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.

anything, I opened my room door and

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,

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 he had no other

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

of shock on his face, his eyes are wide, and I think he may have forgotten what he

comes to his senses, he moves

I whisper. “Your bruises. They’re just worst

how much he hated it

fighting ring, was it someplace

what I said

need to explain yourself.” I cut 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

“Willow—”

Please don’t embarrass me further. Please.”

While it was confirmed that I was happy his love for her was genuine, it didn’t make any of this

all of these bottled emotions trapped inside me, all directed at him.

when his mother rushes to his side. “Dante!” She hissed. “What have you been doing

before his entire family stood in front

to your face!” She shouts. They

the shouting would help. He’s in too much pain

behind him. “Is that what you do for

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

talk about

are opening up about this right now.