The Accidental Wife by Sara Islam

Chapter 20 Three days ago, Julian and I decided to give our marriage a chance. I was surprised, but I was certainly happy. He madehappy and treatedwell. That night after Thanksgiving dinner at his family's place, I was about to go to my room out of habit, but he stopped m I loved sleeping next to him because the way he heldmadefeel safe. I hadn't felt that kind of love in so long. I wasn't sure what the reason was behind that kind of change in our relationship, but I was grateful that we were no longer enemies. Perhaps there was a "Hey, sunshine." 1 looked up from my computer and found Julian standing next to me.

""Hi." I smiled widely upon seeing him.

"It's lunch time, workaholic. Get your things and cwith me," he said with a smile on his face. I nodded and grabbed my bag, then went with him. He hadn't done that before. I honestly tried to keep my distance from him at work because I didn't want anybody to talk about us, but Julian didn't give a damn.

"Where would you like to eat?" he asked me, and I shrugged.

"Anywhere" "Where did you plan on going?" he wondered.

"There's this cafe right across from the company. It has good sandwiches," I replied.

"No, lettake you to a better place." I was surprised when I found his driver waiting for us "You do know that I only have a forty-minute lunch break, right?" I reminded him.

"You do realize that you're married to the CEO, night" He smirked, makingroll my cyc We ended up at a very nice restaurant that was only a ten-minute drive away. When we walked inside, I saw Roman Belford inside "For the love of God." I heard Julian munter when Roman noticed us, makingchuckle lightly. I remembered how he acted during that dinner. It was weird to see him acting all jealous, "Emily and Julian. What an amazing coincidence," he greeted us and gavea quick hug.

When I looked at Julian's face, I silently prayed that he wouldn't make any comment. Roman and I had known rach other since college, and he had always been that friendly.

"Would you guys like to have lunch with us?" He motioned to his table where a group of people were already eating there.

"No.

thank you. I'm here with my wife on a small date." Julian wrapped one arm around my waist, pullingclose to him.

"In that case, I wouldn't want to intrude. Enjoy your day," Roman politely said before heading to his table. After being seated and handed the menu, I looked at my jealous husband and said. "You de realize that you're my husband not him, don't you?" "He is so friendly with you," he mumbled, and I tried to hide my smile.

"And what's the issue with that?" I closed my menu, keeping my eyes on the man before me. He looked absolutely handsin his dark grey helped him choose the tie that morning and 1 loved how it complimented his eyes "I don't like it. I don't like other men hugging you," he said.

"But this is possessiveness, babe. There's nothing wrong with friendly hugs and I assure you that if I feel that a man isn't being friendly, I boundaries between us." I will put "I know, but I can't just not feel jealous. I'm also jealous of the fact that he saw your designs, but I didn't." That was a surprise. I didn't know that he cared about seeing my designs that much.

"I will show them to you once we're back, I promised him, making him smile. "In fact, you're looking at one of them." I pointed to the soft pink dress I had or "It looks perfect on you" I blushed and looked down. I still wasn't used to his compliments. They had a brilliant effect on my self-esteem, "I know that it's almost three weeks away, but you don't have anything planned for Christmas, right?" he askedand I shook my head. "Good, because it would have sucked if I didn't have my wife withon our first Christmas as a couple. Whenever he calledhis wife, my heart danced in my chest. I was aware that it was silly to feel like that since he was basically sting the obvious, but I loved the way it sounded on his lips. Chapter 20 "What do you want for Christmas?" Lasked him after the waitress cand took our orders.

"Nothing really. You don't have to getanything," he said. That wasn't helping. I didn't know what he liked other than racing. He had everything He had watches, perfumes, suits, and ties. I did know that he liked Formula 1, so maybe I could buy him tickets. "What about y There was something that I wanted, but it was expensive, so I wasn't going to ask him to get it for me. I wanted the latest sewing machine. It was for almost twenty thousand dollars, and I wasn't going to ask him to getsuch an expensive gift. I was aware that money w "Nothing. Surprise me." I smiled at him.

"So do you want a vacation house, jewelry, or a new car?" My eyes widened upon hearing the options he had given me.

"Have you ever heard about normal gifis" I wondered "Those sound normal to me." He shrugged.

"How about you do not exceed a thousand dollars?" That was wayn above normal, but that was his En.

normal.

"You've got to be kidding me." He laughed. "Sunshine, I'm not going to if we go that cheap! It would be an insult to 上 you." "I don't want you to spend your money on me, I sighed, looking at him.

"But I want to pamper you," he argued.

"Just don't go overboard, please," I begged him. I wasn't used to expensive gifts. I didn't want to make the most out of our marriage. I just wanted to have a normal relationship with him that wasn't built on his wealth. "No promises. He winked, makinggiggle. "Prepare yourself for next Friday," "What do we luve on Friday?" As far as I knew, we had no plans.

"Didn't you want to attend a race? The corners of my mouth turned up upon hearing that SEND GIFT