps there was a "Hey, sunshine." 1 looked up from my computer and found Julian standing next to me.

""Hi." I smiled widely upon seeing him.

"It's lunch time, workaholic. Get your things and come with me," he said with a smile on his face. I nodded and grabbed my bag, then went with him. He hadn't done that before. I honestly tried to keep my distance from him at work because I didn't want anybody to talk about us, but Julian didn't give a damn.

"Where would you like to eat?" he asked me, and I shrugged.

"Anywhere"

"Where did you plan on going?" he wondered.

"There's this cafe right across from the company. It has good sandwiches," I replied.

"No, let me take you to a better place." I was surprised when I found his driver waiting for us

"You do know that I only have a forty-minute lunch break, right?" I reminded him.

"You do realize that you're married to the CEO, night" He smirked, making me roll my cyc

We ended up at a very nice restaurant that was only a ten-minute drive away. When we walked inside, I saw Roman Belford inside

us, making me chuckle lightly. I remembered how

Julian. What an amazing coincidence," he greeted us and gave

I looked at Julian's face, I silently prayed that he wouldn't make any comment. Roman and I had known rach other since college, and

have lunch with us?" He motioned to his table where

"No.

I'm here with my wife on a small date." Julian wrapped one arm

Enjoy your day," Roman politely

being seated and handed the menu, I looked at my jealous husband and

he mumbled, and I

looked absolutely handsome in his dark grey helped him choose the tie that morning and 1 loved how it complimented

I assure you that if I feel that a

I will put

I'm also jealous of the fact that he saw your designs, but I didn't." That was a surprise. I didn't know that he cared about seeing my designs that

once we're back, I promised him, making him smile. "In fact, you're looking at one of them." I pointed to

dress I had or

down. I still wasn't used to his compliments. They had a

shook my head. "Good, because it would have sucked if I didn't have my wife with me on our first Christmas as a couple. Whenever he called me his wife, my heart danced in my chest. I was

Lasked him

liked other than racing. He had everything He had watches, perfumes, suits, and ties. I did know that he liked Formula 1, so maybe I could buy him tickets. "What about y There was something that I wanted, but it was expensive, so I wasn't going to ask him to get it for me. I wanted the latest sewing machine. It was for almost twenty thousand dollars, and I

house, jewelry, or a new car?" My eyes widened upon hearing

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