The Accidental Wife by Sara Islam

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"Rosie is here! It must be my lucky day." But this is certainly not my lucky day. It's

effortless to detect that voice. Silas Cromwell. The most annoying human being on earth. Had it not been for his sister's birthday. I would have punched him in the face, but I don't want to ruin the fun. The little girl doesn't deserve that from me. "I can't miss the opportunity to see you," I sarcastically say as I turn around to face him. Either he has grown taller, or I have shrunk.

"Oh, I know you're in love with me." He smirks, making me laugh.

"More like in love with the idea of strangling you."!

"I point out.

Sometimes, we wish we could get rid of some people in our life. Silas Cromwell is somebody I want to get rid of, but it's almost impossible.

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How can I get rid of him when his sister, Aniyah, is best friends with Lily and Holden, my siblings? Out of every single person in their school, did they have to pick his sister to be friends with?

He has been getting on my nerves since day one. I remember when Lily and Holden came to Mum one day, telling her that they had made a new friend at school and her name was Aniyah

up, Mum met Aniyah's mum and invited them to our place

showed up at our place, but they weren't alone. There was

to prank me, snoop through my stuff, and splash me in the pool whenever the five

but I try not to trust him so much because Silas cannot be trusted, "Keep up the act of hating me and

to attend, she begged me to come, and I couldn't say no to that little girl. She is like my Einle sister, and I can't say no

relationship did not last for more than seven months. He said that I was

need to make sure that he is not as bad as your ex. I don't want to get my knuckles bruised again." He doesn't look at

about the whole thing, he said that I was the one who drove him to do that because I refused to sleep with him. He called me a bunch of names at that party, but Silas was there, and he made

I thought he was going to give me the "I told you so speech, because he did tell me before that my ex wasn't a good person. Instead, he held me as I cried and

asks. Why is he so interested in my love

"I am." I reply.

act around him, yet he doesn't give them his attention at all "Expected"1 shrug. I have always wondered why he doesn't date, but I haven't found it in me to ask him that question out loud. I don't want him to know that I find myself thinking about him. About how infuriating

asks while looking at me this

excited about the new football season," I tell him, taking

me. I'm trying to forget about that, but I know Silas

excited" He nods "Rat Im news

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a huge campus, Silas, I don't think we're going to bump into each other." I'm trying to convince myself of that, because I surely don't want to