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?”

locked in his gaze. Unable to move an inch. I want to tell him the truth; I desperately want him to

just because of the promise; I was scared of how he would react if he found out

I knew Atticus well. I wouldn’t be able to control my emotions if I told him the truth, and he

for him

between us. This was exactly what I was scared

doesn’t try speaking to me again for the rest of the class, and I don’t know whether to be

he could still feel the connection between us. His reaction to me, as well as the questions that he’d asked, was

work plenty easier. I still had a chance to bring him back to

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.

Anya threw my way would not discourage me from doing what I needed to do to get him back. However hard 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

. . . .

~ANYA~

I was sure that she was gone from our lives for good after

her or keep her. Not once did I think we would see her back home without

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 been squashed

just by showing up. There’s no

I mumble as I hit a bottle to the ground. “Why is

enters my room upon hearing the noise, “what’s going

glue. You should have seen them together in class today. He totally forgot that I was in the room with them. They were practically close to making out

it. But she’d also promised me that I had the upper hand. I didn’t think so anymore, not after what I saw today. I felt like

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