The Unwanted Bride Of Atticus Fawn

The Unwanted Bride Of Atticus Fawn Chapter 175

BOOK 3 CHAPTER 11

~DANTE~

The screams erupted around me the second that I stepped into the ring. It helps cancel out the pain inside my heart. Images of Anya in front of me distract me for a second, but when my opponent takes his first swing at me, I’m back to defend myself.

I duck from his second attack and let him try again. My technique was to let them fight first, get them tired, and then hit them with most of my strength. So far, I’ve never met an opponent with whom I had to use every method I knew. None of them were stronger than me.

Maybe it was my emotional pain fueling my determination to win the matches. However, it wasn’t even about winning; it was mostly about forgetting the grief inside of my heart, even if it was only for a few minutes.

I let my opponent get another punch at me; I ignore the pain in my jaw. I allowed him to hit me because I needed the pain.

After a few more punches, I finally begin my counterattack.

I can hear the applause get louder as I begin winning the fight, a mixture of males and females cheering me on.

I use the sound to bury the pain. I wish it lasted longer.

No one understood me. My family. Friends. Enemies.

No one could understand why I was still in love with Anya. They expected me to let go of her after her death. They expected me to forget about her.

I didn’t know how to explain it to anyone. Anya never treated me well enough for me to love her this deeply. But loving her had nothing to do with what she did or didn’t do. The love in my heart was true and pure.

loved her with my whole heart. When she died, I lost a part of me. A portion

didn’t know the truth about Anya. They didn’t know the things she’d

best to keep

to be ruined after her death. I knew my family disagreed with me, partly because this made Willow’s life more difficult. Everyone saw her as a thief, someone who’d stolen her sister’s

and many liked her despite the wrongs she’s done. They

lifted it to signal that I was the winner. I look around the stadium and all I

shakes my hand as I exit the ring. “Always a pleasure watching you fight. Hope we get to see you

be back before the end of the

There’s no telling what else I’ll do that would bring me

the woman next to

to me. She’s dressed in a mini skirt and a white b*a. That was a casual outfit in here. She purposefully pushed herself closer so I could

My jaw clenches.

your number?”

married,” I answer

looks surprised, “I don’t

married. I haven’t met anyone unaware of my marriage to Willow. However, it’s never enough to stop women from approaching me. Even if

you take my number?” She asks desperately. “You can call me whenever you need someone to talk to

her. “This

arms as

“Thanks.”

harassed just after a

away before someone else tries talking to

home, but there wasn’t anything else left for

The receptionist shouts as I walk towards