The Accidental Wife by Sara Islam

Chapter 39

I had a daughter.

I had a daughter with Emily.

Going back to

kto my car

car wasn't easy. I had to force my legs to take me there. I was having a panic attack. I didn't get them a lot, but when the pressure got too nich. I usually experienced them.

I placed my hands on the steering wheel and focused on them just like Cara taught me. She told me that I needed to focus on something and counting from one to fifty slowly.

It took me a few minutes to calm down a little and the moment I did. I called Cara. She knew that I only called her when it was urgent, so it didn't take her a lot of time to answer. "C-Cara. I have a daughter." 1

1 stammered, hoping my voice was clear enough

"What? What do you mean she sounded shocked. I was shocked too.

"I have a daughter. I saw her today," I told her.

"With Emily?" she asked.

"What am I supposed to do. Cara! I saw her today with Emily and when I approached them, Emily didn't deny anything and she she n

named her

Roulie." I ran my fingers through my hair. I was much calmer now, but I still wasn't okay.

"What would you like to do, Julian? Do you want to have a relationship with your daughter!" she asked me.

yes! I want to

want to be a part a part

of her life. I want h

want her to know that she has a father," I quickly replied.

"Then talk to Emily. Tell her what you want. Did you feel like she doesn't want you to be in Rosie's life?"

""I. I don't think

so. I think she isn't going to stop in my way," I said. I wasn't in my best state when I was talking to Emily, but she didn't make me feel that she was opposed to the idea of my being in Rosie's life. I felt my phone vibrate in my hand and I saw a number on the screen, Whose "Okay, I want you to call her, ask to meet with her, and tell her all that you want," Cara told me.

"Alright. Thanks, Cara." I mumbled and took a deep breath,

than an hour and it was already easy for me to remember her beautiful face. I opened my WhatsApp when I saw that I received a message from the same number that called me. "Hey Julian, this is Amelia. Are you okay! Please call me. So that

if she were waiting

used to her new name, but it wasn't easy. She was my Emily,

for dinner tonight to properly talk." I was glad that she was easily willing to talk. I was glad that she wasn't making the situation

by 6:30. Is that alright?" I wanted to talk. I wanted to see

the best terms, but did she tell Rosie anything bad about me? Did Rosie know that she had

her that I had a daughter, but I didn't want to

know what Rosie liked, but I felt like I wanted to get her something. Knowing Emily, she was probably

up Billing the cart in front of me with

and bought six cupcakes. I didn't know what she liked, so

big

sent me and I had to say, I was proud of her for what she managed to achieve. Her house was amazing, I wasn't that it suited her. She did it all by herself. I didn't like the fact that she lived that far away from me. A freaking forty-minute drive. At exactly 6:30, I rang

of toys all at

had changed into some jeans and a pink blouse. Her pair was pulled up in a ponytail and she almost didn't have makeup on

ine a polite unile

-

she likes cupcakes, so I bought these, I told Emily, handing her the box

plan on winning her heart tonight," she

remembered how she would take me to the kitchen after a long day at work to serve me the food she made when she used to go home before me. I felt a pang in my

I thought we could talk here before you properly meet her," Emily said and

you sure she's not going to listen to us?"

little girl watching Tangled. She was

For it.

her favorite,"

like it's yours, I wanted to

is she?" I asked, keeping my eyes on the tablet. She was holding a teddy bear in her arms as her

"When is her birthday!"

*September fifth."

"Middle name?"

"Lela

deep breath and

find out that you were

one week after I moved away from California." Emily looked at me for a moment as

you why didn't you contact

to say some things

no right to ask her that question, but part of me wanted to know why she decided to disappear instead. "I would have done anything you wanted, you know? I would have

here for Rosie, not me," she reminded me. What if I was here for her too? "As I told you before, I didn't want to get in contact with you after I managed to

that she has a father?"

father who loves her so much. She knows that you send her toys on her birthdays and Christmas and actually, the teddy bear she's holding now is supposedly from you. You got it for her on her fourth birthday." I breathed out in relief when she "I would never make Rosie hate you for something you have done to me, Julian. When I looked up, I saw her eyes

did you explain my absence to her?" I

lie most parents tell their children. I told her you are working in a place with no internet or phones." I let out a light laugh at the naïve lie. "I didn't really know what else 1 could tell her. I loved the way her cheeks reddened. I wanted to hold her and kiss them like I use "I have written many letters and told her that they were from you. I have been preparing her for this day, Julian. I know