The Accidental Wife by Sara Islam

Chapter 139

"How are you feeling, Rosie?" my therapist asks me. She always asks me this question. Usually, I can interpret my feelings into words, but today, I can't do it. I don't know how to explain to her that I have never felt this confused in my entire life. puzzled and perplexed. I thought when I first got out of the accident that I had reached the ultimate level of confusion, but I guess what I'm feeling now is way more confusing." I do my best to express how I'm feeling. "What's making you confused?" she asks and I take a deep breath.

"I'm

"Silas has been hanging out with another girl," I start, looking at her for a second before looking down again. "I'm not supposed to feel jealous or upset, but... I do." I raise my head to look at her again.

"But didn't you say that you weren't sure of your feelings for him?" she wonders and I nod. "Then why do you feel jealous?"

"I think I made a terrible mistake." I sniff, trying to prevent myself from crying even though she has made it pretty clear that this is a safe place for me to cry. "Leaving Silas was one of the worst mistakes of my life, and I hate that it took me seeing him with another girl to realize that." do you want to do?" she asks.

"And

what

""What I Why can't what I want

I to do is knock on his door and apologize. I want to tell him that I want to be with him again and I want to give us a genuine chance this time, but I can't do that." My tears betray me as they roll down my cheeks. 't you do do that?" She sets her pen down as she looks at me.

moment before my eyes move to the plant placed in one of the corners I tilt my head back, staring at the plain ceiling for a moment before my eyes move to the plant placed in one of the corners of the room. I have always like the décor of her office. It makes me feel at ease and and comfortable. "Because I hurt him enough and it doesn't feel right to jump back into his life once he is starting to move on. What kind of person would I be? I can't do that to Sillas. He doesn't deserve that at all. I want him happy and if...if his happiness means that he should be away I stay away from him.

I don't want to stay away from him. When he held me in the hallway after I told him I remembered something, I wanted to hold onto him as long as I could. I didn't want him to let me go.

"Sometimes, things don't go our way in life, Rosie, and I know that it's hard, but we need to learn to accept whatever happens. We're not in control of everything," my therapist tells me and I wipe my tears.

stupidity," a sob escapes me even though I'm trying to calm "The thing is, I was in control once, but I lost it because of my stupidity," a sob escapes me even though I'm trying to calm myself

You

we need to work on now is come to terms with your new reality,"

is part of it too. When I woke up with that memory in my head, the first thing I did was rush to his place. I had this image in my head I thought he was going to

Maisie. He took me to the hallway when I refused to get inside his apartment. When I told him, he had the biggest smile on his face and hugged me like usual." I sadly smile when I remember his reaction. "I said something to him and he told me that Maisie wasn't his girlfriend. I'm not gonna lie, I was relieved, but... I have a feeling that it's only a matter of time." "So if she's not his girlfriend, what's stopping you?"

have a boyfriend... I need to break up with him. I don't feel comfortable in our relationship, but I can't just go back to

feel safe around Everest?" she asks. "I don't think he would hit me, but emotionally, I don't feel safe around me. I constantly feel like I need to defend myself and my actions. Relationships shouldn't be like that." I rub my forehead. I don't know when things may calm down, but I really can't take it anymore. "Listen, Rosie. I I don't really trust Everest, so maybe when you break up with him make sure that you have somebody you trust in the same place as you or at least close to you," my therapist suggests. The first person who comes to my mind is Šilas, but I don't want to bring him into this I can easily ask my

I

Knox. I haven't talked to Knox in a while, but I know that he's a great friend. He makes Sabrina happy

!

than sorry." I smile a little. "What do you

I

I want you to spend a day by yourself, but not inside your apartment. I want you to go out and do something you love. When you come back, write down how you felt throughout the day," she replies and I nod. Maybe I need to do that. Maybe

place, I call Kendall to catch up with her. I haven't spoken to her in a week and that hasn't been the

my life now with how it once was before. I need to accept

anymore.

back home, I head to the supermarket to get a few things I need. I don't know why fate loves playing games with me, but while I'm filling my cart with

don't understand why I always bump into him. It's like there's a magnet

cheerfully says when he notices me. Is that all

but my smile doesn't reach

he knows me so well. "Nothing. I just had a session with my therapist and it was a heavy one," I tell him, putting something random in my cart. "Rosic, there are raspberries