The Accidental Wife (Emily and Julian)

I looked at the ring on my finger and twirled it

around aimlessly. It had been ten days, and I still wasn't used to wearing it. Sometimes, I took it off and when I did, I felt so much better. There was a kind of commitment that came along with that ring, and I wasn't ready for it. Not in the slightest I sat in my office at the company, looking at the design in front of me. I wasn't fond of it. Something was missing, but I didn't know what. Usually. I drowned myself in work to keep my mind off overthinking, but I couldn't do it today.

I saw the way Matt smiled when he took a glimpse of the ring on my finger, and it killed me that I wasn't as happy as he was. In some way, I felt like I was being unfaithful to him.

While I was examining the design in front of me, my telephone started ringing. I reached for it and answered. "Hello, I absentmindedly answered.

"Miss Eddings. Mr. Kensington is here and he would like to see you, Destiny, my personal assistant, said.

"Which Kensington?" I wondered.

"Mr. Julian Kensington," she replied. Of course, it would be him. Why would his dad come to see me?

"Let him in." I told her and hung up. What was he doing here?

When Julian walked inside. I stood up. He looked good in his dark grey suit. Why did he look better than the fi back?

Julian, it's good to see you," I politely said, extending my hand to shake it with his

first time I saw him when I first came

"I love the place. It looks good" he commented as his eyes travelled around the office while shaking my hand.

"Thank you." The two of us sat down and out of the blue, my mind attacked me with memories of us together when I used to work at his company and he was my CEO. He used to call me in his office just to spend some time with me. On a lot of occasions, he used to surp We were happy.

We were happy despite a lot of things.

We were happy until he decided to believe some

me pictures over me.

"Would you like to drink something?" I offered, but he shook his head. "So... to what do I owe the pleasure of this visit?" 1 wondered, looking at him. I didn't remember him telling me that he was going to v

visit.

He was about to say something, but his eyes fell on my hand and he closed his mouth. I looked at where he was staring and noticed what caught his attention. The ring.

"Congratulations," he muttered, looking away. Did he think that. Even if I was truly engaged, he didn't have the right to be mad or upset. I once was his girl, but that had ceased to be a long time ago,

"Thanks." I said, flexing my hand. Was 1 being petty? Yes. Part of me wanted to hurt him the way he hurt me. Another part felt bad for him, because I saw the pain on his face.

"I came here to give you something." he said. When he first walked in. I didn't notice the blue file he had with him, but I did now.

"What's this?" I asked in confusion.

He was about to answer, but our conversation got cut by his phone and I took a deep breath, trying to calm myself down. Why did his presence

make me nervous?

"What? What hospital? Is she okay?" I gave him my full attention. Worry was evident all over his face. "I'm coming!" Quickly, he hung up and I watched as he stood up. Something about his posture didn't seem right, which made me stand up. "What's going on?" I asked, approaching him. He was trying to escape my eyes as he kept looking everywhere but me. When I noticed how shaky his hands were, I frowned. "Julian, talk to me."

"She... she's not okay. She's been taken to the hospital," he stutters, finally turning to look at me. His face was a little bit pale and his eyes were wide with horror. I had never seen him in that state before. I didn't know what to do, so I just reached for his hands and firmly he "Who are you talking about?" I asked, trying to keep my voice calm even though his state was making me panic.

Hammered. His chest was rising and falling quickly and the tremble of his hands was increasing over time.

nokay, we will go to the hospital and check on her. I just need you to take a deep breath. Can you do that?" He was having a panic attack 1

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room." I needed to keep distracting his brain from the panic and make him return to reality.

"Y-your eyes," he muttered as his eyes were fixated on mine. I expected him to mention the plant I had in one of the corners, but my eyes would

1. do.

"Great. Now tell me when your birthday is." I planned on making the questions a bit harder to force his mind to focus. "November 19th." He took a shaky breath as 1 gently started rubbing small circles with my thumbs over his hands.

"Good. Now, when is Rosie's birthday?" That was the newest piece of information I had told him.

"September 5th and yours is January 20th, he replied. I didn't ask him about my own birthday, but I didn't care at that moment. That meant his mind was making a return.

"Good," I smiled at him and scooted a bit closer. "Do you need some water? Is there anything you'd like me to do for you?" I wondered, but he

shook his head.

We stayed in silence for a while, then I felt him move as he started to stand up. "Are you okay?" I asked as I got up too. I watched him as he headed towards my desk to get his mobile. He seemed embarrassed by what had just happened, but there was nothing to be ash "Let's not talk about this, please. I need to go," he said, not looking at me.

"I'm coming with you. I want to check on Rose, too." I cared about Rose a lot. She had always been an amazing person and it would kill me to see

her hurt.

Okay, let's go.

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was glad that he didn't fight me on that, because I couldn't bring myself to leave him on his own when he had just had a panic

attack.