The Accidental Wife by Sara Islam

Christmas break starts in exactly four days and today, Silas is takingto the gathering his team is holding. |

asked him if | could bring Sabrina and luckily, he said | could. | have already bought his Christmas gift and I can't

wait to give it to him. | bought him tickets for the next gof his favorite football team.

My doorbell rings and | get up to open the door. | know that this is Silas.

"Don't you look beautiful." | blush at his compliment. I'm wearing sblack leggings and an oversized sweater.

"Thank you." | grin and give him a quick hug.

"Ready to go?" | nod and grab my bag off the kitchen island.

"It's cold today. Is this heavy enough? Do you need a jacket?" he asks just before | close the door.

"My jacket! Thank you!" | rush back inside and bring my jacket. | put it on the couch to remind myself to take it,

but as always, | ended up forgetting it.

"Is Sabrina going to meet us there?" Silas asksas we get in his car.

"Yeah, she lives close to the house," | say as | fasten my seatbelt.

"Do you plan on givinganother show in the car, cupcake?" He smirks and | roll my eyes.

"Nope, you're not worthy of my amazing shows, icing." | stick my tongue out oat him. "Tellabout ssongs

that you like."

"Why?" he asks.

"Just tell me!" | insist. He stays silent for a few seconds, then tellsabout a few songs, Luckily, | know sof

them too. "Okay, I'm gonna put one of them on and we're going to sing them at the top of our lungs." "At the top

of our lungs?" he says, sounding skeptical.

"Yes." | nod. "Trustthis is the best way to get rid of negative energy." | grew up with a mum who loves

blasting her favorite songs around the house. Until now, she dances with my siblings on their favorite songs just

like how she used to do with me.

1/3 Chapter Ill

"Fortunately, | don't feel like | have any negative energy in me, but let's terribly sing at the top of our lungs,

Rosie," he agrees and 1 excitedly cap.

1 put on a song and start to sing along. At first, | notice how shy he seems and it takes him around a minute to

loosen up. It doesn't take us a lot of tto sing aloud, earning, the attention of the people around us in the

surrounding cars even though our windows are up. "How does it feel like?" | ask him once the song comes to an

end)

"Pretty good actually," he says with a wide smile. "Maybe we should do that more often"

""Deal" | beam.

Soon, we arrive at the house and we make our way to the front door. | love the way his arm is casually draped

over my shoulders. He rings the doorbell and Dave opens the door for us

"Hi guys," he says, letting us in. "Good to see you again, Rosie"

"Good to see you too, Dave" | smile at him.

"Rosie! You're here!" Alexa welcomesas she pullsinto a hug.

"You're here early this time!" | say, wrapping my arms around her.

The doorbell rings again and this

time, Knox goes to open the door. When I look around, I realize that there are more people here than the last

time. Silas toldyesterday that having a Christmas gathering at this house before the beginning. of Christmas

break had been a tradition for many years even b They bring a variety of fast food and for all day long, they keep

on playing different games and just have fun.

"Rosie, your friend is here!" Knox announces as I'm taking off my jacket. | turn around and find Sabrina already

making her/ way towards me.

"Hello there!" We give each other a quick hug. I introduce her to everyone and I can't help but notice the way

Knox keeps his eyes on her.

"Are you guys ready to play Act It Out?" Natalie hollers excitedly

"We're very competitive, so you better prepare yourself," Silas tellsas we all gather in the living room. "Are

we going to be divided into two teams or more this year?" Silas asks, already pullingon his lap as he takes a

seat on the couch.

"Let's keep it two this year. Last year was pretty confusing with four teams especially when people started

shouting the answers together," Aaron says, taking a seat on the recliner and his girlfriend sits on the armrest

and wraps her arm around his neck.

We divide ourselves into two teams, and surely, Silas doesn't letbe on the other team, saying that we need

to stick- together. Sabrina ends up on the opposite team because somehow, Knox has convinced her to stick with

him.

Apparently, football players are quite competitive even when it comes to games. For the first couple of rounds, |

stay stunned; however, it doesn't takelong to get in the mood,

| have been incredibly stressed lately and I'm so glad that I'm here with Silas because | really needed to spend a

good

day like this. The way we're all enjoying our tis perfect. It's like Silas unknowingly madeget rid of a lot of

negativity | have inwith just a simple outing.

"Thank you so much for inviting me! I'm having so much fun!" Sabrina gushes as she sips her Redbull. We're

currently standing in the backyard because apparently, playing dodgeball sounded like a great idea to a bunch of

footballers thirty minutes ago.

2/3

<

12:16 Thu, Oct 3 BB.

Chapter Ill

\%

2 X 58%

"I'm glad you're having fun and | have a feeling that you're enjoying your ta lot with a guy called Knox." |

smirk and she playfully pushes me.

"He's cute." She blushes and | giggle. "I'm not really convinced at all that whatever is going on between you and

Silas is an act." Seriousness coats her tone.

"I don't want it to be an act anymore," | admit. She seems surprised for a second, probably not believing that I'm

saying that out loud. "I'm starting to develop strong feelings for Silas and.... | don't know how to get his

attention."

"I knew it!" She squeaks and | try to shush her. "Sorry. Sorry! But | just love how you two look together. You're

awestogether and I've been secretly wishing for the two of you to remove whatever blindfold you have

around your eyes to see how you're truly made for each other."

"I don't know if he has feelings for me," | tell her, taking a deep breath.

"I think he doesn't just like you. He loves you. If you can't see it from the way he acts, then your judgement is

really clouded," she points out. I'm really scared of the outcome. I'm scared of losing whatever we have if | make

things awkward after admitting my feelings for him. | don't even think that | have the courage to speak my

feelings out loud.

"Sabrina, Rosie, we're about to play twisters!" Caroline calls for us.

"Coming!" holler, then turn to Sabrina. "Let's just enjoy our day and think about that later."