The Unwanted Bride Of Atticus Fawn Chapter 53
~AUTUMN~
“I’m on your mind?” I ask in a soft whisper. I was no longer concerned about where we were. I needed to know more.
His eyes are still closed, but the look on his face is one of pain.
“All the time.” He confesses. “More than I would like to admit to you or anyone else.”
I can’t control myself as I lean closer into him and gently run my fingers from his temple to his cheek.
He inhales sharply and finally opens his eyes, “why do I feel like whatever everyone is hiding from me includes you? I think I’m going insane trying to figure out why I feel this way. As far as I know, we barely spoke to each other in the past, but somehow right after the accident, everything feels different between us.”
His words remind me of where we were and our complicated situation.
I remove my hand and place it between my legs to prevent myself from trying to touch him again.
I gasped when he grabbed my hand and placed it back on his cheek.
He narrows his eyes and pins me with his gaze, “things aren’t the same. I can feel it. It bothers me that no one is willing to tell me why I feel this way. Why, out of everyone, are you also the one keeping secrets from me?”
Unable to move an inch. I want to tell him the truth; I desperately want him to know we’re
because of the promise; I was scared of how he would react if he found
the past; he was the same Atticus obsessed with making Anya happy. I knew Atticus well. I wouldn’t be able
needed time to remind him of us before I finally broke the truth to him. I’m not only doing this for me but for him as well. He may think he’s ready to know the truth, but everyone else knows that this
Anya, who’s glaring at him. He gives her an apologetic look before putting more space between us. This was exactly what I was scared about; him pushing me away because of Anya. I already went through that once; I didn’t want
speaking to me again for the rest of the class, and I don’t know whether to be
remember our times together as a married couple, he could still feel the connection between us. His reaction to me, as
work plenty easier. I still had a chance to bring him back to
to slowly remind him of what we had. It wouldn’t be easy, and I knew that Anya would keep trying to push us apart, but I wouldn’t give up. Atticus was everything to
she tried to separate us, I would make it my business to try even harder. She would not win this fight. I would not let her take him from me this time. She had him once, and I’d let it happen; if I
. . . .
~ANYA~
dream, not a dream, a nightmare. I was sure that she was gone from our lives for good after she went missing for days. How did she survive?
they intended to kill her or keep her. Not once did I think we would see her back home without
dangerous as I’d initially thought. If they were, they would have gotten rid of her, and I wouldn’t have been so damn pissed right now. All of my plans had
showing up. There’s no telling
this,” I mumble as I hit a bottle to the ground. “Why is she back?” I
upon hearing the noise,
is back, and already she’s making my life difficult. Whenever Atticus is around her, he completely forgets about me. He doesn’t remember his marriage to her, yet he’s still stuck to her like glue. You should have seen them together in class today. He totally forgot that I was in the room with them. They were practically
that I had the upper hand. I didn’t think so anymore, not after what I
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