The Unwanted Bride Of Atticus Fawn

The Unwanted Bride Of Atticus Fawn Chapter 88

Book 2 Chapter 11

~DAMON~

Guilt. That’s all I felt as I held Anya in my arms. I’ve always known my soft spot for Clarissa would put me in trouble one day. She’s always been my weakness. I’ve never been able to tell her no. Since the first day she came into our lives, I’ve always tried to do everything she wanted. A part of me has always wanted to protect her. To make her happy. To make her smile. To make her feel at home.

That never changed. I’m still that way when it came to her. My weakness for her has only increased with time. She knows by now how to bring me to my knees.

Even though we were close, I’ve always kept her at a distance from me. I’ve never done things that I knew would cross the line between us. Usually, Clarissa wouldn’t ask for more, but last night was the first time she asked for something I wasn’t sure I could give her.

I clenched my jaw at the reminder.

Last night was one of the hardest nights of my f*****g existence.

Seeing Clarissa dance with Ares almost made me lose my mind. I was ready to rip his head from his body. But then I saw the worry in her eyes, and I knew I couldn’t ruin her night because of my selfish reasons.

Still, I knew Ares wasn’t good enough for her. I knew I would eventually have to talk her out of it.

This need to protect her was expected between a brother and sister. f**k. Just thinking about it made me sick. I couldn’t see her as my sister, no matter how hard I tried.

her, since that first day, I knew that I was screwed. I knew it would be hard to see her as my sibling. I fought against those feelings for a long time, and when Anya

were with Clarissa, they actually acted like siblings but for some reason, I could never be

was when I removed all the broken glass and chairs from the

were so close to getting caught. Clarissa kept saying we didn’t do anything wrong, but I knew how wrong it was

be there for her, but yet I had all these dirty thoughts in my head. It made me feel sick. What kind of a man was I? She came to me because of nightmares, f*****g nightmares. I should have held her close only to comfort her, yet my body had a mind of its own. It wanted things I could never give to

as I remembered

beneath her. But

it couldn’t happen again was the right thing to do, but she surprised me by storming out of the room. Not once did she care that someone would see her exit my

behavior had dramatically changed recently, and I didn’t know how to keep

unusually quiet,” Anya whispers. “Is something bothering

was just in my thoughts. I had to find a way to control myself. I couldn’t continue behaving this way

“Damon?”

tightly, “I’m just happy to have you next

“Dante is angry I chose to spend today with

her. “I would have been angry also

eventually wiped from her face. “Was Autumn invited to this party?” she asks me. “Isn’t that the car Atticus gave to

gaze, and I’m surprised when I see Autumn and Griffin

coming to this party,” I inform her. “It looks like they’re going

go to a party like this without him, especially after what happened with Carter. If this were