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~

because Atticus told me he would save me over her if it ever came

that he meant those words, but I didn’t want to get my hopes up

weird about their interaction. They 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 to each

approached us to ask that specific question, almost like the answer to that question mattered to her. Was she possibly hired

out of here in embarrassment and anger, I wish I had recorded that exact moment. It was priceless. I would pay money

true. I would also pay money to see the expression on her face again. It was priceless, just the way Clarissa had described it. Anya had finally gotten a taste of her

wasn’t it?”

Damon return to sit next to us. I don’t think Damon would be happy to hear

you two run off

look uneasy at her question, but there is also this strange look of satisfaction on their

last; we’re close enough to the area for me to see the bruise near his mouth. What exactly happened

visit an old friend,” Damon answers her. “Nothing for you to worry

prompt me to look at Atticus; why does he look so guilty? I look back

they were both responsible for the bruise on his face. But the more I saw the smirks on

nasty glare Tyler shoots them

Atticus about this the moment that we

about to start.” Clarissa cheers as the two teams begin to face off each

and Clara?” I ask as I look around for them. They were supposed to be here with us by

field,” Clarissa says as she tries to get

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

on between

say that she asked Scarlett to pretend to be in love with Carter so that she could break his heart just like he’d

why Scarlett would be so close to Carter when he’d cheated on her sister. She’s good at acting like she’s

could be a great actor,

was acting by the looks of it. There seems to

instead of starting the game, he runs

doing?” Damon asks. “He’s

lose.” Atticus says with a smile. “Why are

something big. And to him, maybe he just did. From the looks of it, Atticus was not

and sits back down with a grin on his face. I couldn’t believe those two; you could quickly

coach or his teammates. I don’t want to be him when

and everyone forgets about him,

and check on

where

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

in the game?” Atticus asks. “Neither of you is paying attention to what’s happening on the

you want us to pay attention?” I ask him. “Okay, Clarissa, don’t

so well. “Look at him go. Such a good

almost choke

he gets up. “It’s time for us to go

to him in shock, “the game just started. Why are we

Damon answers for him. “Everyone must

Atticus since the beginning. It was Clarissa and me against

have told me if there 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

also believed

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

they’d just made up the entire thing, but I guess we were about to find

in front of the house where a car was waiting for us. This time, there was a driver; neither Damon nor Atticus was

is not going to

“I guess I won’t

against her seat and squeezed her temple. “Just when I didn’t think this night

Atticus didn’t do anything stupid that could jeopardize our relationship;

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

of the Fawns and their family. I was still getting used to all the attention, and it hadn’t been the easiest thing. My parents were also famous and had their pictures taken almost everywhere

waves over to us. So they had been telling the truth all along. I spot Anya next to Damon, and it angers

is dressed in an almost see-through white dress. Did she think

not get the dress code?” Clarissa

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

praises us with a warm smile. “Let’s

photo, and Clarissa groans next

doing in

at least one photo of us whenever we have an event like this. They have a deal that makes both sides a

should have known; my family wasn’t any different. They didn’t become billionaires without working hard for it. They were always thinking of

first time I’ve seen his parents concerned about her. I knew that they didn’t like her, but they must have been worried after she almost ‘drowned’ after jumping off their yacht. It must

doing better. It’s still a bit hard to breathe at times; I keep remembering how fast my life flashed before my eyes. I’m so sorry for making everything so chaotic for you when

seeing you that way. You must take

was a warning, but he’d put it in