The Accidental Wife by Sara Islam

Chapter 52

| was fuming. He told her | was going to send her away? Why would he do that? How the hell did he find the

audacity to tell that to my own daughter? | knew Rosie wasn't going to lie to me. She had no reason to lie to me.

"Mommy did | do something wrong! You look angry." Rosie said in a quiet voice as she took a couple of steps

towards me.

My anger lessened when my eyes fell on her. 1 picked her up and kissed her cheek. "You did nothing wrong,

cupcake. I'm not angry with you at all,"

| assured her. "I need you to understand this well, okay! You're always going to live with me, and | won't let

anybody cbetween us, yeah!" She slowly nodded. | kissed her cheek and set her down.

"Guys, | need you to stay with her. | need to go somewhere," | told Maya and Sam.

"Where do you want to go?" Sam frowned as he stood up

"To see Mail, | want to know how the hell he was thinking to tell my daughter something like that,

"Maybe it's just a misunderstanding." Maya suggested. "Rosie, when did he tell you that?"

"A few days ago," Rosie mumbled, looking at all of us. She seemed a bit shaken, and | didn't know what to do to

make her feel better.

"Okay, sweetheart. How did he say that to you?" Maya asked her cautiously. We all saw her state, so we didn't

want to scare her more than she was already seared

| sat down beside Maya and reached for my daughter's hand. "You're not in any sort of trouble, Rosie. We just

want to know why Matt told you

that

"One day, we were watching Disney movies and he told me

he wanted to watch a football game," she started talking. "I asked him not to change the channel, but he didn't

listen to me. | told him that Daddy letswatch cartoon and he toldthat it's good | love Daddy because I'm

going to live with him forever." | was doing my best to control my anger in front of her. "What else did he say,

cupcake?"

"| got scared when he toldthat and told him that | want to live with you, but he said that he's going to make

a new family with you, and | have to live with Daddy because

you would need my room." | was going to kill him for what he had done. "He toldnot to tell you anything or

I'd be a bad girl and you'd sendto Daddy sooner."

He wanted to make sure that she wasn't going to say anything to me.

"That's not going to happen, baby girl. You can stay at Daddy's place for as long as you want, but the moment

you want to cback here, Daddy or 1 will do that | wanted her to feel safe.

| stood up again and grabbed my phone.

"Are you going to see him!" Sam asked, earning a nod from me. "I'm coming with you." | was going to refuse, but

then | thought it might be better to have him with me.

W"Okay, let's go"

The two of us headed to my car and | let Sam drive since | was too angry to do so. | couldn't believe

that he did that. Was that his plant Did he think that | was going to give up on my daughter for him? | made it

clear more than once that she was my priority, so what made him think that | would pick him over hert "Listen, |

know that you're raging, but try to be calm while talking to him, okay?" Sam said as he parked the car.

"I'll do my best." | wasn't going to make promises | wasn't sure if I'd be able to keep or not.

"Would you |

you liketo go upstairs with you or wait for you here!"

I wanted him with me.

"Cwith me," | said, gening out of the car. The light wind blew my hair and | wrapped my jacket tighter

around my body.

It dawned onthat | wasn't sure if he was hor not, but he had work tomorrow and it was already t

| pressed on the intebutton of his apartment and waited for him to answer. It took him less than a minute to

do so. | could tell that he was surprised upon hearing my voice,

His surprise grew when he saw Sam with me; nevertheless, he let us in.

"Is everything okay!" he worriedly asked.

"No, everything isn't okay," | replied, looking at him. It wasn't easy to stay composed before sim, but | wasn't

here to fight. | wanted real answers.

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Chapter 32

"Dad something happen!" He seemed confused.

"Dil you tell Rosie that | was going to send her to live with her father?" His eyes widened. He probably thought

that she wasn't going to tellanything. "Did you? | hissed when he stayed silent. "I didn't mean it like that," he

said, makingscoff

"And how exactly did you mean it? Because | can't seem to find any other meaning behind your words" 1 folded

my arms over my chest.

"I just.." He raised his hands in frustration, then let them down. He didn't have anything to say. "I was only trying

to get her to listen tobecause | wanted to watch the football game."

"So, you decided to scare her? That sounds logical to you?" | snapped.

"That was the on

only think that cto my mind, Amelia he exclaimed.

"Listen, Mau." | took a couple of steps towards him. "Did you ever think that | was eventually going to send Rosie

to live with Juliani" | wondered.

He stayed silent for a few seconds, then nodded. "I thought that you were finally going to pay more attention to

us. Rosie has all your attention and now that Julian is in the picture, you barely pay attention to us!" he angrily

exclaimed. He hadn't talked toabout that before.

"Even if you have any issue with me, you don't have the right to take it on my daughter!" | cried.

This is unbearable! You

You're not even allowingto discipline her His anger was starting to be more apparent.

"Because you're not her father!" | yelled.

"I have been in her life more than her father has been. By now, the two of us were standing so close to one

another.

"It wasn't his choice! That was my fault, not his" | reminded him.

"That fault was the best thing you've ever done in your life. And | still believe that you should send Rosie to live

with him. Maybe you can have her during the weekends." | wanted to panch him in the face.

"I'm tired of this," | mumbled, taking off the promise ring he gave me.

"Are you seriously doing that?" Shock had taken over his face. "I moved here for you!"

"And | never asked you to do so, | calmly said. | handed him the ring. | wasn't going to let him guilt-trip me. |

didn't ask him to move here for me. "I have been clear from the very beginning about my priorities, but clearly

you had another plan in mind." ""You're going to regret this. Amelia"

| didn't say anything and turned to walk away

*Consider yourself uninvited from the wedding, Sarn said before followingout of Mart's apartment.

Sarn didn't cwithto fight my battles, but he was there to protectin case something bad happened.

He was the brother | never had, and | was more than lucky to have him in my life.

"Are you alright?" Sam askedonce we got in the car.

"Would it be weird if | told you | am?" | looked at him.

"Not really," he said. "You have been very stressed lately and | kept telling myself that it might be because of

work, but i think I now realize what's

going on."

"What's going on?" | frowned. Was there something | was failing to see?

"You didn't want to be in a relationship with Matt, Amy. You wanted out and you didn't know how, so the moment

you found your chance, you took. it. | didn't say anything as | weighed his words in my head.

I hated that he

was right. For a while, | had been uncomfortable in my relationship with Matt, and I couldn't find the courage in