The Accidental Wife (Emily and Julian)

She's mine.

Rosalie Kensington is my girlfriend after so many years.

It all feels like a beautiful fantasy I've stepped in and honestly, I plan on devouring every single moment in this fantasy.

When I told her about my feelings, I thought of the worst. I thought she was going to laugh at my face. I thought she might consider it a prank even though our pranks had never been emotionally or even physically painful.

Despite being told by Knox that she also had feelings for me, I found it hard to believe that she finally started seeing me differently. I'm no longer the guy who irritates her. I'm no longer the best friend. I'm the boyfriend who gets to kiss and cherish her. I get to hold her without needing the 'acting' excuse.

"I can't wait till I see you tomorrow," I tell her as I wrap my arms around her petite frame. I love the way she feel against my body. She fits so well.

"Me too. I hope you like the gift I got you," she says, looking at me with those magnificent blue eyes of hers.

"I'm sure I'm going to fall in love with it," I say, kissing her forehead. She could get me a bar of chocolate and I will be the happiest person alive. She doesn't need to go above and beyond to make me happy. Her existence makes me over the moon. "I think you're going to lo "Can you give me a hint?" she excitedly says, but I shake my head.

"You refused to give me a hint, so no," I tease her, making her huff.

"Shouldn't you be nicer?" she whines, giving me her puppy eyes.

"I'm not falling for that." I stand my ground. We've arrived at her family's place a few minutes ago. We decide to take my car and leave hers at the parking lot of the apartment complex. She already knows that if she needs a car, she can take any from the collection her pare I don't want to leave her, but I know that she has a family she misses and I'm certain that they miss her a lot. I get to spend more time with her than them, but that doesn't mean that I'm not going to miss her.

"You're cruel, but I like you." I know when she's about to kiss me. She always reaches for my neck and wraps her arms around it. So now when she does it, I like to take her in my embrace, slightly pick her up, and let her initiate the kiss.

We haven't exchanged 'I love yous' yet. I wanted to say it in the amusement park, but I didn't want to freak her out. I don't want to give her any reason to run away and I surely don't want to love-

bomb her. I know that Rosie is a hopeless romantic and based on what she has told me about the romantic novels she adores, she doesn't like it when the couples skip any step, so I don't want to skip any step with her. I want to give her everything she wants. "Aren't I the luckiest guy in the entire world?" I whisper, setting her down.

"Probably." She playfully smirks.

When we hear the front door open, we both look in its direction.

"Rosie!" Lily hollers as she runs towards her sister. Rosie doesn't waste a second and crouches to her sister's height.

"I miss you, Lil," Rosie says, kissing her sister's cheek.

"I miss you, too," Lily tells her.

"Hey buddy," I greet Holden once I see him. "How are you?"

III

Q

"I'm good. How's football?" He always likes to ask me about football and practice. Rosie once told me that he looks up to me and ever since she told me that, I try to establish a strong relationship with him.

"The season is in our favor until now," I reply. "What about soccer?"

"We lost our last game," he grumbles, looking down.

"Didn't we say that it's okay to lose?" Rosie tells him as she ruffles his hair.

"But I trained so hard, Rosie," he speaks to his sister. His voice indicates that he's not over the loss.

"When we train hard, we aim to win, but we also need to remember that training hard is a reminder to never accuse ourselves of not doing enough when we lose. You trained hard, so don't blame yourself. Be proud of what you've achieved so far and learn from your mistak "Silas, what are you doing out there? Come on in!" Emily invites me in as he comes to the front door.

"Stay for a little while," Rosie requests, reaching for my hand. Since I don't know how to say no to her, I end up walking imide with her.

I stay for an hour, desiring to spend more time with my girl and her family. I love the way Rosie keeps talking and looking at me. It's

different. It doesn't take a genius to notice the difference in the way we act. I love how she is now more relaxed to touch me and hold my hands. I love how she automatically leans into me whenever I'm standing close to her. However, the thing I love the most is the way she "How's everything going? Julian asks me when Emily and Rosie disappear for a moment.

"She is actually my girlfriend now." I try to hide the excitement in my voice because I don't want Rosie or Emily to hear me.

"You finally did it." I like how Julian is looking at me. I like that he approves of me. I'm glad that he trusts me with his daughter, and I don't plan on breaking this trust.

"Call me once you're home, okay?" Rosie tells me as she walks me to the front door.

"Okay" 1 kiss her lips. "Merry Christmas, cupcake."

"Merry Christmas, icing" She beams and kisses my cheek.

I'm already in love with how I'm going to start the new year. Rosie is my girlfriend, and everything seems to be in its right place.

I pray with everything in me that life doesn't turn upside down, because for once in a long while, I feel complete.