The Accidental Wife by Sara Islam

Chapter 52

I was fuming. He told her I was going to send her away? Why would he do that? How the hell did he find the audacity to tell that to my own daughter? I knew Rosie wasn't going to lie to me. She had no reason to lie to me. "Mommy did I do something wrong! You look angry." Rosie said in a quiet voice as she took a couple of steps towards me.

My anger lessened when my eyes fell on her. 1 picked her up and kissed her cheek. "You did nothing wrong, cupcake. I'm not angry with you at all,"

I assured her. "I need you to understand this well, okay! You're always going to live with me, and I won't let anybody come between us, yeah!" She slowly nodded. I kissed her cheek and set her down.

"Guys, I need you to stay with her. I need to go somewhere," I told Maya and Sam.

"Where do you want to go?" Sam frowned as he stood up

"To see Mail, I want to know how the hell he was thinking to tell my daughter something like that,

"Maybe it's just a misunderstanding." Maya suggested. "Rosie, when did he tell you that?"

"A few days ago," Rosie mumbled, looking at all of us. She seemed a bit shaken, and I didn't know what to do to make her feel better.

"Okay, sweetheart. How did he say that to you?" Maya asked her cautiously. We all saw her state, so we didn't want to scare her more than she was already seared

I sat down beside Maya and reached for my daughter's hand. "You're not in any sort of trouble, Rosie. We just want to know why Matt told you

that

"One day, we were watching Disney movies and he told me

he wanted to watch a football game," she started talking. "I asked him not to change the channel, but he didn't listen to me. I told him that Daddy lets me watch cartoon and he told me that it's good I love Daddy because I'm going to live with him forever." I was doing my best to control my anger in front of her. "What else did he say, cupcake?"

"I got scared when he told me that and told him that I want to live with you, but he said that he's going to make a new family with you, and I have to live with Daddy because

you would need my room." I was going to kill him for what he had done. "He told me not to tell you anything or I'd be a bad girl and you'd send me to Daddy sooner."

He wanted to make sure that she wasn't going to say anything to me.

"That's not going to happen, baby girl. You can stay at Daddy's place for as long as you want, but the moment you want to come back here, Daddy or 1 will do that I wanted her to feel safe.

I stood up again and grabbed my phone.

"Are you going to see him!" Sam asked, earning a nod from me. "I'm coming with you." I was going to refuse, but then I thought it might be better to have him with me.

■"Okay, let's go"

Sam drive since I was too angry to do

that his plant Did he think that I was going to give up on my daughter for him? I made it clear more than once that she was my priority,

to make promises I wasn't sure if

"Would you I

go upstairs with

wanted him

car. The light wind blew my

was home or not,

him to answer. It took him less than a minute to do so. I could tell that he was surprised upon hearing my

he saw Sam

okay!"

I replied, looking at him. It wasn't easy to stay composed before

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Chapter 32

happen!"

widened. He probably thought that she wasn't going to tell me anything. "Did you? I hissed when he stayed silent. "I didn't mean it like that,"

mean it? Because I can't seem to find any other meaning behind your words" 1

hands in frustration, then let them down. He didn't have anything to say. "I was only trying to get her to listen to me

to scare her? That

"That was the on

to my mind, Amelia he

think that I was eventually going to send

to us. Rosie has all your attention and now that Julian is in the picture, you barely pay attention to us!" he angrily exclaimed. He hadn't

have any issue with me, you don't have the right to take it on my daughter!" I

This is unbearable! You

even allowing me to discipline her

not her father!"

life more than her father has been. By now, the two of us were standing so close to

wasn't his choice! That was my

Rosie to

tired of this," I mumbled, taking off the promise

taken over his

I wasn't going to let him guilt-trip me. I didn't ask him to move here for me. "I have been clear from the very beginning

didn't say anything and turned to

said before following me out of

there to protect me in case something bad happened. He was the brother I never had, and I was more than lucky to

you alright?" Sam asked me once we got in the

if I told you I am?" I