The Accidental Wife by Sara Islam

Chapter 130

"Hey, babe" Everest gives me a peck on my lips as he sits down beside me. I still cannot believe that we have started dating. We have been dating for ten days and I keep telling myself that I'm going to get used to our relationship, but the truth is, I haven't. It's not that I don't like him, I actually like Everest a lot, but I feel like maybe I'm still not mentally prepared yet to get into another relationship. Maybe I like him more than a friend, but less than a boyfriend, if this is even possible. When I officially ended everything with Silas, I told myself I needed time to think everything through. I didn't like how he was waiting for me and I thought to myself that it would be better if I freed him from the shackles of a relationship I wasn't sure I could ever give him again. It's been more than a month, and I still cannot bring myself to forget the look of pain in his eyes. It's been haunting me, and I don't know if I can ever forget it. His speechlessness that day broke my heart into a thousand pieces and all I kept thinking about was that maybe I was wrong. Maybe I needed to give us more time. I didn't want to make him hold onto something that didn't exist, which was hope in our case.

I'm trying to accept the fact that I'm not going to remember anything, but I still haven't made peace with that idea. However, at some point, I realized that the whole situation was hopeless for Silas and me, so I made the decision to walk away to avoid causing him more pain. When I told Kendall and Sabrina about my decision, they supported me, but it was easy to see how neither of them was fully on board with that decision. When I asked them if I acted irrationally, they both had the same answer. They told me I needed to do what I thought was right for me, which didn't ease my agony. "Hey there." I give Everest a wide smile. I have to say, Everest has been incredibly nice to me, and he hasn't tried to force any old memory on me. Instead, he has been trying to help me create new ones. I'm thankful for that. I wasted three months trying to remember those two years and not a single memory came back. On our third date, Ever Everest asked me to be his girlfriend, telling me he understood my confusion. He told me he didn't mind if I never remembered anything, and he was willing to start anew with me. I don't know why, but I found myself saying yes, even though I wasn't completely ready. But s But something about the way he spoke compelled me to do so. I told myself that maybe giving him a chance could help me out. I have been trying to convince myself that my decision wasn't bad, because Everest hasn't done anything wrong, yet Perhaps it's because I

off.

something feels inc feel like I have betrayed Silas and his friends, who were also my friends at some point. Silas has never like Everest, and he has made it pretty clear, but here I am, dating Everest after cutting ties with him. It feels like I have stabbed him in the back

and a huge part of me hate myself for r it.

"What are you working on?" he asks after ordering something for himself. We are at a café near the campus.

"I have this paper due on Tuesday and I want to finish it today," I reply, taking a sip from my water bottle.

"You still have tomorrow," Everest points out, but I shake my head.

"One of the authors

I love is dropping her new novel tomorrow and I know I will spend the whole day reading it," I excitedly say, causing him to chuckle. "What?" I can't help but frown at his reaction. "Rosie, you need to grow up." My frown deepens when he says that. What does growing up have to do with books?

mean?" I

books and join the real life," he casually says. Anger bubbles up inside

be available for kids, I point out. I try to imagine kids reading some of the crime or romance

lifeless people." He shrugs

busy your life is compared to my mother's? She

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it all wrong. I didn't mean it in a bad way. But you're young and you should go out and explore life instead of spending your time fawning over ink on paper." "Thank you for looking out for me, but I can assure you that I'm quite content with my life and I'm already enjoying every aspect of it," I tell him. I hate it when people attack

can say is that

event related to Dad's work and I'm supposed to be there," I tell him.

have anything in mind, so maybe I could be your date for the event," he suggests, and I immediately

you can't. This event is very private, and I cannot bring a plus one," I apologize. This is a lie. I can bring whoever I want, but he doesn't know and I'm grateful

little more than a week. Why does he expect me to introduce him to them this fast? I haven't even told them yet that we

for family members and our very close circle," I explain, hoping he'll understand. "Very close circle? Does that mean that Silas is going to be there?" he wonders. I haven't thought about that, but Silas's family is very

possibility that he

gets to attend these events,

family is very close to my family and there's business between the two families," I explain. Why does he want

an Uber to commute?" he