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?”

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

opened the door before, so I can’t say.” I lie to her. I’m unsure if I’m doing the right thing by lying to her, but I was scared of hurting her. She was going through enough already. 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.

done, I know I must continue with

ever going to tell us what happened?” Jenna asks; she seemed the most anxious to hear the

have been there to wreck his windshield for hurting Clara. Of course, he didn’t believe me because I’m apparently too nice even to break someone’s windshield or anything

too nice for that. I’m happy you stood up for me, but I don’t think you should keep doing that around him. We

my sister knows 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

like I’m

“Something strange happened next. It makes me wonder what type of person Carter is. I felt like I saw another side to him last

she tilts her head to

slapped him, but then they tried to attack me, and that’s when Carter stepped in. I could have handled it independently, but he still showed up. He smashed their faces to the ground and asked them to apologize. After they did, he told them to 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, but he insisted that I go back to his truck. When I said no, he picked me up and threw me over his shoulder, and carried me back to his truck.”

they’re both reticent. It freaks me out since

going to say something?”

a different person.” She admits. “Are you sure that was Carter and not one of

“But it was definitely

Jenna says. “I would not expect something like that from Carter. But this means that Clara’s plan is working. He’s beginning to care for you, and

freaking hard. They weren’t the ones putting their lives on the

“I need to figure out if he’s messing with

wonderful, another day

Chapter 282

~SCARLETT~

yesterday and the day before that. Since I agreed to do

become the center of

did Carter do today? It was becoming frustrating. All I wanted to do

night. I didn’t need a reminder of it every second. They seemed to be convinced that Carter

he tried to sleep with. It was simple with

has been bothering me, which I intentionally left out about

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

would have been normal behavior if he hadn’t touched the exact spot I had been leaning

cheeks burned as I remember pressing up against it while looking at him. I

he was touching the

a sick, twisted reason for doing

shook that thought out of my head. I didn’t want to spend any time

Jenna tells the both of us. I’m suddenly interested in what she has to say—not seeing much of Carter? That sounds