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

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

me to open it. I was expecting to see Atticus there, but it surprised me when it was Dante. He barely

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

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

to his senses,

“Your bruises. They’re

how much he hated it when

ring, was it someplace

what I said

“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 she asked you to. I

“Willow—”

don’t embarrass me further. Please.” I stop

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

I had all of these bottled emotions trapped inside me, all directed at him. He just was clueless in this

to say something when his mother rushes to his side. “Dante!” She hissed. “What have you been doing to yourself, my

be long before his entire family

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

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

behind him. “Is that what you

inseparable, especially since they discovered they were biological sisters. I often wanted to be as close to them as they were with each other,

talk

“You are opening up about this right now. I’m tired of seeing you this way Dante. Enough is