The Accidental Wife by Sara Islam

hapter 99

"Rosie, are you in the right state of mind?" Silas asks with a hint of concern in his voice. I know that what I have just said is rather surprising, but I have my

reasons.

"I am and I'm well aware of what I said," I assure him.

"Why on earth would you be willing to do something like that?" he asks, confusion evident in his tone.

"Because I'm bored, Silas, and I want something exciting in my life." My answer seems to shock him. "I'm tired of being the goody good who doesn't lie and is always seen as the cutie who does no wrong. I want something exciting in my life and honestly, I don't think anything can match the excitement of fake-dating." "You're

u're willing to act like my girlfriend because you're bored?" Why is it so hard for him to believe that?

"A little bit of acting never hurt nobody, Silas. Plus, I won't just act with anyone. I trust you and you are the one who got us into this mess, so I guess you should be thanking me. Don't you agree?" I say as I pour the water into the two mugs. "Do you know what we'll have to do if we fake-date?" he asks me.

Do I need to remind him that I'm an avid reader and I have at least read fifty novels that have this trope? The thing that concerns me the most is how those who fake-date tend to fall in love, but I think this won't be the case with Silas and me. "Enlighten me," I say, resting my chin on my palm as my elbow is placed on the kitchen island. Silas is standing on the other side.

"We'll need to go out," he starts and I shrug. Don't we already do that? "You may need to attend a few of my games." I don't mind attending his games. The thing that would worry me the most is the possibility of him being hurt. 13:02 Tue, Sep 17 QB Chapter 99

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people," he points out. "And we will probably need to kiss." My mind takes me back to the event he took me to. I still remember the way his lips felt against mine. Although this kiss made me

He doesn't need to know that I'm blushing because I can't take our kiss out of my mind. I still don't understand why I'm the one who is super calm about the whole thing and he's the one who is freaking out. "Silas, I'm not dying to fake-date you," I say, feeling embarrassed because of his reaction. If anything, I will be doing him a favor.

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don't have to know." I shrug. But I don't think they would be entirely mad about the whole thing. After

him off guard. Honestly, I'm quite surprised myself. I thought I would throw a fit if something like that happened to me, but as stupid as I may seem, I find the whole thing exciting. I have always compared my life to the books I read and whenever I do that, I find my life very boring. Don't get me wrong, I'm very grateful for everything I have, but I just want a little bit of... adventure. My life is very monotonous and nothing new happens, so

a decision now only to regret it in the morning," he tells me. "I don't want to lose this friendship between us."

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want to spend my time and watch movies with him. I love it when we go out for breakfast before our lectures. I love how he sometimes surprises me with coffee whenever we have the same break "Silas, I made up my mind, but it seems that you're the hesitant one here. I won't tell you again that I don't mind doing it, because I don't like the way you make me feel that I'm throwing myself at you." I sigh and pick up the book on the coffee table. "I'm sorry that I made you feel this way. I'm just worried about you. I

Usually, I would be so mad if somebody did that, but I don't mind when Silas does it. He seems to be the exception to a lot of rules I have. "If you want out at any moment,

should we keep doing this?" he

let our parents think that we're dating too, because