The Accidental Wife by Sara Islam

Chapter 43

This step was important. Rosie had to spend some time with Julian and his family on her own without me.

"You're going to behave nicely, okay? Do not cause them any trouble," I told my little angel before kissing her cheek. I knew that she wasn't going to cause them any trouble. Rosie was well behaved and over the past two weeks, she had gotten used to them. She had even met her cousins and they became instant friends.

It was Saturday, and she was going to sleep over at the Kensington household. Julian and Harper along with her husband and kids were also going to

I was invited to stay over too, but I politely declined as I wanted her to be alone with them. I wanted her to be comfortable around them when I wasn't around.

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I also needed to spend some time with Matt as I had barely seen him over the past two weeks.

"Here are her things. If anything happens call me. She doesn't really

get fussy easily, but if she does, just ask her what's bothering her. I have been teaching her how to express her emotions, so I believe everything will be good. She's allergic to peanuts, so don't give her peanut butter." I was rambling "Hey, hey," Julian stopped me, and I did to catch my breath. "Everything will be fine. I know that she's allergic to peanuts. I know that this is your first time leaving her alone. If you're worried, you're more than welcome to stay here." "No, I want her to be with you without me," I insisted.

"As you like. If you get worried about her at any time, call me no matter what the time is, Julian told me, and I nodded.

night with him. He planned on taking me on a date and I was going to stay over at his place. He was excited that we were going to spend the day together. I was excited too, but my excitement didn't matc It took me an hour to arrive at his place. I parked

opened the door for me. He wrapped his arms around my

He made me

I used to be comfortable around Julian. He was my first true love, and nobody was able to make me

been a terrible girlfriend, but I promise I will

knew Matt loved me more than I loved him, but the thing was, I had no love in me like I used to. I wasn't capable of loving anybody the

taking me tonight?" I asked, placing my head on his shoulder as

fancy place, That's why I told

I whispered,

with her dad's family?" he wondered. Rosie and Matt got along well. It was important for me to make him understand that Rosie was very important in my life and if she wasn't

figure in her life," he said, and I nodded

place for us. There were candles everywhere and a violinist was playing a soft melody in the background. "You did this all for me?" I was in pure awe. He went out of his way to make

and I was lucky to have him. Sometimes, 1 felt like fate was giving me a second chance at love with Matt and if I

of us sat down and soon, the waiter brought us our food. He had even ordered my favourite. Everything he had done tonight was according to my liking and although I should have been happy, fear

from his place and extended his hand

know why his touch felt foreign. That was adding more to my guilt. Any girl would be over the moon will a man like Matthew, so why wasn't I?