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.

could say anything, I opened my room

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 it’s even possible that he hates me. He hates being

expecting to see Atticus there, but it surprised me when it was Dante. He barely ever says a word to me. Not unless he had no

That’s all he gets out of his mouth before I reach over and gently touch the bruise on his forehead. I don’t know why I did it; I also

his eyes are wide, and I

to his senses, he moves my

I whisper. “Your bruises.

he hated it when I touched

fighting ring, was it someplace that men

what I

know that you loved Anya, and I’m happy she had at least one person who truly loved her

“Willow—”

me further. Please.” I

I was happy his love for her was genuine, it didn’t make any

help that I had all of these bottled emotions trapped inside me, all directed at him. He just

to his side. “Dante!” She hissed. “What have you been

his entire family stood

to your face!” She shouts. They

shouting would help. He’s in

“Is that what you do for fun

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

don’t want to talk about it,” Dante

are opening up about this right now. I’m tired of seeing you this way