The Unwanted Bride Of Atticus Fawn

The Unwanted Bride Of Atticus Fawn Chapter 20

~ATTICUS~

I’ve never been this angry with Anya before. I’ve never known her to be like this. She’s had her stubbornness in the past, but I always thought she was better than this. Why would she hit Autumn? How was Autumn to blame for any of this? And to do this on her engagement night of all nights was something I would never expect from her. I knew that she was having a hard time coming to terms with this marriage, but that didn’t give her the right to mistreat Autumn, who has been nothing but good to her. Everything felt like it was changing all too quickly. Things shouldn’t be like this between Autumn and Anya.

I walk out into the ballroom and search the crowds like a hawk. She had some serious explaining to do. I wouldn’t rest until I found her and heard what she had to say.

When I do spot her, she’s surrounded by my brothers. I knew that I had to choose my words wisely around them. Whether Anya was wrong or not, my brothers always took her side. I was the same way in the past, but this time I couldn’t defend her. She was wrong for what she’d done.

I push through the crowd, ignoring the girls screaming my name to try and get my attention. I’d gotten accustomed to all the attention by now. Half of the girls here didn’t come to see me get engaged; they came specifically to see me.

Anya’s eyes are wide when she sees me coming her way. Damon tensed when he spotted me. He can sense the anger, no doubt. His first instinct would be to protect Anya. I remember when that used to be my first instinct as well. It feels weird approaching her for something other than affection.

Dante holds up his hand and warns me not to step any closer. Just like I expected, they’re ready to throw fists for her.

clenches, “why did you hit her?” I ask, my voice is

seconds pass before she

“How can you ask me that?” She demands. “Is she all that you care about now? I’m sure she told you her side of

staring,” Clarissa says as she joins us. “Maybe we should talk about

was too angry to act logically. I knew I would regret it when I calmed down, but I would deal with the consequences after I got the answers I was looking

I hiss. “What you did to her is not okay, Anya; it was very wrong and so unlike you. You should apologize to Autumn, and you should do

are changing, and it’s not a good look for you. And why should I apologize to her when I

First, you hit Autumn on her engagement night, and then you try to kiss me. And now I have to wonder if you were the one who had someone set that camera up. How else did they know

and stares at me with a look of betrayal on her face. Dead silence follows as she tries to recover from what I’d just said to

have accused her of something so horrible without having the proper evidence. She’s still my mate; when she hurts, I

leaves her eyes, I feel a

never questioned my character. I feel like I don’t even know you anymore. Is this how you treat the woman that has loved you for so many years? And so what if I tried to kiss you? It might be easy for you to drop me Atticus but it’s anything but easy for me. If you’d just heard what I had to

“Anya—,”

of so many people. I wasn’t the one that hit your fiancée first. She started it. Maybe she conveniently left that part out, but you, out of

the red bruise on her arm. Was this true? Did Autumn hit her first? Was Anya only defending

I’ve known Autumn; we’ve shared so many personal things between us. I’ve never doubted her before. How could