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 so my siblings

up at our place, but they weren't alone. There was a boy with them and he seemed

might be friends, but oh man was I wrong. That boy liked to prank me, snoop through my stuff, and splash me in the pool whenever the

I have put up with his arrogance and terrible personality. Well, it isn't that terrible, because he is sometimes nice to me, but I try not to trust him so much because Silas cannot be trusted, "Keep up the act of hating me and I might believe it." He chuckles, taking a sip from the energy drink in his hand. Instead of saying

Einle sister, and I

once when I was fifteen and that relationship did not last for more than seven months. He said that I was boring and a prude

not as bad as your ex. I don't want to get my knuckles bruised again." He doesn't look at me as

that I was the one who drove him to do that because I refused to sleep with him.

night. 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

he asks. Why is he so

"I am." I reply.

to know that he is single. Silas doesn't like any sort of commitment, and this is widely known in our social circle. He plays football and is widely popular. I have seen how girls 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

he asks while looking at me this time,

taking a sip from

your joining the same university as me.

He nods "Rat Im news det

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