The Unwanted Bride Of Atticus Fawn

Chapter 94

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.

do you kids look so unhappy?” He asks. “Especially

toward me. They took care of me like I was their biological

quickly. I couldn’t hide my nervousness.

she seems to be fighting. And from the looks of it, this fight might be

takes Damon’s

They will get over this.”

felt sick to my stomach. Did Damon ever feel the same way I did, or was he more upset that I

No one says a word after that. Everyone except grandfather. He kept talking about the past and how different things were when our grandmother was around. He loved talking about her, and we

up and leaves without saying a word to anyone. I bite my lip and slowly let go of it as I remember what he said

reaction. I force a smile one more time and wait at least five

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

you know where Damon went?” I ask

nods, “he went for a run,

the gates, searching the roadside for him.

to speak to him. I had to

they didn’t like me going into the forest without someone with me, but I wasn’t technically alone if Damon

thought as I

few minutes before finally stopping when I saw

a pretty girl like you doing in the

looking for someone,” I

the ones you’re looking

and glare at him. “I don’t want any trouble. It was nice talking to you, but I have somewhere

an attempt to go around them, but one of them grabs my

My family is not far from here. Maybe you’ve heard of them. The Fawns. If

you were one of them, you wouldn’t be out in these dangerous

Fawn.” I introduce

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

words because I know it’s

me go?” I demand from the vampire, that still has his

will.” He answers me. “Right after, we have a little

he has time to prepare, I scratch his face, making sure

pain, and I use that opportunity to grab him by his neck and

bites down on

piercing howl covered my scream, and before I knew it, Damon’s wolf was on top of us. It takes him seconds, f*****g seconds to kill

lot of blood on my body and

catches me;

Damon growls as

I can hear the

know how much it hurt. But it did. It was the first time I’d been bitten by a vampire, and it was just as horrible as everyone had

to suck the poison out of your body Clarissa.” He tells

hair with one hand as he continued to suck the poison out of my body.

was the wrong time to have my inappropriate thoughts, but I loved the feeling of Damon’s mouth on my body. I wanted

bitten by the vampire,” I whisper through the

on my shoulder but soon continued removing as much of the poison as he

side of me so I could look at him while he was

ways, and he doesn’t even realize

hide the disappointment that I

to see

don’t want to leave. I want to stay here

n***d beneath me.

He says in the calmest way possible. “I can’t stay here with you and not have a doctor take a look at you.

wrap my arms around

out of my body.” I promise him. “I don’t need to see a

are not

cry out suddenly from a sharp pain in

Damon asks as

the same day the evil witch had tried to

I confess. “My arm

hands over it, and just like that, the

do that?” I ask

“Do what?” He asks.

the pain,”

up into

understand,” I whisper. “Did you set

answers me in amazement.

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

I didn’t want to leave

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

I whisper. “I want to stay

you want to

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

takes a deep breath and starts to walk

and wince as my head immediately starts

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

but apparently, Damon was okay with how bad things had gotten between us recently. The more I thought about it, the angrier I got. The dizziness was slowly fading away and I knew I could walk on my own now. I didn’t

down.” I

“No.”

“Put me down, Damon.”

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

go, I will

warns. “Why are you being so

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