The Accidental Wife by Sara Islam

Chapter 72

"I miss you, Mommy," my sweet daughter murmured as she lay down by my side. She had been sitting like that for a while. When Harper tried to take her, she refused. She wasn't causing me any discomfort anyway. She was small against me and wasn't

hurting my wounds.

"I miss you too, cupcake." I kissed her head. Originally, I didn't want Julian to bring her because I worried that she might get scared of seeing me in the hospital bed with needles in my arm and bandages around my body. However, when Julian called and told me how she w she might not see me again, thinking that I went to the same place I told her her father was at for four years, my heart cracked. I couldn't do that to her again.

"You're coming back home, right?" she asked, staring up at me with her beautiful big blue eyes. I hated the fear and uncertainty I saw in them.

"I promise I'm coming back," I assured her, rubbing her arm. "Have I ever broken a promise I made to you?" She slowly shook her head. "Just give Mommy a couple of days to get better. I will be back home before you know it." A small smile appeared on her lips as she noc "Honey, it's time to go." Harper told Rosie.

"Can I just stay for five more minutes?" she requested.

"Yes, cupcake," Julian answered on behalf of his sister. We could all notice how anxious she was, which was out of character when it came to her, so if five more minutes were going to help her calm down, we didn't mind granting her that.

"I love you, Mommy," she whispered, pushing herself up to kiss my check.

"And I adore you," I said, wrapping one arm around her. She stayed in my embrace for a little while and thankfully, she left with Harper without crying.

I watched as Julian went to speak to one of the guards outside my room and when he came back, he took a seat beside me and reached for my hand.

"Are you feeling alright?" he asked me, and I nodded.

"Julian, the couch doesn't look comfortable at all. Maybe you should go home. I'll be fine on my own," I said, but he shook his head.

"Not leaving you. You're stuck with me." He stuck his tongue out at me, making me laugh a little.

"Don't complain then if you wake up with back pain." I shrugged.

want to be alone. I wasn't as petrified as I was when I first

I asked Julian who helped me put on one of his

He kissed my forehead as he helped me to

you should steal

it. You're the one who brought it for me," I

my clothes look way better on you."

it. As Julian

Instead of helping me to walk towards the door, Julian picked me up me and put me inside the car. As promised,

that nobody would invade our

Julian with me made my stay way

on my own.

I was going to be using them for the next two weeks. Julian opened the front

ran towards me and for a moment, I feared that she might expect me to carry her. Instead,

Mommy!" she cautiously asked me. "You told me she

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pointing to where my wounds were. I like to explain everything to her and keep her in the know. Yes, she was a child, but even if it was hard to explain son that it was better to let them know the truth. As a parent, it was my role to simplify things for her. Julian walked towards her and picked her up, bringing her closer to me. I wrapped one arm around

miss you," I told

miss you too." I was in love

of us headed towards the living room and I gasped when I

walking towards me. She carefully wrapped her arms around me and I did the same. "I was so so so scared of

that to get rid

all showered me with me made me want to cry. It still made me overwhelmed to see people loving me like that. I wasn't sure if I could ever get used to

stay here, honey? We can take better care