The Unwanted Bride Of Atticus Fawn

The Unwanted Bride Of Atticus Fawn Chapter 166

BOOK 3 CHAPTER 2

~WILLOW~

“Why the f**k do you need to know that?” Dante growls.

Atticus crosses his arms over his chest and I can’t remember the last time I’ve seen these two this angry with each other.

“A f*****g underground fighting ring?” Atticus growls. “Are you a lunatic?”

A fighting ring? What was that exactly?

Dante looks surprised that Atticus knows the truth.

“Did you follow me there?” He asks him. “Did you f*****g follow me there, Atticus?”

“Of course I did!” He roars. “You kept returning home with a million bruises and acting like everything was okay when we all knew it wasn’t. Why the hell would you join something like that?”

Dante narrows his eyes and moves closer to his brother, “You may not have loved Anya, but I did. She’s dead. She’s dead, Atticus. Tell me you wouldn’t do the same if Autumn died. The woman I love is gone, and now I’m stuck in a marriage to her—”

He stops talking when he hears my gasp. I covered my mouth; I didn’t realize I’d made a sound until now.

Atticus turns to look at me as well, and I felt uncomfortable under both of their gazes.

say anything, I opened my room door and

realize I was standing there, but he’d said exactly what he was thinking. It wasn’t a secret that Dante never wanted to marry me. It also wasn’t a secret that he didn’t love me, not even a little bit. I think

expecting to see Atticus there, but it surprised me when

bruise on his forehead. I don’t know why I did it; I also am not sure

wide, and I think he may have forgotten what

he finally comes to his senses, he moves my

I whisper. “Your bruises. They’re

hated it when

before. This fighting ring, was it someplace that men went to fight? It would match

what I

him off. “I know that you loved Anya, and I’m happy she had at least one person who truly loved her besides my mother and me. I’m aware that the only reason you married

“Willow—”

don’t embarrass me further. Please.”

much he loved her. While it was confirmed that I was happy

that I had all of these bottled emotions trapped inside me,

rushes to his side. “Dante!” She

his entire family

done to your face!” She shouts. They were all losing

would help. He’s

behind him. “Is

joins us next with Clarissa. Those two were inseparable, especially since they discovered they were biological sisters. I often wanted to be as close to them as they were with each other, but I could never really bond with them freely. It felt weird knowing my sister’s

talk about it,”

about this right now. I’m tired of seeing you this way Dante.