The Unwanted Bride Of Atticus Fawn

The Unwanted Bride Of Atticus Fawn Chapter 106

~DAMON~

The guests were already arriving, but there was still no sign of Clarissa. I kept looking at the door, hoping to see her, but disappointment kept on hitting me when I saw everyone except her.

I knew I didn’t leave things on good terms between us. I couldn’t sleep last night. She was all I could think about. Getting engaged to Anya hadn’t even crossed my mind once. Clarissa had taken over my thoughts, and I knew it would be that way for a long, long time. Nothing could erase her from my mind, not even myself.

I couldn’t get her words out of my head. She thought that I had no feelings for her. She thought that I wanted to be with Anya and not her. She doesn’t realize how wrong she is.

I wanted to correct her. I wanted to tell her the truth, but I knew that if I did, she wouldn’t stop trying to change things between us. I had to let her believe it if I wanted her to forget about us being a possibility.

It still bothered me that I had to hurt her in order to keep her safe. Clarissa hasn’t been thrown into our world the way that my family has been in the past. She doesn’t understand how hostile the world was when they got an opportunity to bring an influential family like ours to the ground. I didn’t want her to take the fall for the rest of us.

“You should be happy,” Atticus says as he joins my side. “But you look anything but that. It’s your engagement party to Anya. At one point in your life, you wanted this more than anything else. There was a point where both Dante and I wished that we were in your position today. Of course, that’s before I realized my true feelings for Autumn.”

I sigh, “you always know how to read me like an open book. I don’t even know how to feel right now. I’m confused by my feelings.”

He chuckles, “are you sure this is what you want, Damon? I know we’ve had our differences, but I would hate to see you go down the wrong path.”

I inhale sharply at his question. This wasn’t about me or what I wanted. This was about protecting Clarissa from what she thought she wanted. I didn’t care what I had to do as long as I knew she would be safe from any harm, whether it be physical or emotional.

“I know this is what I must do,” I answer him truthfully. “I have to do this.”

He raises one brow at me, “ah,” he whispers, “this is what you must do. Tell me again, why do you think this is what you have to do?”

I knew he would read between the lines. I knew that he would understand that this wedding wasn’t happening because I wanted it to happen but for a completely different reason.

That was one answer that I couldn’t give him. I couldn’t explain it without telling him everything that had happened between Clarissa and me in the past couple of days. I couldn’t explain to him what I meant without telling him that I had feelings for someone that he considered his sister, something that I was also supposed to do.

Anya walks into the room then, and there are gasps throughout it as everyone sees her dress. Judging by the thrilled look on her face, she was overjoyed by their reactions. Anya always loved being the center of attention. She loved to be the best dressed and have the nicest jewels amongst those around her.

The opposite of Clarissa.

hell was I even comparing the two of them?

closer to us. If she heard me asking about Clarissa, she would become angry, and I didn’t want to ruin her night due to my own problems. I’d already done plenty to hurt her feelings,

it would be a clear

He informs me. “As you already know, Clarissa, just like Dante, is not reacting well

was also not here. He’d chosen to skip the party, and I wasn’t about to force him to watch something like this. I shouldn’t force Clarissa either; if this were something that would hurt her, it would be better that she wasn’t around to see it. Though, I just wished that I could see her, just once. I wanted to gaze at her as much as possible before I placed a ring on Anya’s finger. My selfish heart wanted

can’t find her.”

to see Autumn

she find her? Wasn’t she

find her?” I demand. “Where

did get dressed to attend the party. However, she isn’t here. I’ve searched the entire mansion. Clarissa

dizzy; everything in the room was beginning to spin. I couldn’t think properly now that I knew Clarissa was not

she was like. I knew what she was capable of

that she would have done something like this. I should have asked the guards to keep an eye on her. To prevent her from leaving and

the faces in the room that were visible to me. I was still hoping that she was somewhere in the crowd, even though I already knew she wasn’t

She wasn’t here.

the f**k was she then? Where did she

if they saw anything that could help us find her. If she isn’t in the mansion, it only means she’s left. She isn’t

walking through the crowd, and she immediately pushes her way toward me.

further. I couldn’t deal with this right now. I had to get to Clarissa. The engagement party could wait.

“It’s almost time for the announcement. Everyone is waiting for

Clarissa,” I inform her. There was no point in lying to her; she had to know the truth. “I have to find her. This party can’t happen

that I could do about it. I was becoming impatient, and I

isn’t just doing this to mess with us? You know just as much as I do that Clarissa does not want us to get married. She dislikes me; she has always hated me even though I’ve been nothing but nice to her. It’s unfair, Damon. It’s unfair that you always pick her side over mine. Why are you letting her ruin this beautiful night for us? If you walk out of here, people are going to talk; they’re going to laugh at me. Please, for once, think about me

wasn’t intentionally trying to sabotage this night for us. It was all just

have to find her.” I plead with her. She had to understand. She had

for someone that may or may not be in danger!” She snaps. “In case you haven’t realized, Damon, she is your sister, not your

“I’m sorry.”

as I storm out of the house. I couldn’t listen to Anya’s

she’s in danger. I could feel it pounding in my chest, begging me to protect her. To keep

hell are you,