The Accidental Wife by Sara Islam

| could feel her eyes burning through me, but | acted like | didn't notice the way she was staring at me.

"Maybe you should go," I mumbled, without looking at her. "I bet your fiancé doesn't like your being here." When

my eyes fell on the ring on her finger, | mentally lost it. | thought that | had a chance. | was trying to get close to

her, but from what | had seen, | had totally lost "He's not my fiance." That madelook at her. It was her turn

not to look at me. But there was a ring on her finger, so what the hell did it mean! "It's just a promise ring, Julian"

To say that | was relieved would be an understatement.

"When | congratulated you, you didn't say anything. Why?" | couldn't help but ask.

"| thought you were congratulatingfor moving my office here." It was obvious that she was lying. | had come

to realize that Emily wasn't a good liar at all. Did she want to makethink that she was engaged? Why would

she do that though?

Ever since her return, Emily made it clear that she didn't care aboutand | was nothing to her but Rosie's dad.

But if she wanted to makebelieve that she got engaged, that meant that she cared, right? What if | still had

a chance!

"Why did you cto my office today?" she asked. When | looked at her. | saw her eyes fixed on me. Her stare

made my knees go weak. How could she still have that control overeven though it had been five years! |

was under her spell. Did she realize that | was bas "I can't tell you here. Would you like to go for a walk!"

She looked around, then her eyes fell on me. "Let's go. She stood up from her place and only then did | notice

the heels she was wearing.

"Are you going to be able to walk in these?" | asked, pointing at them.

"Not for a long distance." A sheepish smile appeared on her face.

"We can just go to the cafeteria," | told her, and she nodded. "Harper, please callif Mum wakes up. I'm going

to the cafeteria with Amelia to her about something." My sister nodded and Emily and | made our way to the

cafeteria to talk

She had been here in California for a while, yet | couldn't call her Emily in my mind. I only used that name

whenever | was addressing her out of respect. She was always going to be my Emily

fus

"I know that what I'm about to say may seem unbelievable, but this is what Jeffrey toldfive years ago, |

started speaking when the two of us sat down. | saw how confusion took over her face when | mentioned Jeffrey's

name. did you meet with him?" she wondered.

"After what | had done. | tried to right a small part of my wrongs. You were nowhere to be found, so | decided to

take revenge on every person who hurt you Starting from Britney to Jeffrey, Maggie and Flona." Surprise was

evident in her eyes. Chapter 43

"Is that how Jeffrey's company started to lose a lot of money?" she asked and | nodded.

*He ctoone day and beggedto stop what | was doing to his business. | refused, so he revealed

something huge to me. | took a deep breath and

continued. "When your mum died, she left her company to you, but Jeffrey stole it. He forged the real documents

and the will, taking it all to himself" The way her eyes flashed with shock broke my heart. Pain was crystal clear

in them. "M-Mum left it for me?" she stammered, and | nodded.

"When he toldthat, | couldn't find it in my heart to do anything to the company anymore, so | offered to buy

it from him at a very low price and he agreed." | said. She was silent and seemed to be thinking about everything

| was telling her. "I bought it for you." That m

me

"What do you mean?" She frowned. past five

"| wanted to give you something from what had been stolen from you, so... | bought it and | have been working

on developing it for the p years. My only reason behind buying it in the first place was that | decided to give it to

you once | manage to find you again and here y her.

She stayed silent and | wasn't sure how she was processing what | had just told her. Everything | had done was

for her. | had no other agenda. | didn't do it in an attempt to win her back.

"Why would you even buy it and give him money in the first place?" she asked.

"Because | didn't want to see it in his hands for one minute afterward and it was already worth way more than

five million dollars, 1 didn't want to bother myself with legal matters," | replied.

"You said that you did something to Britney. What did you do to her?" she asked in a quiet

Lvoice.

"Britney was a proud girl, so | made sure to humiliate her for a long period of time. | made her work in my

company for three years as a janitor." Emily audibly gasped, makingchuckle a little at her cute reaction.

"That's savage," she commented with a little laugh.

"Not as savage as outing Chester and Fiona to the whole world," | reminded her, making her blush.

It had to be done," she replied as she drew invisible circles on the table with her finger.

And I'm proud of you for doing it," | admitted. "I'm glad that you made everybody see that you were never the

devil." | was really happy for her. | was proud of her and what she had done, but all | wished for was to have

another chance. "Why didn't you tellonce you found out! Why didn't you givea chance to prove to you

that | could be a better man for you?"

Because our divorce wasn't exactly clean. You humiliated me, and madefeel like | was way beneath you. Do |

need to remind you of the check?" Her tone wasn't bitter. She wasn't throwing at my face what | had done. She

was just remindingof my terrible actions.

If you had giventhe chance, | would have spent every single day cherishing you, appreciating you, and

proving to you that | could fix my mistakes," | told her.

Too bad there's no tmachine." | saw a sad smile on her lips and | wondered if there was

Is he a good man!" | couldn't help but ask her.

still a part of her that still loved me.

"He is," she assured"You still don't want to tellwhat happened at my office?" she wasn't going to let it j

She was stubborn and | loved her stubbornness. "Knowing that you're not going to let it go, | guess | have no

choice but to tell you. After all, how could I say no to her?