The Unwanted Bride Of Atticus Fawn

Chapter 53

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?”

move an inch. I want to tell him the truth; I

anything. It wasn’t just because of the

the past; he was the same Atticus obsessed with making Anya happy. I knew Atticus well. I wouldn’t be able to control my emotions if

more time. I 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

space between us. This was exactly what I was scared about;

for the rest of the class, and I don’t know whether to

feel the connection between us. His reaction to me, as well as the questions that he’d asked, was enough to confirm this for

my work plenty easier. I still had a chance to bring him back to me; I just had to do

and I knew that Anya would keep trying

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 had shown my interest earlier, maybe

. . . .

~ANYA~

yesterday was a 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’d kidnapped her;

to kill her or keep her. Not once did I think we would see her back home without a scratch

as dangerous as I’d initially thought. If they were, they would have gotten rid of her, and I wouldn’t

by showing up. There’s no telling what more trouble she was

this,” I mumble as I hit a bottle to the ground. “Why

room upon hearing

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 in the middle of the classroom. It makes me sick just thinking about

she’d heard about 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 everything was

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