The Accidental Wife (Emily and Julian)

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My life had been nothing but a dream for the past five months. Julian and I were truly happy, and it seemed that our marriage was going to last. I got promoted at work exactly two months ago and it was a complete surprise for me. I was told that I had the best performance

promoted to being the assistant manager of our department.

Of course, I heard some people saying I only got the job because I was the CEO's wife, but I was getting used to such accusations, I learned that no matter what, people were going to assume that I only had what I had because of who my husband was

Julian knew that whatever job I had at the moment was only temporary, I was still saving to build my own brand. He had offered to help me a lot. but I always refused. I wanted to start from scratch with my hard- earned money, not the money that had been given to me by my husband. Onginally, I wanted to quit working at the company after a year and move somewhere else, but Julian convinced me to stay

"We don't bring work to our home, babe." I felt Julian planting a kiss on my cheek, making me

smile.

"I know, but look at the transactions and calculations. Over the past month, there are around fifteen thousand dollars missing." I handed him the papers, yet he pushed them away and leaned back on the couch, pulling me on top of him. "That's normal, sweetheart. We deal with millions of dollars. This is basically some sort of change for us." He pushed a strand of my hair behind my

"That's not right." I frowned. "This money is hard-earned. You should be aware of where every penny goes"

"When the corporation is as big as ours, expect some sort of stealing. As long as it's as little as the price of one of my watches, I don't care. 90% of the time we end up finding out where the money had gone, so there's no reason for you to be worried. We also launch inve while and thieves always get caught. Sometimes I let things go loose for a small period of time to catch perpetrators" he explained

"Now, can I have a movie night with my beautiful wife!"

"Yeah, you can." I pecked his lips and reached for the remote to pick something to watch

"Anything in particular?" he asked me. I shook my head and let him choose. Our taste in movies was almost the same, except that he was into action movies, and I wasn't too fond of themL

When I woke up the next morning. I didn't find myself on the couch. Instead, I found myself tucked in bed and sleeping in his embrace. I did not remember going to our bedroom. I must have fallen asleep while we were watching the movie last night.

I stirred a little, but that made him tighten his hold around me, which made me smile. "We have work. Mr. CEO, I mumbled and kissed his cheek.

"Let's call in sick. They know that we're married and live together, so it makes sense if we both get sick. Fl is contagious" I loved the blue shade of his eyes when he woke up they were darker than their usual colour.

"Stop being lazy and get up." I poked his nose as 1 rested my chin on his chest.

"It's not really a perk to get married to a hard worker. He groaned as he loosened his grip around me, and I finally managed to get up.

Since I was already late, I did not have time to make us any breakfast, but Julian, being the amazing husband he was, sent me breakfast once we arrived.

I smiled a little at the cute note he had written and placed it in my bag. There were many gestures he usually made that made me awoon. He constantly sent me coffee and even started to go to

work earlier, so we would be able to drive together. He also made sure to have lunch with me whenever it was possible.

I loved the comfortable routine we both had fallen into and honestly, I wouldn't change it for the world.

Do you wanna have lunch with met

I texted him when we were fifteen minutes away from our lunch break. he replied instantly, apologizing that he would not be able to do that since he had an important meeting.

Do you want me to bring you something to eat

That would be amazing, sunshine [

I went to the little coffee shop right across the company and ordered myself a sandwich and a mutin. I knew how Julian loved quinoa salad, so I got it for him along with a lemon bar since he loved them so much. "Hi, Emily" I stilled in my place when I heard a voice I had grown to hate. I turned around and

SAW

Chevier.

"Hi," I muttered, turning around, hoping that he would understand that I did not want to talk to him.

"You're getting more beautiful," he commented, and I took a deep breath.

"Marriage is

e is treating me well," I said as I tapped my finger, waiting for my order to get ready.

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"You really need to drop the act" A slight gasp escaped me as 1 felt him wrap his arm around my waist.

"Don't you dare touch me!" I snappeil, making everybody around look at us.

"Emily, are you okay?" I sighed in relief when I save Sain. I quickly walked over to him, wanting nothing but to stay away from Chester. "Are you

I shook my head, not wanting to cause a bigger scene. He is my ex, and he has it in his mind that I still have feelings for him," I mumbled.

Luckily, my order was finally ready. I took it and quickly made my way out of the coffer shop. I didn't know how he knew that I was there. Was he following me? The mere thought made shivers run down my spine.

1 headed towards Julian's office to give him his lunch. I didn't want to tell him about what happened, because I was certain that he might do

I something stupid. 1 didn't want him to worry or get in trouble because of me.

"Hey Gina, 1 know that julian has a meeting, but please give him this once he's done, I told his personal assistant, handing her the brown paper bag.

Just as she was about to reply, Julian walked out of the offer along with another man.

"You're here," he said, pulling me towards him as he kissed my forehead. "This is my wife, Emily. Emily, this is Connor.

I shook hands with Connor after Julian introduced us to one another.

After he left. Julian and I walked inside his office. "Are you okay?" he asked me as we set the food on the small brown table he had beside the window.

"Yeah" 1 quickly nodded. "Just a little bit tired. In some way, I wasn't exactly lying to him because I was tired. I was tired of Chester and his games. just wanted him to leave me alone. I didn't want anything to ruin my marriage. I was happy with Julian. I wanted to continue "You can go home if you want," he told me, but I shook my head. If I went home. I would end up overthinking the whole thing. Work was the distraction I needed.

"Do you want to have a small getaway next weekend?" he suggested,

"With you?" I smirked,

"Do you have another husband?" He raised one eyebrow, making me laugh

"Just you." I grinned.

"Great, because this husband would love to take his wife on a small getaway. He closed the space between us.

"And this wife would love that."1 leaned in and kissed his lips. I didn't even care where he planned on taking me. As long as we were together! knew that I would be ecstatic.

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