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.

opened my

to marry me. It also wasn’t a secret that he didn’t love me, not even a little bit. I think it’s

door f****d me to open it. I was expecting to see Atticus there, but it surprised me when it was Dante. He barely ever says a word to me. Not unless

mouth before I reach over and gently touch the bruise on his forehead. I don’t know why I did it;

his eyes are wide, and I think he may have forgotten what he was going

to his

whisper. “Your bruises. They’re

hated

worse than before. This fighting ring, was it

I

“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 me was because

“Willow—”

Dante. Please don’t embarrass me further. Please.” I stop him once

want to hear how much he loved her. While it was confirmed that I was happy his love for

didn’t help that I had all of these bottled emotions trapped inside me, all directed at

his mother rushes to his side. “Dante!” She hissed. “What

before his entire family stood in front of my

you’ve done to your face!” She shouts. They

would help. He’s in too much

His father asks behind him. “Is that what you do for

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

talk about

you say,” his mother says. “You are opening up about this right now. I’m tired of seeing