The Accidental Wife by Sara Islam

Chapter 48

"Daddy, why aren't you living with us?" | stilled upon hearing my daughter's question. She hadn't askedthat

question before, so I didn't

understand why the was asking Julian directly.

It had been almost three weeks since Jeffrey's dreadful visit. | didn't tell Julian anything about the visit even

though part ofwanted to do so. | kept myself busy with work and focused on working on Maya's wedding

dress. Her wedding was in two weeks and only the fina Julian gavean assuring look, silently tellingthat

he got this. "Daddy made a huge mistake a long tago, and Mommy can't find it in her heart yet to forgive

him." Something about his words made my heart clench. Sometimes, | felt like | was a terrible villain for n "A big

mistake? | don't think it's as big as what | made. | once broke her favorite perfume, but when she saw that | was

really sorry she forgaveand didn't even punish me," she told him, makingsmile. | wish his mistake was

as big as she considered hers to be. "My D

"How

mistake was bigger than you

yours, sweetheart," Julian told her, making her frown as she placed a piece of Lego over the other.

Did you break two of her favourite perfumes!" she wondered.

| wasn't sure how Julian was going to explain the situation to her. | didn't want her to know the exact events. She

was too young to understand and | didn't want her to get the

wrong impression about her father Julian was a good father and | didn't want anything to ruin his image in her

eyes.

"Okay, imagine this with me," Julian

adjusted his position and | kept my eyes on him. The two of them were sitting on the floor, playing with leggos.

"Imagine that Mommy found her favorite perfbroken, but you didn't break it this time. Despite that, Mommy

accused you of breaking it, and no matter what you said, she didn't believe you and she even ended up telling

you not to talk to

her ever again." Rosie's mouth turned into an o shape. "I did something similar to that. Mommy kept telling me

that she didn't do what | had accused her of doing, but I didn't believe her."

"You did that?" Rosalie said in disbelief and Julian shamefully looked down. "Yeah, it's pretty bad." Despite the

seriousness of the situation, | found myself smiling at my daughter's adorable reaction. She had her lips turned

to the side with a little pout.

"No hope for me, huh?" He was addressing her, but | knew that the question was meant for me. | felt bad for

Julian. He didn't deserve the self-loath he was putting himself through.

"No, be hopeful. | think Mommy may forgive you one day. It will just take time," Rosalie smiled at him.

Rose toldbefore how bad he had been without me, but | never thought it was that bad. The thing was, she

toldthat he was getting better, so

was the better version of him, | was petrified of seeing how he used to be

if that

"Im going to get you both juice, okay?" | said, getting up from my place.

"Actually, would you like to go out?" Julian asked us.

"Yes!" Rosalie squealed, jumping up from her place.

I didn't really plan on going out, but I could see how excited Rosalie and Julian were, so | couldn't find it in my

heart to tell them no

"Cupcake, I'm sorry, | should've asked Mommy first. Maybe she doesn't want to go out," Julian told Rosalie whose

face fell.

"You guys can go. I'm going to stay here and work on Maya's dress," 1 told them.

"But Mommy, we can just go for ice cream and cback quickly. Please cwith us," Rosie pleaded as she

got up and held onto my hand. | looked at the clock on the wall, then looked at the two of them. "Fine, but no

more than two hours, then we have to get back ck here Rosie cheered while Julian got up from his place and said

in a playful tone while bowing, "Your wish is my command, your majesty."

The two of us ended up going to a nice ice cream place that was close to a park.

"You still like Nutella ice cream?" Julian askedas we stood in front of the ice cream fridge. Why couldn't he

forget anything about me? "Yes, | was actually thinking about getting it," | told him. "You're getting mango,

right?" | wondered.

"Yeah, what do you want to get, Rosie??

"Cookies and cream. She grinned.

The three of us waited for our order and I noticed a smile on Julian's lips, but he was zoned ous.

"What's on your mind?" | asked, not sure if he actually heardor not. When he didn't reply, | snapped my

fingers in front of him. That caught his attention. "What's on your mind?" | repeated my question.

"Dhawe just realized that | have only started to eat ice cream again after Rosie appeared in my life," he admitted

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| used to get ice cream regularly with him, but he only went because | loved it so much. He did like ice cream

too, but he wasn't as obsessed with it as | used to be "I don't get it as much as | used to. After giving birth, my

body changed a little and | had to look after my bod on me? | should stop him. |

"You still look as stunning as ever" My cheeks reddened and | looked down. Why did his compliments have that

effect on shouldn't allow him to talk tolike that because | had a boyfriend. Something was wrong with mel

ng them.

After taking our ice cream cones, the three of us headed towards the park. There was a lake there that had ducks

and Rosie loved watching

Julian and | sat on the bench in front of the lake and watched Rosie as she kept her eyes on the ducks.

"Are you working on a new collection!" Julian wondered.

"I actually am. The fashion show is in almost three months and Maya's wedding is near. | have billions of things

to do. | barely have tto breathe." Why was | venting to him? Why was it becoming easier to talk to the man

who supposedly stomped on my heart? ""Mommy! Can 1 feed them ice cream?" Rosie asked me.

"No, sweetheart. You can't. The ice cream is just for you" I replied.

"How was it like raising her on your own!" Julian surprisedwith that question

"It was tough at first. Giving birth on my own was hard. When my water broke, | panicked and | almost called

Maya, but | knew that Maya would have probably told you about my whereabouts, so | chose to do it all on my

own. | called a cab to taketo the hospital and a kind nurse there who was always with me. | was so

exhausted, but the moment | held her in my arms for the first time, | forgot everything."

| smiled when | remembered the first t| held her. She was incredibly tiny, and her skin was pink. Her cries

were soft, but the moment her face touched me, she started to calm down. Tears welled in my eyes, and it took