The Unwanted Bride Of Atticus Fawn

Chapter 9

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.

you loved me. I was wrong about

to that girl.” My father says to me. “You’re about to marry Autumn, respect her, and do not

forcing me to marry someone that I do not love for

nothing. I needed time to come to terms with everything . I needed time to get her out of my life slowly. I couldn’t

father says

out of our lives. Whether you like it or not, father,

pissed that I just pointed out the obvious to him. He may have succeeded in getting me to

at her home in an hour.” He finally says. “Do

at him but do not say anything else. Speaking to my father

car keys from the desk and

says when I bounce into him.

I ask. “What gave it

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

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

meet your future wife, isn’t

his dislike for

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

that.” He

on you, and when it happens, it’s something that you can’t simply ignore. He will know this

there a few times before. It

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