The Unwanted Bride Of Atticus Fawn

The Unwanted Bride Of Atticus Fawn Chapter 177

BOOK 3 CHAPTER 13

~WILLOW~

He doesn’t say anything. All he does is watch me like I was a ticking time bomb. Did I make him that uncomfortable?

I still can’t move my finger. I’m numb after being caught.

“What are you doing?” he finally asks, breaking the silence.

I flushed under his piercing gaze, “I was just about to wake you.” I lie. “Your arm, it’s um—”

Right above my breast. I don’t finish my sentence. When he realizes what I’m trying to say, he moves his arm from on top of me.

“I’m sorry.” he apologizes. “I’m not used to having company in my bed. It may take some time for me to get accustomed to it. If you want, I can separate us with some pillows or even get another bed for the room.”

Of course, he would suggest something like this just because he’d touched me in his sleep.

“It’s okay,” I assure him. “It doesn’t bother me.”

He nods and walks into the bathroom. I bury my head against the pillow.

While he’s showering, I pull my diary out from under the mattress.

My dearest husband,

You kissed me for the first time. You’ve done the one thing I’ve been dreaming about since I married you. However, I felt hurt when you said my sister’s name. You were thinking of her the entire time. I do not blame you; I know you love her, and I know our marriage was f****d onto you. Still, my heart doesn’t know how to forget your lips on mine. And I don’t think it’s possible to ever forget.

I quickly placed it back under the mattress when I heard the shower turn off.

It was my turn to get dressed for the academy. I pass him as soon as he’s getting out. I held my breath as his scent hit my nose. It’s comforting and intoxicating all at once.

cover my mouth and nose, trying to cancel it

you sick?” Dante asks me, noticing my strange

him to ask any more questions as I shut the bathroom door. I quickly showered and got out a few minutes

Dante is already

darker shade. I didn’t think it was possible for eyes as bright

while to remember that Autumn and Clarissa

match them with a

to get dressed,” Dante informs me. “I’ll be waiting in the

When alone, I drop the towel onto

someone whistling. When I look to my left, it’s Clarissa. Both she and Autumn

exclaims. “Let’s see what those awful girls

had plenty to say about my outfits in the past. They claimed that Anya had a much better

snapped. “What did Dante say when he saw this

I answer her. “He’s already in his

you outside,” Autumn says as she hooks her arm

into the jeep. His eyes are on his phone. After I buckle myself in, he starts

That was disappointing.

of us says a word for the entire drive to the academy. When we arrived, I silently exited and reunited with Clarissa and Autumn. They’d arrived

to say

He didn’t even look at me,

amazing. Look

and realized that she was

only ones staring at me;

what’s going on,” Autumn says suddenly. “Isn’t today

“What?” I ask, surprised.