The Accidental Wife by Sara Islam

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"What has your undivided attention like that?" Maisie snaps me out of my thoughts. Since we both have a gap, we're having lunch together. It's been ten days since we started to casually date. I really like spending my time with Maisie. She knows how to put me in a good mood and distract me from everything I'm trying to stop thinking about. But when I'm alone at night, Rosie is the one who occupies my mind and hear.

"Nothing important. I saw an article about a novel Rosic likes that is about to be turned into a movie," I answer her truthfully. Maisie and I are always honest with each other, so even if it's something about Rosie, I always tell her if she asks. "Do you think she's going to be excited about that?" she wonders!

"Excited, but she's surely going to overthink the whole process. She prefers when books get turned into tv shows, not movies," I reply, setting my phone down.

"Why?

"Because TV shows have more time than movies and she doesn't like it when directors omit parts of the story," I tell her. "Enough about Rosie. How's that paper you've been struggling with?" I change the subject.

"It's going to be the death of me." She buries her head in her folded arms resting on the table for a second. "But I don't have much left. I think I will be done with it tomorrow."

"So if I would like to take you out tonight, would that be convenient with your schedule?" I wonder.

s as she nods.

"Yes." She grins a

"Is there anywhere you'd like to go to?" I ask her.

"Not really.

You

I can surprise me," she says.

"Do you want to do something before or after having dinner?" I ask her. I don't know her enough to surprise her with a full plan and I don't want us to do something she won't enjoy. "Well, I'm in the mood for bungee jumping, but since we can't do that, we can just have dinner," she says, making me chuckle.

"Yeah, it's going to to be hard to go bungee jumping now, but we can plan something like that later," I tell her with a grin. "But we can go ice skating if you want?" I suggest. I'm not sure if this is something she will enjoy or not, but I know how much Rosie enjoys ice skating. "I'm not a fan of falling on my butt." She chuckles, standing up. "I gotta go now, but I will see you tonight." She leans towards me and we share a quick kiss before she leaves the place. Our kisses are usually short. They're not intimate or full of longing, We just kiss because couples kiss. Nothing else.

After a while, I get up too and make my way to my lecture. On my way there, I spot Knox and Sabrina, so I jog over to them.

"Hey guys," I say.

no see,"

but I have seen you at our last game,"

leaning on Knox who kisses her temple. I love their

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go now, but I will see you tonight!" Sabrina waves us goodbye, then

seven!" Knox tells her and she nods before rushing to

want to know who they're going out with, because usually, I'm the one who tags

we're going out with Rosie tonight. Sabrina doesn't want to leave her alone." Worry instantly fills

Rosie okay?" I ask, hoping the answer is

okay. We just want to make sure that she's fine." It takes me a moment to process what

heard him talking about

Turns out he was only with her because he wanted to benefit from her family, Knox fills me in, and I curse under my breath. who was trying to use her. I don't want her Not again. It took her a lot of time when she was young to get over the friend go through that again. Do her parents know? Is there anything I can do to make it better

check on on her. Wh When did did they break up?" I ask Knox. The fact

shouldn't be the case. Rosie was my

I do is nod.

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Rosie. I know her better than them, and I'm a hundred percent sure that she's not doing as well as

for her. Once the professor announces that the lecture is over, I practically dash out of the classroom and take my phone out of my pocket. I call her and to my surprise, she doesn't pick up. Rosie always picks up. The only

calling her again, but she doesn't pick up. I don't even know her schedule, so I'm not sure if she

campus.

can't believe that she chose to tell Knox and Sabrina but didn't tell me. Does she want me out of her life? Have I been that

of.

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towards hers. I just want to see her with my own eyes to make sure that

she opens it for me and to say I'm relieved would be an understatement. I

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my arms around her body and kissing the top of her head

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she asks when we pull away. She looks like she has been

you," I say, looking at her face. "I called,