The Accidental Wife by Sara Islam

Chapter 90

The thing is, I'm never at ease with huge crowds and | prefer to keep my circle small.

My feelings are a mixture of excitement and anxiousness. Today is my first day at college and | don't know what

to expect. | don't have any friends here and I'm not exactly an expert at making friends. I'm not a social

butterfly, but | know how to act when I need to socialize. Fortunately, | manage to make it to my first class five

minutes before it begins. | have never been fond of being late. | have two lectures today. The first one is History

of Clothing and Fashion and the other one is Introduction to Marketing since | chose marketing as a minor. The

first lecture passes by quickly and | end up taking a lot of notes that filled three pages. The professor seems to

be nice, but her class is not what I'm really excited about. Don't getwrong. | love the history of fashion, but

I'm excited about designing clothes. | want to learn more about the art of designing. I still have an hour until the

next lecture and | already know where it is held, so | just opt for roaming the campus, wanting to explore it. |

wish Kendall was here with me. She would have made my college experience way better.

I'm pretty cautious when it comes to making friends. Usually, people already know who | am before | get to

introduce myself and | remember how speople tried to usefor my family's nmore than once. It's

not easy forto trust anybody.

| sometimes wonder if Silas feels the stoo. He comes from a very prestigious family and he is very

successful, so he probably faces the sstruggle that | face. Yet, when | look at him, | see that he seems

unfazed by everything. He knows how to treat everyone and doesn't let anything bother him. | don't understand

how he has the ability to block the entire world the way he does.

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I didn't plan on forgiving him anytsoon, but he made it impossible with how adorable he acted. | know that

he didn't lie when he toldhe had lost. track of time. Well, | don't really have proof, but knowing Silas, I'm sure

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When | realize that | only have twenty minutes left until the next lecture, | head to the hall and take a seat on the

fourth row. | don't like sitting at the ve front or the very back of the class. | open the last page of my notebook

and start scribbling a design for a ballerina's dress.

Lily loves ballet so much and she already practices ballet three times a week. Mum and | have designed

numerous ballet dresses for her and she loves the dresses we make for her.

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"Wow, this looks really nice." | hear a guy's voice. look up and find myself looking at a pair of green eyes.

"Thanks." | politely smile at him.

"So what's an artist doing at a marketing class?" he wonders.

"I want to learn how to successfully market my art," | reply, closing my notebook. The dress is nowhere near

complete, but | can't focus on designing when somebody is talking to me. "Are you majoring in art?

"Fashion design," | correct

correct him.

I'm Everest," he says, extending his hand towards me.

"Rosie. Nice to meet you," | say, smiling. "Are you a freshman?"

"No, I'm a sophomore," he replies. "Are you a freshman?" he asks me.

"Yes. What's your major?" | wonder.

"Finance and I'm taking marketing as a minor," he replies.

The professor walks in, and all the side talks stop. As | start jotting down notes, | look at Everest and find him

trying to get his pen to work. Quietly, | reach inside my pencil case and take out an extra pen | have with me,

then hand it to him. "Thanks," he whispers with a smile. | have to admit, he has such a beautiful smile. His smile

isn't the only beautiful thing about him. His dark hair looks so good on him, not to mention the beauty of his skin

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his green eyes pop. | bet if he puts on earthy colors, they will look so much better than the light grey t-shirt he

has on.

The lecture passes by quickly and | collect my stuff, ready to leave. | cannot wait to get back hand make

myself something to eat. Maybe | will end up getting something ready.

"Thanks again for the pen," Everest says, handingmy pen back.

"You can keep it," | tell him. "I'll see you next week," | say as | stand up.

"Wait. Would you like to get something to eat before your next class?" He stands up too. "I don't have any more

classes today," | reply. "But maybe we can get something to eat another time." | don't feel comfortable hanging

out with people | have just met, but | also don't want to close the door for future friendships. you like, Rosie. See

you!"

As

| wave him goodbye and make my way out of the class only to bump into a hard chest as I'm checking my

phone. "Oh, I'm so sorry. | wasn't loo-" | start apologizing, but when | look up and find that the one I've just

bumped into is Silas, | say, "In this case, I'm certainly not sorry. What are you made of? Cement?"

He laughs and ruffles my hair since he knows | don't like it when people touch my hair. | have taken my mum's

genes when it comes to my hair. It's super long and shiny, which attracts people's attention. | remember when |

was young how much people liked playing with it and | hated when they touched it. "How is your first day so

far?" he asks.

"Nothing exciting really. The lectures are just too... informative and theoretical," | reply.

"I bet you thought you won't bump into me." He smirks.

"Honestly, yeah, but looks like we will be seeing each other a lot," | say.

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"Hey man, aren't you going to introduce us to your friend?" A guy approaches us as he drapes his arm over

Si**s's shoulder.

"Nope. She's off limits," Silas says. Something about his tone seems serious. Why on earth would | be off-limits?

"Don't be rude, Silas." | roll my eyes. "I'm Rosie," | introduce n., self to the guy.

"Rosie, nice to meet you. I'm Knox. You look familiar. Have | seen you before?" he wonders. | sincerely hope that

he doesn't rememberfrom the article about my kiss with Silas.

"Maybe you' 've e seenbefore at S**as's last birthday party," | say.

"Probably. | was there."

"You done for the day, Rosie?" Silas asks me.

"Yes, I'm about to head home."

"Okay. Dinner is ontonight and it won't be like last time. Mexican food. sounds good?" | nod, deciding to give

him another chance. | swear, if he messes this one up, I'm never going to acknowledge him again. "You better

make it on time, Cromwell, | playfully threaten him as | walk away.

"You can count on me, Kensington!" St**ly, | smile at his statement.