The Accidental Wife by Sara Islam

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Today is my fashion show. I'm scared and excited at the same time. There are a lot of people in the hall, waiting to see the dresses I have spent a year designing. I'm petrified that I would bring shame to Mum's fashion house. I know that she would never reprimand me if I fail. She would actually try to make me see the positivity in such a terrible situation and do everything in her power to get me not to give up on designing. However, I don't want to do that to her fashion house. Her brand has been a successful one for decades and I don't want to ruin the name she made for herself because I'm not good enough.

"The dress looks so good on you," Mum says, looking at me with admiration. Although I designed sixteen dresses for this fashion show, I asked Mum to design the one I'm going to wear. I love wearing the dresses she specially makes for me. Over the years, I have worn many dresses of her design that were specially made for me and all of them didn't have replicas. Those dresses were one of a kind, just like the one I'm currently wearing.

It's a sleeveless black dress with gold pharaonic drawings on the front. It has a high neck, and the drawings go up to the neck. It perfectly hugs my body and complements my body type, making me feel confident and beautiful.

"You designed it. Of course, it's going to look good on me." I smile at her.

The show is about to start in fifteen minutes and thankfully, everything is set and we're all ready to go. The models have the dresses on and their make-up is done. Everything seems fine and I have already received enough compliments about the design from my close friends and family.

Everybody has said something nice to me, except for one person. My husband. He is nowhere to be seen, and I hate to say this, but part of me expected that. I reminded him yesterday that my fashion show was today, and he promised that he was going to show up. I should have known that it was another empty promise that would break my

heart.

me into a deep hug,

sitting outside?" Naomi asks, expecting her son to be a supportive husband. He used to be a great husband, but the situation has changed a lot. He is no longer like that. I bet he has already forgotten about the fashion show even though he knows

add 'yet' because I'm giving Silas the benefit of the doubt. I'm still hoping that he

away because Silas is the last person I want to talk about now. The thing is, I haven't told my parents a thing about Silas, but I bet they can sense what's been going on. Maybe they're staying silent because they're giving

that he walks through the backstage door, apologizing for being late. I won't even care about his being late. I just want him to show up. I want him to be there for me. Am I

other. For a few minutes, I manage to stop myself from thinking about Silas and the disappointment that is eating me alive. I watch the audience's faces as they

me in the middle. Everybody stands up and claps for me, making my

find my family applauding me with so much pride that my chest threatens to explode with happiness. Kendall is also here

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for Silas. The

told him what not showing up meant and he chose not to

spot his face. "He's not here yet, right?" I ask Kendall. It's a question I know its answer; however, I hope that she has something else to say. I want her to tell me that I'm