The Accidental Wife by Sara Islam

Chapter 192

Rosie and I are going to attend a party tonight. This is the first party to attend with her according to Andrea's instructions. Rosie doesn't seem to be all right. She has been like that since yesterday and I don't know what's wrong with her. All I know is that I hate seeing her in this state...

"Rosie, if you don't want to go, we don't have to," I tell her when I see her standing in front of the mirror. She has been staring at her reflection for more than thirty seconds and I can tell that she is zoned out. I came to our bedroom a while ago to get dressed since the suit I wanted to wear wasn't at the guest room. I was going to take the suit back to my new bedroom, but she told me I was welcome to stay and get dressed in our bedroom.

"W-What? No, I'm good." She turns around and smiles at me, but just like she knows me like the back of her hand, I know her too. She's an open book to me and right now, I'm seeing a troubled version of her, which makes me feel that she's hiding something from me. "Is there anything you want to tell me? Did something happen? I ask, approaching her. I don't want her to think that I'm forcing her to talk, but at the same time, I don't want her to suffer in silence. I want her to be sure that I'll always have her back no matter what. She used to tell me that I was the shoulder she could lean on; however, I'm not sure if I'm still that shoulder.

"Nothing to worry about," she insists, keeping that fake smile on her face. I sigh and nod, not wanting to pressure her. I just hope that she turns to me if it gets too much.

"Okay, cupcake. I just want to make sure that everything is fine," I tell her with a smile.

We head to my car. We have a security guard and a driver with us tonight in the same car. I know that there will be many reporters tonight, so I don't want to divert my attention away from Rosie. There is also another car that's following us where three other guards are inside. I'm worried about Rosie. I don't want anything to threaten her sense of peace, so I want to provide her with enough protection.

After forty minutes, we arrive at the venue where the party is being held. The moment we step out of the car, we get blinded by camera flashes. I reach for Rosie's hand and hold it tightly, not wanting her hand to slip away from mine. She's not in her best state already, so I don't want to make her feel worse.

"Is it true that you two are getting a divorce?"

"Are you going to quit football, Silas?"

handling

that your husband is an addict,

stop her before she says

suggest you bury whatever ill thoughts you have six feet under," she confidently says before she gives my hand a gentle tug and we continue walking until we arrive inside the venue. "You didn't have to answer any of their questions, you know," I tell her once we reach

told the reporter that she loved me, and I want to ask

sure if I'm allowed to do that or not, but I want to kiss her. I miss the sweet

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Rosie's back. I'm not doing is because I'm putting on a show, so everybody believes that we're okay. My hand is on her back because I want to feel her skin against mine. I want her to stay close to me because I miss how close we

are you returning to the field. Silas?" Somebody

two weeks," I

bet you're excited." he comments and I

be grave. I'm dying to return to the field, but lately, I have been wondering if football is really the thing I want to do for at least the next ten or fifteen years of my life. I want to have a family with Rosie and if I want to be a parent, I need to

to dance?" Rosie asks me

I say. She smiles and slips her hand into mine, then we both head