The Accidental Wife by Sara Islam

Chapter 45

I didn't want anybody to know about my panic attacks. I hated how I got one in front of Emily. I didn't want her to think any less of me. One of the side effects of loving Emily was developing a strong fear of loss, a sort of separation issue. I had become scared of losing the p Mom suffered from a heart attack, but luckily, they were able to get everything under control. I was still worried though. I knew that I would still be worried even after I would be able to take her home.

"Here you go." Emily handed Harper, my dad and me cups of coffee.

"Thank you" Harper smiled at her as she took the cup. We were currently in the waiting room, while Mum was in the ICU. We just wanted to wait until she woke up, then we would go home and visit her the next day. Thanks," I mumbled, taking

ng the cup from her."

"Are y

you sure that Rosie is okay with her nanny?" I asked her.

"Yes, she's fine. Her nanny is good and Rosic loves her she assured me. I tensed a little when Emily took a seat beside me. I wanted to run away from her. I didn't want her to see my vulnerability, yet she had seen a huge part of it. "Are you okay?" she whispered. I hated that what happened made her pity me. I didn't want her pity. I wanted her to talk to me and sit beside me, but not out of pity.

"I'm fine." I replied, not looking at her.

"You're lying," she pointed out. She was right. I was lying, but what did she expect me to tell her? Did she expect me to admit that I started getting them after I made her leave?

I could feel her eyes burning through me, but I acted like I didn't notice the way she was staring at me.

"Maybe you should go," I mumbled, without looking at her. "I bet your fiancé doesn't like your being here." When my eyes fell on the ring on her finger, I mentally lost it. I thought that I had a chance. I was trying to get close to her, but from what I had seen, I had totally lost "He's not my fiance." That made me look at her. It was her turn not to look at me. But there was a ring on her finger, so what the hell did it mean! "It's just a promise ring, Julian"

To say that I was relieved would be an understatement.

congratulated you, you didn't say anything. Why?" I couldn't help but

that she was lying. I had come to realize that Emily wasn't a good liar at all. Did she want to make me think that she was engaged? Why would

she didn't care about me and I was nothing to her but Rosie's dad. But if she wanted to make me believe that she got engaged, that meant that

made my knees go weak. How could she still have that control over me even though it had been five years! I was under her spell. Did she realize

"Let's go. She stood up from her place

be able to walk in these?"

long distance." A sheepish smile appeared on

the cafeteria," I told her, and she nodded. "Harper, please call me if Mum wakes up. I'm going to the cafeteria with Amelia to her about something." My sister nodded and Emily and I made our

call her Emily in my mind. I only used that name whenever I was addressing

fus

five years ago, I started speaking when the two of us sat down. I saw how confusion took over her face when I mentioned Jeffrey's name. did you meet

tried to right a small part of my wrongs. You were nowhere to be found, so I decided to take revenge on every person who

a lot of money?" she asked and

was doing to his business. I refused, so he revealed something huge to me. I

"When your mum died, she left her company to you, but Jeffrey stole it. He forged the real documents and the will, taking it all to himself"

a very low price

me

do you mean?"

on developing it for the p years. My only reason behind buying it in the first place was

I had done was for her. I had no other agenda. I

give him money in the first place?" she

one minute afterward and it was already worth way

Britney. What did