The Unwanted Bride Of Atticus Fawn Chapter 94

Book 2 Chapter 17

I bit my lip, and he surprised me when he pulled my bottom lip from under my teeth with his fingers, “don’t do that in front of me.”

Couldn’t I bite my lip in front of him anymore? It didn’t bother him in the past. Why did it bother him now? He’s confusing me with his words and actions. I have no idea what it means anymore.

“So maybe I did get a small tattoo,” I mumble. “I don’t see why it’s such a big deal to you.”

I didn’t want to lie to him anymore. But at the same time, I was unwilling to tell him I’d gotten a tattoo of his name.

He swallows, “I thought we told each other everything.”

“Why are you so upset about this?” I ask him. “Why does it bother you?”

I was not going to let this go. I wanted an answer to my question.

I watch the frustration on his face as he tries to come to terms with what I’ve done.

“Because all of the things that you do, no matter how small they are, it always affect me.” He finally answers me.

My lips part at his confession. I couldn’t believe he’d just admitted that to me. Was it true? Did everything I do really affect him so badly?

“How does it affect you?” I whisper as I search his eyes. How does a tattoo affect him? It’s on my body, not his. Unless he already knew that the tattoo had his name on it. I quickly dispose of that thought. He doesn’t know. I’ll know when he does.

He takes a deep breath, “I love your skin just the way it is. You didn’t need to get a tattoo. It was already beautiful.”

I sighed; I had to explain to him that I didn’t get it just for the sake of getting one.

“That tattoo holds sentimental value to me,” I explain. “I didn’t get it because I wanted to see what it would look like. I got it because it actually means something to me. I got it because it helped me be closer to someone I know I’ll never get the chance to be that close with.”

His eyes narrow, “you got it because of someone?”

I pause and immediately realize my mistake.

I bite my lip; I’d said too much. I kept making the same mistakes over and over again. What would he think of me if he assumed that I’d gotten the tattoo for some random guy that he’d never heard about before?

“Forget I said anything,” I tell him. There was no way I would show him whose name was on my a*s. I knew I would cause more damage than good if I let him believe it was for a guy, but I had to do it.

I knew that one day soon when I thought it was the right time, I wouldn’t hesitate to show him. For now, I’ll let him believe what he wants to.

He suddenly laughs, and it surprises me. What was so funny? It didn’t seem like a genuine laugh, more like a sarcastic one.

I watch as he runs a hand through his hair and steps back from me.

“Clearly, I don’t know you as well as I thought I did.” He whispers more to himself than me.

“Damon!” I try to stop him. I’d somehow hurt him with my words.

“It’s okay, Clarissa.” He stops me. “I’m not upset with you. Never with you. I wasn’t upset with you earlier either; I lied.”

I watch as he walks out of the room and closes my door behind him. He doesn’t even wait for me to respond. He may not be upset with me, but he did seem to be hurt. I stood completely still for at least ten minutes, thinking of how to make this better. My relationship with Damon has never been this strained before. My desperation to get him to see me how I saw him was beginning to create problems between us.

I had to make things right.

After showering and finally changing from the bikini into jeans and a top, I decided it was time to leave my room for at least an hour. If I kept locking myself inside here, my family would know that something was wrong. I didn’t want them to start showing interest in my life and the crazy things I’ve been up to lately.

Besides, I wanted to speak with Damon again. I didn’t like where our last conversation had ended.

Everyone was having dinner when I got downstairs.

“Finally, Clarissa,” Atticus says as he spots me. “I’ve heard you had a very exciting day today. It’s good you came down for dinner after locking yourself in the room for so long.”

Did he hear everything? Did he find out that I kissed Damon while playing a game?

I don’t think he did; his reaction would have been worse than this.

“I’ll rather not talk about today,” Griffin says; he was still traumatized from seeing me kiss Damon.

“That’s a good idea,” Autumn says with a f****d smile. “Let’s not talk about today.”

Atticus quirks a brow at her, and I can tell he wasn’t finished speaking to her about today. He may be quiet now, but they would have more to talk about later.

Damon walks into the room and sees me. His eyes lingered on me for a second before he took the seat furthest away from me. It hurt. Damon always sits next to me at the dining table.

“Did you two get into some kind of a fight?” Atticus asks. He was the first to notice what Damon had just done.

“No.” Damon answers him before I can say anything.

I force a smile on my face, “of course not.”

Griffin quirks a brow as he looks between the two of us. I know he’s wondering if the kiss had pushed us further apart.

“What exactly happened today?” Dante asks as he looks at the four of us.

“Nothing for us to speak about,” Autumn says. “Let’s just have a nice dinner.”

Grandfather walks in just then. It was good to see him after he’d left us for a while.

unhappy?” He asks. “Especially you, my

as well as my adoptive grandmother, were always very loving toward me. They took care of me

bite of the fried chicken in front of me and chew quickly. I couldn’t hide my nervousness. I was scared that everyone would find out what I did

be fighting. And from the looks of it,

and takes Damon’s

are normal between siblings. They will get over this.” He

us siblings. Every time someone referred to us as that, I felt sick to my stomach. Did Damon ever feel the same way I did,

one says a word after that. Everyone except grandfather. He kept talking about the

gets up and leaves without saying a word to anyone. I bite my lip and slowly let go of it

follow him, but not when everyone stared at me, waiting for my reaction. I force a smile

to my disappointment, he wasn’t there. I ran back down the stairs and walked outside. His jeep was

where Damon went?” I ask one of

“he went for

of the gates, searching the roadside for him. He wasn’t there either. He must have gone

to him.

into the forest without someone with me, but I wasn’t technically alone if Damon was

didn’t waste a second thought as I followed his

have gotten far. I kept running for a few minutes

like you doing

for someone,” I answer

ones you’re looking for.” Another one

him. “I don’t want any trouble. It was

them, but one of them grabs my

sigh, “are you going to make this difficult? My family is not far from here. Maybe you’ve heard of them. The Fawns. If you’re smart, you’ll step away from me, and no

of them, you

Clarissa Fawn.”

the vampires takes a few steps closer to me, “you mean the adopted girl? No wonder you’re out here by yourself. They don’t actually care about

words because I know it’s not

I demand from the vampire, that still has his hand on

me. “Right after, we have

has time to prepare, I scratch his face, making

that opportunity to grab him by his neck and

vampires move swiftly around me. One grabs my hair, and the other bites down on my shoulder. I scream as

on top of us. It takes him seconds, f*****g seconds to kill the vampires

left with a lot of blood on my body and a

Damon catches me;

growls as he examines my

and I can hear

it did. It was the first time I’d been bitten by a vampire, and it

out of your body Clarissa.” He tells me gently as he cradles

warning. I tried to grab his hair with one hand as he continued to suck the poison out of my body. He stops and spits it onto the ground. I try to stay awake. It

but I loved the feeling of Damon’s mouth on my body. I wanted to

the vampire,”

a second on my shoulder but soon continued removing as

of me so I could

me so many ways, and he doesn’t

and I can’t hide

doctor needs to see you and ensure the poison is

want to leave. I want to stay

me in his arms, and it’s only then that I realize he’s completely n***d beneath me. If I weren’t still so

here with you and not have a doctor take

slightly to wrap my arms around his neck. My face is pressed against his chest as I listen to the

You saved me. You got the poison out of my body.” I

not fine.” He

out suddenly from a

Damon asks as he tries to help

same day the evil witch had tried to kill me in front of

know,” I confess. “My arm

hands over it, and just like that, the pain

do that?” I ask in

“Do what?” He asks.

pain,”

up into flames. My eyes

whisper. “Did you set them

answers me in amazement. “Something crazy is happening right

into his arms, and I held onto him as he walked with me through

I didn’t want to leave yet,” I

that we need to get you home. Quickly. Besides, I don’t know what the hell just happened. We need to

want to stay here. With

second as he stops walking. “Why? Why do you want to stay here with me instead

I need to make things better between us,” I whisper. “You’re upset with me. Or you’re upset about our situation. I don’t know what’s bothering you, but I want to fix it. I can’t stand us being so distant from each other.

a deep breath and starts to

I snap and wince as my head immediately

to make sure that you’re out of any danger Clarissa. You know how dangerous a vampire’s bite can be. You’re lucky he didn’t try to turn you into one of them. We must ensure that the poison has left your body and can’t hurt you

recently. The more I thought about it, the angrier I got. The dizziness was slowly

down.”

“No.”

“Put me down, Damon.”

tighten around me. “I’m not letting you go,

you don’t let me go, I will scream,” I warn

“Why are you being so difficult? I’m trying to protect

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