The Unwanted Bride Of Atticus Fawn

The Unwanted Bride Of Atticus Fawn Chapter 278

~SCARLETT~

He was ignoring me. Carter was ignoring my question about Clara. Of course, he would; he loved frustrating me just like my sister did, apparently.

“I asked you about Clara!”

“Clara didn’t want to come,” he tells me as he starts the vehicle. My eyes widen as he backs out of the parking lot. “She wants to enjoy the party with that best friend of yours. She told me to drop you home and she will return later. Of course, she had a few interesting choices of words, but I chose to ignore them.”

I gape at him in shock. Why that little—I couldn’t believe my sister; I knew she wanted me to get closer to Carter, but did she understand the trap she was setting for me? I could barely stand the guy; how can I survive an entire drive to my home?

I swear Clara honestly doesn’t think about me sometimes. But I’m the one that agreed to do this for her; I’m to blame. I’m the one that set myself up for this disaster, and now I had to deal with the consequences.

The things you do for the people you love.

“Are you sure she said that, or are you making it up?” I ask. I didn’t fully trust anything that came out of Carter’s mouth. I was still trying to come to terms with the fact that Clara had left me to fend for myself.

He pulls onto the main road and looks at me, “Are you calling me a liar, Scarlett?”

I hate hearing my name on his filthy mouth. No one ever said my name the way that he does. There is just something about how he said it that made my blood boil.

I don’t respond to him, and he doesn’t bother pestering me.

“Do your parents know you left the house like that?” He asks me as he lets his gaze travel down my body.

“Look at the road.” I snap as I pull his shirt tighter around me.

My body, for some reason, felt wide awake after he stared at it. It’s almost like my body was saying, look at me again.

I didn’t know I had it in me to enjoy when someone looked at me with such reckless desire. It usually irritated me. This was a first for me.

door and let them see how

to punish me if that’s what you expect,” I tell him. “They never said anything

the opposite of her. It means that you’re doing things that

well he knew me.

none of my brothers, including me, will let her

indeed that Carter suddenly cared about someone other than

I fake a laugh. “You’re the king of not just a dirty mind but a dirty mouth. You know exactly what happens in other men’s minds because you think exactly like they

my dirty mouth,” he says as he chews on a toothpick. Where did he even

it’s a complete turn-off for

roll my eyes at him, “do I need to answer

was a complete

don’t know what this dirty mouth

on that offer,” I tell him as he approaches my house. I was so happy

narrow my eyes when he

sure you know where it is; you’ve been

“Unfortunately, I don’t quite remember where you live, Scarlett. You may need to

my eyes. “Stop playing and just get me

jumping out of his

increased the speed, and I felt like

front of my

his truck and opens it for me. I’m surprised that someone like Carter does this for a girl. I’ve seen him exit a car multiple times, whether it be

trying to do? Why was he suddenly acting like a nice guy

at me briefly before leaning over to unbuckle my seatbelt. The scent of the shampoo in his hair makes my knees go weak. How does he smell so damn good? I always thought that guys smelt sweaty and just not nice. Carter was the exact opposite of what I thought guys smelled like. He made me want to grab his hair and pull him closer to me to get a better sniff

I freeze.

direction of my thoughts. I shouldn’t be thinking this way.

was happening to

smell good,” he whispers, his face