The Accidental Wife by Sara Islam

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"Silas,, I swear to God you don't stop moving, I'm going to poke you with the needle," Rosie hisses in frustration. I have recently learned that there's a whole new side of Rosie that only comes out when she's working and it's her hottest side. She is so focused and doesn't let anything snap her out of that state easily. "I'm not even moving!" I exclaim. She is taking my measurements again. This time I have the suite she designed on. According to her, it's far from complete, but she wants to make sure that the measurements are correct before she proceeds. "Your body says otherwise," she snaps, and I roll my eyes. "Arms up!" she orders me and it takes everything in me to prevent myself from laughing. She barely reaches my shoulders, yet the bossiness in her is enough to be distributed among the whole football team. She reminds me of my coach. "All done!" She exhales as she notes down the last measurements in her notebook.

"Can I change now?" I ask and she nods. I make my way to her bedroom and get dressed in my original clothes. I walk out of her bedroom and make my way to the living room. She is sitting on the loveseat, completely lost in her own world.

I know what's wrong with her. Today, we're going to meet our parents and will tell them that we're dating. She hasn't told her parents anything yet, so she is extra nervous. I'm the one who is supposed to be nervous, not her.

I

I'm not worried about telling Emily and Julian that I'm dating their daughter. I'm more concerned about what I will be telling them in three months. They're going to think that I broke their girl's heart and that is the last thing I want to do. I know that they love me and I don't want to lose the love they have for me because of the inevitable break-up.

to waste.

I told Mum the truth, but Rosie doesn't know that Mum knows. I only told her because I wanted her to help me out with turning Rosie from being my fake girlfriend to being my actual girlfriend. I'm not even sure if this is possible or not, but I have a chance that I don't want When I took her to meet some of my teammates and their girlfriends, I loved the way she seemed to get along with them. But that wasn't my favorite part of the day. When she sat on my lap, it was so hard for me to remind myself that what we had wasn't real. How was I supposed to convince myself of that when everything seemed so real? The way her head rested on my shoulder and how I played with 1/5

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her hair made me think that we had atual chemistry.

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"It's going to be okay, overthinker," I say as I poke her arm to get her out of her thoughts.

"This is my first time lying to them," she says, looking up at me. 30% 30%

"Do you want us to tell them the truth?" I won't be comfortable telling them that I'm fake dating their daughter, but if this is going to make her comfortable, I don't mind. I will do anything she wants. She stays silent for a few seconds before shaking her head. "No, I want to keep this between us. I don't want them to be more protective than they already are," she decides. I feel bad about telling my mum, but I trust her opinion and I'm going to need her input if I want to keep Rosie as my girl.

in mine

already waiting. Fortunately, we are

everything going?" Julian

replies with

new friends?" Emily asks

says a little bit nervously. "Silas introduced me to his

Rosie doesn't get comfortable around people easily, so to know that she met a group of people whom she has never met before and liked

time together, but we're all wondering why you asked to see us all

look at Rosie and reach for her hand to calm down her anxiety. Emily's frown doesn't escape my notice. I'm not sure how they're going to take the news, but

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and I are... dating," Rosie speaks. Julian's eyes go

tells Julian. I look at Rosie

a bet?" Mum asks

"I knew it

was coming." She shrugs and my

me to date?" Rosie finally asks for the two of us since I have

happen," Emily says and my conflicting thoughts erupt again inside of me. So, Emily has always known that I'm in love with her daughter, hasn't she? That's what she means, right? My mind reminds me that my feelings may real, but whatever it is between us is not. This is enough to make guilt start gnawing at my guts. "But... you've never

be

want your feelings to

you had the same thoughts too?"

I surely don't want her father to out my feelings for her. His daughter isn't aware of my feelings and I don't want her to find out this

a while to realize that he has feelings for you

make of her facial expressions. Clearly, she is shocked, but her shock isn't enough to tell me about the thoughts in her mind. "Enough of that. The poor girl can't take all of that

your son, but I'm sorry. If he breaks my little girl's heart, I'm going to make him regret it," Julian jokes with my