The Unwanted Bride Of Atticus Fawn

The Unwanted Bride Of Atticus Fawn Chapter 9

~ATTICUS~

“You need to get Autumn a ring.” My father tells me. “It has to be appealing to the eyes. Remember, everyone would be looking at her hand. Make them stop and stare. They must know that the Fawns do not play when it comes to things like that.”

I should have expected this is what he wanted to discuss when he called me into his office earlier. Choosing a ring felt like something I should be doing with someone I was in love with; not a woman my family was forcing me to marry. Okay

“She can choose it for herself,” I tell him. “I’ll give her my card.”

The thought of choosing a ring for a woman I didn’t love made me angry.

My father narrows his eyes and twitches his mouth in disapproval. “That will not do. You must choose it together and don’t return home unless it’s one of the most expensive rings in the store.”

I sigh; of course, that’s all he’s concerned about—everyone’s opinion on the ring. The only person’s opinion he should be worried about is Autumn. She’s the one that would be wearing it.

I look at my phone when I receive a notification. It’s from Anya. My heart races at finally getting a reply from her.

I’m not happy with what she’s said, however.

loved me. I was

My father says to me. “You’re about

my life and are forcing me to marry someone that I do not love

time to come to terms with everything . I needed time to get her out of my life slowly. I couldn’t just close my eyes and pretend she was never anything to

My father says as he

her around the house, now can I?” I demand. “She isn’t out of our lives. Whether you like it or not, father, Anya will one day become part of this

pissed that I just pointed out the obvious to him. He may have succeeded in getting me to marry Autumn, but my brothers were much more stubborn than I was. They would not

that you will pick her up at her home in an hour.” He finally

not say anything else. Speaking to my father about this entire thing would make me

the car keys from the desk and storm

Griffin says when I bounce into him.

ask. “What gave it

he pretends to find

to figure out an answer,” I tell him. “I have somewhere I need

to meet your future wife,

to hide his dislike for Anya. Of course, he will be happy that I

turn will come, and you’ll marry someone

have a solution for that.” He

know that isn’t possible. Love creeps up on you, and when it

where Autumn lived. I dropped Anya there a few times before. It doesn’t take long for me to