The Accidental Wife by Sara Islam

Chapter 124

I'm trying to act strong, but I don't know if | can keep up the act. | know that what happened is out of Rosie's

hands, but I'm only human. I can't act like I'm not bothered by how she cannot remember our relationship. | see

the way she looks atand | try to make her believe that | don't notice it. She makesthink that she's trying

to figure out how she managed to fall in love with me. It's been two weeks since her return home. Part of me

wants to see her every day, yet | know that she needs her distance. | know that she wants to figure things out on

her own without me. That's why I'm giving her space as much as she needs and as much as | can. To say that

she was shocked when | told her about how we started dating would be an understatement. She couldn't believe.

that she was on board with the whole plan. When | told her about how she said that she fed up with being the

good girl and she wanted any kind of adventure in her life, she seemed in disbelief. | kind of understood where

she was coming from because the decision to fake-datewas out of her character. When | talked to her about

our first date, she seemed to like it. | even offered to redo it if it was going to help her remember and she liked

the idea. | want to help her in any way, but I also don't want to intervene with her life. Even if she wants my help

from afar, | will do I'm a little worried about how today is going to go. I'm supposed to be taking her to the team

house to meet those who can make it to the gathering we're holding especially for her. | asked everyone to keep

their distance until | felt like she was ready, but Rosie was the one who askedif she could meet them.

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| ring the doorbell and wait for anybody to open the door for me. It takes less than thirty seconds for the door to

open. My mouth automatically turns into a smile when I find Rosie in front ofin a pink floral dress. She is

thankfully getting better and all of her bruises have faded. "Hi Silas." She smiles at me.

"Hello Rosie," | say. It's been two weeks since | last kissed her and I've been craving her lips ever since. But |

can't kiss her. | can't do it now. She has to be fully comfortable with the kiss. "Are you ready to go?" | ask her.

"Yeah, let's go." | like that she's in a good mood. I don't know how she's going to take being surrounded by a

bunch of people she remembers none of, but it's a step that she wants to take, so I'm going to take her hand and

let her take every step she wants.

But what | really hate is that Everest is going to be there. | don't want to see him, but I'm not going to take away

part of her memories just because | don't like that part. | could never do that to her. "Do | look good enough?"

She sounds skeptical.

"You look absolutely gorgeous," | tell her, causing her to blush.

She closes the door behind her and the two of us head to my car | open the passenger door for her and she

stares at the passenger seat for a few seconds. "What's wrong?" | ask, looking at her.

"It's just... | don't think I'm ready to get in the passenger seat," she admits with a hint of embarrassment in her

voice. "I'm... scared."

"Do you want to get in the backseat?" | offer. If she's not comfortable with sitting in the front, she can sit in the

back. | don't want her to be stressed.

"Would that upset you?" she carefully asks.

"Of course not! | want you relaxed, Rosie," | assure her. | close the passenger door and open the door of the

backseat.

She breathes out in relief and surprisesby givinga kiss while thanking me.

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"Do you think they will take well how | cannot remember them? she cautiously asks as | start driving. | can see

how nervous she is as | look at her face in the rearview mirror. | wish there's something | could do to ease her

nerves. "Of course, Rosie. They will never hold that against you," | assure her. "You toldbefore that singing

along to your favorite songs puts you in a great mood. Why don't you blast your favorite songs?" | want her to

feel better. | hate seeing her like that. "Did we use to do that together?" she wonders.

"You're the one who taughtto sing at the top of my lungs in the car. You toldthat it improved the mood,

and you were absolutely correct," | remind her.

"What else did we use to do?" she asks, looking at me.

| stop my car when we stop at a red light and look at her. "You used to tellabout your favorite scenes from

the books you read. You even taughtall the bookish terms you know like trope, MMC, FMC, enemies to lovers,

and all of these things." "Has my favorite tropes changed over the years?"

"I don't know what you used to like before, but now you adore enemies to lovers and marriage of convenience.

You hate miscommunication trope," I tell her.

"l used to be a s**er for found family trope when | was sixteen," she fillsin. This is my first tto learn that

about her. "Do you think we can stop by my apartment before we get back home?" she requests.

"Of course! What else do you want to do?" | want to make her happy and comfortable, so I'm willing to do

anything for her sake

"I don't know. Do you think we're going to have tto do anything else?" She wonders.

"We can always return whenever you want, Rosie," | tell her.

"But don't you

i have

the world, | will take | will take her anywhere she wants.

other things to do?" She doesn't understand she is my priority. Whatever she wants, | will get it for her. She is at

the top of my list. If she wantsto take her on a drive in the middle of the night, | will do it. If she wants us to

take a plane to any place in "Even if | have millions of things to do, Rosie, you're still my priority. It may be hard

for you to believe that, but lately this has been the case," | tell her. The way she blushed makeswant to take

her in my embrace and memorize every single detail about her flawless face as you so much, silas. | don't know

to repay you for everything | have put you through," she says, looking down. plant kisses on it.

"Thank you so much,

| want to reach for her hand. | miss the way her hand feels against mine. "You don't need to repay me, Rosie.

You're my girl. It's my role to be here for you. | want to be here for you." After ten more minutes, we make it to

the house. | help Rosie get out of the car and | watch as she stares at the house, probably trying to remember

anything about it.

"I chere before, right?" she hesitantly asks, looking at me.

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"Yes, you chere at least four times," | tell her. The way her shoulders slump makeswant to take back my

words. | hate how frustrated she is. | wish I could put an end to what she's going through, but it's out of my

hands.

"I'm scared." The mask she has been wearing falls and her vulnerability shows. | take a deep breath and gently

pull her against mine. | can feel how tense she is in my arms, yet she wraps her arms around my body and holds

on with all the strength she has in her. "I know they may seem like new people to you, but | want you to be sure

that they know you and they love you," | say, caressing her long hair. "I've got you, Rosie. If you wanna leave at

any moment, just tell me."

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"Okay." She slowly nods, staring atfor a second with her captivating blue eyes.

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"Let's go, cupcake." | kiss her forehead before taking her hand in mine, hoping for the best because | cannot

handle seeing her upset.