The Accidental Wife by Sara Islam

Chapter 41

It had been three days since | found out about my little Rosalie. She was perfect in every single way, | was

already attached to her and | had just met her less than a week ago. | thought she was going to keep her

distance from me, but Emily did a good job. She prepared h Not only dut she tell her that she had a father, but |

also realized that Rosie knew a lot about me. She knew my favorite food, my favorite colour, my hobbies, and a

lot of other things. My daughter was so smart for her age and quite talkative too.

| hadn't felt as good as | was now freling in so long. Rosie had brought a unique kind of joy to my heart | hadn't

felt before. | hadn't been okay for so long. | failed to find happiness in anything I did,

but then Emily and Rosie appeared out of nowhere and | was finally starting to taste the true meaning of

happiness again.

"You look nervous," | said, looking at Emily as we both stood beside my car. We had just arrived at my parents"

place.

"Because I'm nervous," she replied. | liked that she wasn't trying to hide how she was really feeling in front of

me. | was aware that she had a boyfriend, but | liked that she still allowedto see a part of her true self.

Perhaps it was pathetic ofto think like that, but | was waiting for her. | was waiting for any moment that

could be considered suitable enough forto speak my heart out to her. | was willing to wait for an indefinite

period of time. Even if she got married, | still planned to | couldn't love any other woman on that plbut her.

If I couldn't have her, | didn't want anybody else.

"It's going to be okay. Expect my mum to get emotional, but I'm sure everything will go smoothly." We planned

on telling my family about Rosie today, but Emily was nervous as hell.

Rosie wasn't with us as we thought it would be better to reveal that huge secret to them first to prepare them for

meeting her

"I'm scared that they may hate me." For a moment, | saw glimpses of the old Emily. | saw the innocence | was in

love with.

"Do you care about how they feel about you?" | asked as we walked towards the front door.

"Of course! Your family was the family | never got to have," she replied in a heartbeat.

"Was? You do know that my parents sull love you, right? They probably consider you their daughter. Harper loves

you so much and was devastated when you disappeared" She had to know that they loved her and no matter

what, she always had a place at their home. "I love them too, but... things cannot be the sJulian." She didn't

givethe chance to reply as she quickly rang the doorbell, putting an end to our conversation.

One of the maids opened the door for us and we walked inside.

To say that Mum was surprised to see the two of us walking together would be an understatement. | had already

told her that | wanted to tell her, Dad and Harper about something, but | didn't say anything abour Emily.

"Amelia, it's nice to see you, sweetheart" Mum got up from her place and gave her a hug.

"I didn't know you were coming! It's good to see you, Amelia," my sister happily exclaimed.

Why was it easy for them to call her with her new name? She was still Emily in ky eyes. She w with learned from

her what true love felt like, then stupidly tossed aside.

was still the girl | forcefully married, slowly fell in love

"I'm sorry for my surprise visit, but Julian and | have something important to tell you." | loved the fact that | could

still read her. She was doing her best to hide how anxious she was. It was easy forto tell with the way her fist

was clenched and how she was rubbing her thumb against her index finger. She always used to do that when she

was nervous. | guess shabits couldn't just be abandoned easily.

can cat any time, sweetheart. Have a seat, Dad assured her.

"You can

The two of us sat beside each other. | wanted to be close to her for support and I couldn't help but take

advantage of the opportunity that was given toon a silver platter to be close to her.

"Is everything okay?" Harper asked us. Her voice was full of concern. She knew that Emily and | wouldn't just

unite for a trivial ma

matter.

"There's something | have been keeping from you.." Emily took a deep breath. "I want to start by apologizing for

what | have done, but | had to keep it all a secret because I didn't want Julian to find me. | wanted to stay away

from him." | hated that | was the reason behind "What did you keep from us?" Mum patiently asked her.

"When | left. | was pregnant." Harper gasped upon hearing that, and Dad's eyes went wide. As for my mum,

shock was written all over her face. "Rose, Uncle Steven. You have a granddaughter"

"You - you're joking, right? Mum asked her.

| glanced at Lindly and saw that she was getting more nervous.

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Chapter 41

"No. Mun | have a daughter.

liter. Her nis R

nis Rosalie, and we call her Rosie," | filled her in.

"We! How long have you known?" Dad inquired, straightening himself.

"| found out three days ago." | answered.

*You mean to tellthat | have a niece and you selfishly decided to keep her away?" Harper stood up. Her tone

held rage and pain. "How could you do this?!" she snapped at Emily. Although she was at fault, | didn't like how

Harper was talking to her.

"I'm sorry." Emily stood up. "I know that what I did was wrong, but | was trying to build a new life for myself. |

didn't want to cback until | had achieved all that | had dreamt of. If | had told any of you, | wouldn't have

been able to do anything the way | wanted." "Oh really?! And what did you want, Emily! Or Amelia?" Harper was

really angry. "What you had achieved could have easily been achieved if you had kept us in the know!"

-If I had told you the moment | found out, | wouldn't have been able to leave," Emily defended herself.

"And why did you have to leave?" Harper's voice got louder.

my own would have been linked to your Instead of nervousness, torment took over Emily's face.

"Because anything that | would have done on my o family's nor Jeffrey Harolds name! | had every single

chance to use the documents in my favor and play the right cards and easily make a nfor myself because |

already had a nat that time! | didn't want to be linked to the family tut abandonedin any way or the

man who believed pictures over me! | was called a gold digger and a cheater. | wasn't going to be called a leach,

Harper"" Harper's anger slowly started to fade. Emily was heaving and | wasn't sure if | was supposed to take her

out or not.

"Maybe we all need to calm down," Mum said, standing up. "Amelia, why don't you cwith me?" Mum

approached her, placing a hand over her shoulder.

Without saying another word, the girl | hurt the most walked away with my mum.

Harper sat down and silence took over the room for a minute before Dad started to talk, "As much as I'm angry, |

understand why she did what she did

| understood too. The way she expressed how she felt made the picture clearer.

"| traumatized her. She was scared that any success she would achieve would either be linked toor Jeffrey

Harolds," | said, looking down.

"And she didn't want people to think that her success was built upon the victim card," Dad added.

It made sense, but | hated that she took away from us four years of my daughter's life.

"She could have cback two years ago. She was very successful at that ttoo," Harper commented. She

was no longer angry. She was confused and probably regretful.

"After finding out about her brand, | did my research. Two years ago, she had many issues with big names in the

industry. | know the way she thinks. She thought that if she had cback during that time, people would have

thought that she was going to use our n"Should | should | go check on her!" Harper asked hesitantly.

"Yeah, sweetheart. Do that," Dad encouraged her.

Harper got up from her place and made her way to the backyard where Emily and Mum were.

"So when can | meet my granddaughter?" Dad asked with a warm smile on his face.

The excitement in his eyes madewant to get up and bring Rosie to meet them.