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.

hand in mine and pull her

up taking her car this time and she drives to the restaurant where our parents are already waiting. Fortunately, we are only ten minutes late. Rosie easily spots our parents and the moment they see us, they greet us

everything going?"

good," Rosie replies

friends?" Emily asks

to his friends a few days ago and we all spent the day

comfortable around people easily, so to know that she met a group of people whom she has never met before and liked them is

we're spending time together, but we're all wondering why you asked

anxiety. Emily's frown doesn't escape my notice.

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Julian's eyes go wide for a second and Emily

I look at Rosie and see

Mum

"I knew it

was coming." She shrugs and my confusion

minute. Did you expect Silas and me to date?" Rosie finally asks for the

very obvious. I knew it was bound to 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

be

want your feelings to be impacted by my observation,"

same thoughts too?" Rosie asks her

nervously chuckle at Julian's remark. I surely don't want her father to out my feelings for

very surprised that it took you a while to realize that he has feelings for you when you have read hundreds of enemies to lovers," Emily

expect the conversation to stray towards this. I didn't expect her parents to be observant like that. I take a look at Rosie's face and I don't know what to make of her facial expressions. Clearly, she is shocked,

son, but I'm sorry. If he breaks my little girl's heart, I'm going to make him regret