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

hope you aren’t still talking to that girl.” My father says to me. “You’re about to marry Autumn, respect her, and do not disappoint

demand. “You already destroyed my life and are forcing me to marry someone that I do not love for the sake of making more money and connections. How can you ask me also to stop speaking

time to come to terms with everything . I needed time to get her out of my life slowly.

distraction.” My father says as he ignores my

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 family. Whether it be Dante or Damon, one of them

pointed out the obvious to him. He may have succeeded in getting me to marry Autumn, but my brothers were much more

you will pick her up at her home in an

my father about this entire thing

from the

bounce into

ask. “What gave

his chin as he pretends to find an answer. “Hmmm, that’s a

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

meet your future wife,

the look of bliss on his face. He has never tried to hide his dislike for Anya. Of course,

now, but one day your turn will come, and you’ll marry someone you don’t want

for that.” He responds. “Never to fall in

you, and when it happens, it’s something that you can’t simply

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