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 as my sibling. I fought against those feelings for a long time, and when Anya

That just wasn’t something a brother was supposed to do. I saw the way my brothers were with Clarissa, they actually acted like siblings but for some reason, I could

wasn’t holding her was when I removed all the broken glass and chairs from the floor and placed them in the bathroom. If I hadn’t, Atticus would have known something was wrong this morning when

we didn’t do anything wrong, but I knew how wrong it was even if she couldn’t see it. I knew I couldn’t let that happen again, especially after what happened

f*****g dreamt about. But I’ve never acted on any of it. I’ve always tried to push those thoughts away; I knew how wrong it was. She expected me to protect her, to keep her safe, to 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

inwardly groaned as I

me. I was scared that she would think the worst thoughts about me after feeling it beneath her.

me by storming out of the room. Not once did she care that

and I didn’t know

unusually quiet,” Anya whispers. “Is

to me these past few days. She didn’t deserve my betrayal, even if it was just in my thoughts. I had to find a way to control myself. I couldn’t continue

“Damon?”

“I’m just

smiles and kisses my cheek, “Dante is angry I chose to

you blame him?” I ask her. “I would have been angry also if someone had taken

but that smile is eventually wiped from her face. “Was Autumn invited to this party?” she asks me. “Isn’t that

surprised when I see Autumn and Griffin

I inform her. “It looks like

his party? It was very unlike him to let her go to a party like this without him, especially after what happened with Carter. If