The Accidental Wife (Emily and Julian)

Was I nervous! Yes. Was I going to back down? No.

Over the past five years, I had achieved everything I had ever dreamt of in my life. I wasn't going to stay hidden forever. The world was about to know who the owner behind the brand 'Masked' was. During the past years, I worked so hard. I started online, posting my designs and taking an order every once in a while and soon, I started to get recognized. At first, people used to order my work online and it was nothing but a small business. Within a year, I opened my own atelier and it was a hit. I soon started to participate in fashion shows and celebrities were starting to wear from my brand. Everything was surreal and it was hard for me to mentally cope with the stress. Yes, I was successful and everybody knew about my brand, but nobody knew who I really was. That was the reason behind naming my brand Masked as I didn't want anybody to know who I was.

After I left, people started to talk about me literally everywhere. I would be a liar if I said that I wasn't up to date with Julian's news. I had always been interested in what he was doing in life. He was as successful as ever, yet he wasn't the man he used to be. Five years ago, he was a sociable man who

loved to attend events, but he had changed and my mind refused to believe that I was the catalyst behind that change. I refused to believe that he still loved me that much. I was even starting to be convinced that he never really loved me. If he had truly loved me, he would chance to explain myself

I was no longer Emily Kensington or Emily Harolds. I was Amelia Eddings, owner of one of the most respectable and successful fashion houses in the world. I still couldn't believe that I managed to achieve all of that in five years, but apparently miracles still had a place am "I still can't believe that you're back," Maya gushed, giving me a side hug as we both sat on the couch in my mansion. A lot had changed over the past few years. Maya and Sam got engaged. They had been engaged for two years and they were currently preparing for thei wedding. Sam had established his own IT company and although it was small, it was very successful.

"Me

neither," I mumbled. It all felt surreal. I was certain that my life was about to change again and whether I liked it or not. Julian was going to try to get in contact with me, I didn't know how I was going to act on seeing him. Was I even ready to meet him? How was I going to "I don't know how I'm going to get used to calling you Amelia from now on," Sam commented with a chuckle.

"You guys can call me whatever you want as long as we're not in public. I know it's hard, but I kind of want people to forget the old me. I told them.

"The old you wasn't bad." Maya said.

"She wasn't bad, but she got used a lot and she was very naive," I replied.

"What about Rosalie though! Have you finally told her about your old name?" Sam wondered and I nodded.

Rosalie was the secret that was about to be revealed sooner or later.

My beautiful daughter.

A month and a half after Julian divorced me, I found out I was pregnant. It was quite a shock for me as I wasn't ready to have a child. I was thankful that I had some money saved, but they were never enough. Had it not been for the success of my business in such a short She knew that her father was alive, because I told her he was on very long business trip at a place that barely had signals. A stupid lie, but she still four years old, so she didn't have many questions to ask. Was

Not once had I said anything had about him to her. She knew that she had a father and she was aware that he loved her so much. I had made up another lie, telling her that he sent her letters.

I named her Roulie because I loved Rose so much. She was like a mother to me and when Julian forbade me from contacting her, it broke my heart. It felt like I lost my mother for the second time.

He took so much from me. He destroyed me in so many ways and I didn't know if I could ever forgive him for what he had done. The wounds he caused were deep and some of them were still bleeding till that day.

He spent a year after 1 left asking Maya and Sam if they knew where I was. During that time, they truly didn't know where I was. I only told them where I had been living after two years.

Five years had passed. Surely, he had forgotten about me. According to the news, he wasn't dating anyone, but maybe he had a secret relationship.

I moved on. I had

a boyfriend, so it was his turn. It wasn't like I was the love of his life. We only spent two years together and our marriage was an arranged marriage. During those two years, we weren't madly in love with each other from the start. Love came afterwards and it quickly depa "Do you plan on telling him about Rosie!"

"Maya asked.

"He's going to hnd one about hier on hay own."

Was it fair to keep his daughter from him for all of those years? No.

Was it necessary? Unfortunately, yes.

I couldn't get back without making a name for myself. I couldn't be the old girl that everybody walked over before.

"Mommy." My daughter's beautiful voice snapped me out of my thoughts. I opened my arms for her when I saw her running towards me with a bright smile on her face.

"Hey, cupcake," I mumbled and kissed her check. She was upstairs, playing in her room.

"Tm hungry," she said, looking up at me. She had my blonde hair and her father's blue eyes. She then looked at Maya and Sam and grinned. "Hi, Auntie Maya. Hi Uncle Sam!" she exclaimed. She loved them a lot. They came to visit us twice in New Jersey, so she had met them before. I always Face Timed them too and she would sometimes join the call, so she was close to them.

"Hey, Rosie!" Sam ruffled her hair, making her giggle.Published by Nôv'elD/rama.Org.

"Come here, you little munchkin!" Ma

Maya gently pulled my little girl towards her and literally attacked her with kisses, making her giggle a

and squeal

"What do you want to eat?" I asked her, getting up. I loved cooking for her. Although she had a nanny that I trusted and was very good to her, I still loved cooking for my daughter and she loved my cooking.

"Turkey sandwich and some fruits!" she said excitedly.

1 left her with Sam and Maya and made my way to the kitchen. I had been here for five days and tomorrow was the day everybody would know who the owner of Masked was. I was going to launch my new fragrance and it had already been announced that I was going to Tomorrow morning, my life would witness another change that I hoped with everything in me I was ready for.