The Unwanted Bride Of Atticus Fawn

The Unwanted Bride Of Atticus Fawn Chapter 38

~ATTICUS~

“Hey, Tyler!” I shout. Autumn may think I left her with Clarissa to run after Anya, but I had other matters to deal with. I didn’t want her to know what I was up to. She may not be too happy about it, and I was already on her bad side; I didn’t want to make it worse. I’ve done many things recently to make her unhappy with me, but this one had to be done. I had to teach Tyler a lesson; he had to know to stay away from Autumn. While I was just pissed that she’d flirted with another man, I was also concerned about her safety. Tyler was not to be trusted around any woman. And he definitely couldn’t be trusted around my wife.

He turns around, and his eyes widen the second he spots me, “oh shit.”

That is precisely what I was thinking. My stride is long and fast as I grab him by his t-shirt and shove him up against the wall. “What’s this that I’ve heard about you wanting to take my wife to dinner tonight if you win the game?”

He coughs and clears his throat as he looks around for help. I’m positive that he’s looking for his teammates. They all stuck together, but I chose the perfect timing to catch him by himself. Not that I was scared of the fearsomes. It was just less messy this way, and I had to keep it that way to prevent Autumn from finding out. I didn’t want her to get any angrier.

Damon joins me, “look at you starting the fun without me. What part of wait on me didn’t you get?”

“The part where you were taking too long,” I inform him. “The game was about to start, and I had to pay our little friend a visit before he went and tried to win the game without talking to us first.”

“I’m sorry, guys. I didn’t know it would cause a problem.” He apologizes. “I shouldn’t have asked Autumn out. Or even spoken to her. I understand my mistake now. It won’t happen again.”

You bet your ass it won’t happen again!

“Why the f**k would you think that it wouldn’t have caused a problem?” I ask.

Had he been away from his phone all of this time? Why would he think I would be okay with him flirting with my wife? News of Autumn and me had spread like wildfire. There is no way that he didn’t know she was married to me. So what the hell could be his reasoning for his dumb statements?

“Everyone knows that you still love Anya.” He points out. I stiffen at the mention of Anya. Why was he bringing her up when the conversation was about Autumn?

“I didn’t think you would be so concerned about who Autumn was seeing. If I had known, I would have kept my distance from her. I can see now that she means something to you.”

Of course, she f*****g meant something to me. She was mine!

I press my elbow tighter against his throat, “stay the f**k away from Autumn. If you ever talk to her again, I’ll ensure you can never play a game of football again. Do you understand me? You won’t even be able to stand again after I’m done with you:”

He holds his hands up in the air, “you don’t need to tell me twice. I misread the situation. I’ll keep my distance from her.”

“While keeping your distance from Autumn, keep your distance from Clarissa as well.” Damon adds.

I knew he was waiting for his chance to inform him that Clarissa was also off-limits.

“Your sister?” He asks. “Why would I do that? It’s not like you want her.”

It might have been a joke to Tyler, but we didn’t take it lightly.

I let go of him then because I know Damon is the one who’ll want a piece of him now. Not that I didn’t want to punch his face. But I knew that Damon wanted it more than me, and I’d already gotten my chance.

I have the pleasure of watching Damon’s fist connect with his jaw, “there is plenty more where that came from if you even dare try anything stupid around her. I’ll come and find you if I hear anything, even if it’s a f*****g lie, so make sure there aren’t even any rumors about you next to her.”

Tyler spat out the blood from his mouth and rubbed his jaw. “I understand. Now can I go play my game? They’re all waiting for me.”

“Let’s go, Damon,” I tell him. “Good luck in the game tonight!” I add as we finally allow him to leave.

Tyler glares after us, but he doesn’t try to do anything stupid. He knows he’s no match for us.

“I think we should have done more than that,” Damon says as we walk away. “Guys like Tyler don’t learn so easily. You need to make an example out of him to keep him and others away from Autumn.”

“Are we only speaking about Autumn or Clarissa as well?” I ask.

I’ve been noticing his strange behavior around her recently, and I wasn’t sure what to think of it.

“Autumn, Clarissa, Anya. We must protect the women in our lives from men like him.” He answers.

Anya.

I was still pissed at her and what she’d done. But I also felt terrible after telling Autumn that I would protect her if I had to choose between saving her and Anya. I saw the hurt on her face, and there was nothing I could do about it.

But I hadn’t lied. If I had to choose, it would be Autumn. I don’t know when my feelings changed or how long I’d felt this way, but the moment that she asked me the question, I knew the answer right away. It shocked me, but I didn’t have to hesitate. I would save her in the blink of an eye; without a second thought, she would be the one I would run to. If there were a room full of people that needed saving, it would always be Autumn; she would always be the first one I would fight my own life to save.

I had to prove to her that I was telling the truth. I’d hurt Autumn to the point that she didn’t believe a word I was saying to her.

It still bothers me every time I think about it. She deserved better.

She still does. And I was going to f*****g be better from now on. I didn’t care that she didn’t believe me. I would prove to her that I had changed for the better. This is who I should have been to her from the beginning. I was too caught up with Anya to realize the s**t I’d been doing all along, I was finally opening my eyes, but I could only hope that I was not too late.

. . . . . . . .

~AUTUMN~

me over her if it ever came to that

those words, but I didn’t want to get my hopes up yet again to have him disappoint me in the

seemed very familiar and like they knew each other well. I think I’m the only one who noticed it, but I could be wrong about the entire thing. After all, they hadn’t spoken

she only approached us to ask that specific question, almost like the answer to that question mattered to

in my life,” Clarissa claims as she practically beams next to me. “The way Anya walked out of here in embarrassment and anger, I wish I had recorded that exact moment. It was priceless. I

had described it. Anya had finally gotten a taste of her own medicine, and I can safely

it?” I ask with a

over her mouth to quiet me down as Atticus and Damon return to sit next to us. I don’t think Damon would be happy to hear us laughing at his

did you two run

look uneasy at her question, but there is also this strange

last; we’re close enough to the area for me to see the bruise near

an old friend,” Damon

why does he look so guilty? I look back to the field at Tyler and

way that they were both responsible for the bruise on his face. But the more I saw the smirks on both of their faces, the more I was convinced

shoots them confirms my

I’ll have to confront Atticus about

to start.” Clarissa cheers as the two

I ask as I look around for them. They were

looks like Scarlett is in the field,” Clarissa says

her at first, but as soon as he does, he pushes away from the rest of his teammates as soon as he spots her. I’m unsure what she’s telling him, but he looks uneasy. There is something strange happening between them, and it makes me begin to worry. Was Scarlett okay? For her to confront him like that in front

on between them?”

pretend to be in love with Carter so that

says. “That makes so much sense. I always wondered why Scarlett would be so close to Carter when he’d cheated on

could be a great actor, I didn’t think that was the

looks of it. There seems to be something authentic going

storms out of the field, and instead of starting the game, he

Damon asks.

thing that he’s leaving. Tyler will lose.” Atticus says with a smile. “Why are you complaining, Damon? This

that he would say something like that; I’ve never seen him this happy. It’s like he’d accomplished something big. And to him, maybe he just did. From the looks of

I couldn’t believe those two; you could quickly

the field as Carter doesn’t even bother saying anything to the coach or his teammates. I don’t want to be him when everyone blames him if we lose this

begins, and everyone

check on Scarlett?” I ask

idea where they both

good question. Clara was also supposed to meet us here tonight. There

were interested in the game?” Atticus asks. “Neither

I ask him. “Okay, Clarissa,

She says as she pretends to be interested in him, she is playing along so well. “Look at

choke at her

up. “It’s

“the game just started. Why are we

answers for him. “Everyone must be present, and we have an

looks completely fed up; he has agreed with Atticus since the beginning. It was Clarissa and

was a dinner that we had to attend. I think you’re both just making up things for us to leave the game, and then you’re going to say something stupid like they canceled

good point. I also believed that

only just received the message on our phone,” Atticus answers her. “You know how they get when we don’t arrive on time

up the entire thing, but I guess we were about to find

and met in front of the house where a car was waiting for us. This time, there was

is not going to

quirks a brow, “I guess

her temple. “Just when I

there? As long as Atticus didn’t do anything stupid that could jeopardize our relationship; there shouldn’t be anything to worry

opened the door for me and helped me get out of the vehicle. There were so many things he never did

family. I was still getting used to all the attention, and it hadn’t been the easiest thing. My parents were also famous

deep breath when his family waves over to us. So they had been telling the truth all along. I spot

an almost see-through white dress. Did she

not get the dress code?” Clarissa whispers to me

sit right next to Atticus. I’m on his right side, and she’s on the left. I’m not sure if he noticed it, but he does look my way, looking

mother praises us with a warm smile.

our photo, and Clarissa groans next to

doing in here?”

photo of us whenever we have an event like this. They have a deal that

any different. They didn’t become billionaires without

seen his parents concerned about her. I knew that they didn’t like her, but they must have been worried after she almost ‘drowned’

my eyes. I’m so sorry for making everything so chaotic for you when it was supposed to be a happy occasion.

up from seeing you that way. You must take better care of yourself, especially with this family.” He

but he’d put it