The Unwanted Bride Of Atticus Fawn

Chapter 281

~SCARLETT~

My sister and best friend were not giving me a chance to breathe. They were throwing questions at me, one after the next.

I didn’t want to remember anything about last night. I wanted to forget last night ever happened.

“You need to tell us what happened last night between you and Carter!” Clara repeats as Jenna joins us in the car. It was the next day, and I was still in shock and scarred from last night, and it was all these two traitor’s fault.

They abandoned me when I needed them the most.

How could they have left me to deal with Carter on my own?

How could they let him drop me home?

“I can’t believe the two of you!” I snap. “You guys are such traitors. How could you let me leave with Carter all by myself? Do you even realize how awful that was for me?”

A part of me knew that wasn’t entirely true. It wasn’t completely awful, but that wasn’t something I was ready to admit.

Jenna gives me a sneaky smile, “it was Clara’s idea. She said it would be best for the two of you to leave together so that you could get closer to him. But did that happen? Did you happen to get closer to Carter?”

I sigh, “I knew my sister would be the one to throw me under the bus. She lives to see me in pain.”

Clara rolls her eyes, “stop being so dramatic.”

“Come on,” Jenna says impatiently. “You need to spill the tea. We want to know everything! And don’t leave a single detail out.”

I roll my eyes, “I shouldn’t tell you anything for abandoning me last night. I thought I would have died!”

“You’re being dramatic again!” Clara exclaims. “If you want to get closer to Carter, you’ll have to spend time alone with just the two of you. It’s something you have to get used to.”

“That’s the problem,” I snap. “I don’t want to get closer to him. I’m only doing this for you. Don’t I have a say in how I get closer to him?”

“No,” Clara answers me. “If we want him to fall in love with you, we must do things my way. If it were up to you, you wouldn’t try to get close to him and instead try to push him away.”

“I have a question for you,” I tell my sister. There is something that has been bothering me about last night. I wanted to know if I was wrong about Carter. “Did Carter ever open his truck door for you or any door?”

She laughs, “Come on, Scarlett. It’s Carter Prince. He doesn’t do romantic. Everyone knows this, including me, and I would know plenty since I dated him. But why do you ask?”, she pauses before her eyes widen. “Don’t tell me he did it for you?”

not sure how to answer this question. On the one hand, my sister would be happy to know he was falling for me or at least pretending to fall for me. But on the other, she would be sad that he was so

I knew she didn’t choose the best way to deal with her heartache, but she was my sister, and she wasn’t a bad person. She’s never wished bad on anyone except Carter, but that was only because he hurt her first. And he did it in the worst way

think about what he’s done, I know I must continue

happened?” Jenna asks; she seemed the most anxious to hear the stories I had to tell from last

me standing next to his truck from the pool area. He immediately came down to ask me what I was doing there. I explained that I might have been there to wreck his

you should keep doing that around him. We want him to start liking you. You’ll need to try at least to be nice

what she’s speaking about. Carter seemed to be treating me better when I acted mean to him. For some reason, it seemed like he liked it when I was mean

asks me, still listening intently. “I feel like I’m reading a novel,

It makes me wonder what type of person Carter is. I felt like I saw another side to him

Clara asks me as she tilts her head

remember my name and never to try anything like that again on me. Then he gave me his shirt to cover up my body so that no other guys tried to interfere with me again. And if that surprises you, there’s more. I told him that I was heading back inside,

wait for a response, but they’re both reticent. It freaks me

to say

person.” She admits. “Are

exclaim, “But it was

this means that Clara’s plan is working. He’s beginning to care for you, and we haven’t

the ones putting their lives on the

with you or falling. I’m not sure how we will be able to tell, but we just have

wonderful, another day of seeing

Chapter 282

~SCARLETT~

him anywhere?” Clara asks. Today felt like a repeat of yesterday and the day before that. Since I agreed to do this for my sister,

center of

wearing? What did Carter do today? It was becoming frustrating. All I wanted to do was lie in bed and read novels.

down my spine every time I remembered last night. I didn’t need a reminder of it every second. They seemed to be convinced that Carter was already starting

me like he did with all the other girls he tried to sleep with. It was simple with everyone else but I was not about to make things easy for

been bothering me, which I intentionally left out

happened when I’d shut my door after Carter dropped me home. He did something that

which would have been normal behavior if he hadn’t touched the exact

it while looking at him. I could

did he touch it? Did he know he was touching the exact spot

a sick, twisted reason for doing

my head. I didn’t want to spend any time thinking about the questionable things that he

of us. I’m suddenly interested in what she has to say—not seeing much