The Accidental Wife by Sara Islam

Chapter

82

"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.

1

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

day at pick up, Mum met Aniyah's mum and invited them to our place so my siblings and their

weekend, Aniyah and her mum showed up at our place, but they weren't alone. There was a boy with them

and splash me in the pool whenever the five

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 anything, I check my phone. I'm supposed to be going out with Kendall, my best friend, after

take Lily and Holden to the birthday party, but when Lily told Aniyah that I wasn't going 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 to her. Her parents transformed their backyard into any child's dream. Bouncy castles are everywhere and mermaid-themed decorations are all over the place. There is even an artist for drawing on the children's

dated 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

I don't want to get my knuckles

wasn't exactly a clean one. I caught him cheating on me at a party and when I confronted him 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 sure to make him regret

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 took me to get ice cream. That was the nicest thing he had ever done to me "You don't need to worry about that," I say, typing my reply to

single?" he asks. Why is he

"I am." I reply.

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 he can be to

college?" he asks while looking at me this time, changing

I tell him, taking a sip

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

"Rat Im news

Chapter 32

I'm trying to convince myself of that, because I