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,

her beautiful face. I opened my WhatsApp when I saw that I received a message from the same

if she were waiting for my

her new name, but it wasn't easy. She was my Emily, the girl who captivated my

and me 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 harder than it

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

did she tell Rosie anything bad about me? Did Rosie know that she

of questions roamed my head and I wasn't sure if I could wait until 6:30. I wanted to call Mum and tell her that I had a daughter, but I didn't want to tell her anything before I at least had a few answers. I

felt like I wanted to get her something.

too. Did she like dolls or cars? Perhaps legos? I ended up Billing the cart in front of me

cupcakes. I didn't know what she liked, so I ended

big

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

her that amount of

opened the door for me and I sucked in a breath. She was as breathtaking as ever. She had changed into some jeans and a pink blouse. Her pair was pulled up

ine a polite

-

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

on winning her heart tonight,"

I felt like I was five years younger. I 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

done, but I thought we could talk here before you properly meet her," Emily

not going to listen

turned the tablet before her towards me and I saw my little girl watching Tangled. She was so into the movie, reminding me of Emily's

For it.

her favorite," Emily

yours, I wanted to tell

my eyes on the tablet. She was holding a teddy bear in her arms as her eyes were glued to the screen. She looked adorable. "She's four," Emily replied,

"When is her birthday!"

*September fifth."

"Middle name?"

"Lela

a deep breath and asked her another

"When did you find out that you were

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

why didn't you contact me after finding out about

was hard to say some things

in her tone. I had 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

here for her too? "As I

that she has a father?" I asked,

that she has a 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

explain my absence to her?"

like I use "I have written many letters and told her that they were from you. I have