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.

didn't say anything. Why?" I couldn't

that Emily wasn't a good liar at all. Did she want to

clear that she didn't care about me and I was nothing to her but Rosie's dad. But

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 that I

She stood up from her place and only then did I notice the heels she

going to be able to walk in these?"

distance." A sheepish smile

wakes up. I'm going to the cafeteria with Amelia to her about something." My sister nodded and Emily and I made our way to

here in California for a while, yet I couldn't call her Emily in my mind. I only used that name whenever I was

fus

I started speaking when the two of us

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 hurt you Starting from Britney to Jeffrey, Maggie

started to lose a lot of money?" she asked and

came to me one day and begged me to stop what I was doing to his business. I refused, so he revealed something huge to me. I took a deep

to you, but Jeffrey stole it. He forged the real documents and the will, taking it all to

me that, I couldn't find it in my heart to do anything to the company anymore, so I offered to buy it from him at a very low price and he agreed."

me

mean?" She frowned. past

I bought it and I have been working on developing it for the p years. My only reason behind buying it in

her. Everything I had done was for her. I

you even buy it and give him

one minute afterward and it was already worth way more than five million dollars, 1 didn't want to bother myself with legal matters,"

did you do to her?" she asked in a