The Unwanted Bride Of Atticus Fawn

The Unwanted Bride Of Atticus Fawn Chapter 100
Book 2 Chapter 23
~CLARISSA~
I hate him.
I hate him so much.
I hate him. I hate him. I hate him.
How could he do this? How could he agree to marry her? I thought I was getting closer to him. We’d finally kissed after wanting it
for so many years; we had finally kissed, not once but twice. We’d slept in the same bed together. We were having conversations
that weren’t the average kinds between friends or siblings. Things were different.
I should have seen the signs. I should have realized this sooner.
I knew that he was pushing me away while I was trying to bring us closer, but not once did I think he would agree to marry Anya,
at least not this soon.
What went wrong? Why did he make this decision and not tell me s**t about it? How long has he been planning on marrying her?
How long has he known he would break my heart and choose to marry her?
This decision hasn’t only messed up my life. It also messed with Dante and his life. He was just as heartbroken as I was. It hurt
to see Dante like that. He didn’t deserve what Anya did to him. She could have told him in a better way. She didn’t have to make
him feel like he was nothing to her.
I couldn’t even run after him while I was in so much pain. I had to fix my own heart before I could help fix his.
How could I watch him marry her? How could I watch the love of my life put a ring on someone else’s finger? The more I thought
about it, the more the tears rolled down my cheeks.
This wasn’t the Damon I knew and loved. He wasn’t like this. He wouldn’t put me through all this pain without a good reason for
it. I refused to believe that he actually wanted to marry Anya. I refused to believe that he was happy with this poor decision.
I couldn’t let this happen. I couldn’t let this marriage take place.

Everything would be over the moment that they both said I do to each other. I won’t have a chance with Damon after that. It
would be too late.
I had two options: let Damon marry her and ruin both of our lives or prove to him that we were meant to be together.
I was not going to make this easy for him. I was not going to let him take the easier way out. I’m going to fight. I’m going to fight
as I’ve never fought before.
I will make him drop to his knees and beg me to be his. He doesn’t realize yet that a massive storm is coming his way but soon
he will know the truth.
“Clarissa?” Autumn calls as she knocks on my room door.
I knew Autumn would come after me. She was like a sister to me. I knew she would be worried about me.
“Can I come in?”
“You can,” I answer her.
I needed her. This news had shocked me to my very core. I needed someone to hold onto. Someone who understood the pain
that I felt.
She doesn’t wait for another second as she barges into the room. One look at my tear-streaked face, and she’s already hugging
me.
“I can’t believe he’d do something like this to you.” She whispers. “I can’t believe he’s going to marry Anya. He doesn’t realize yet
what he’s doing but this decision will ruin his life. If he doesn’t stop it soon, he will regret everything.”
“I should have known this was eventually going to happen,” I admit. “We all knew Anya wanted to marry into this family. She
wanted Atticus at first, but now she wants Damon. I can’t believe she disposed of Dante like he was nothing to her. It makes me
wonder what her intentions truly are. Does she just want to be apart of this family for money? What does she truly want?”
Autumn sighs, “I also have my doubts about Anya.”
“We need to do something.” I plead with her. “Maybe if we hire a private investigator we can dig up some information on Anya
that can stop this wedding. I know that there’s plenty she’s hiding from us. We just need to find out what it is.”

She nods, “I agree with you. But we can’t let the others know what we are up to. Damon and Dante still care deeply for Anya.
Even Atticus, he doesn’t love her but the time he spent with her in the past has made him care for her. If we’re going to do this,
we need to do it on our own.”
Her hand squeezes mine gently.
“We are going to make him beg,” Autumn promises me. “He isn’t going to last long. He’s going to regret ever agreeing to marry
her when it’s clear that you are the one in his heart. We need to make Damon realize this before it’s too late. We need him to see
that you’re the woman for him. His heart knows it; it’s time he catches up with his feelings.”
I smiled; this was why I loved Autumn. She always knew the right words to say. Even though I had this heavy feeling in my chest,
talking to her has eased the tension within me.
“Did they announce the date for the wedding?” I ask her.
We needed to know how long we had left.
“Not exactly.” She answers me. “However, the engagement party will take place in five days.”
Five days? Were they crazy? If they chose such a close date for the engagement, it only meant that we didn’t have plenty time
before the wedding took place.
“Are they in a rush to get married?” I demand. “What about Dante? Shouldn’t they have waited for him to recover from the pain?”
Or couldn’t he at least wait until my heart had good enough time to recover from the initial shock of this marriage?
Did Damon not care about me at all? I still didn’t understand why he was doing this.
“We need to find the sexiest dress on earth for his engagement. We need to make him miserable to the point that we ruin the
entire night for him.” Autumn insists. “I’m not going to make this easy for him. He made you cry and while I love him like a
brother, he deserves what’s coming.”
I agree. I was willing to do everything as long as it got Damon back to my side.
It was time my nightmare tricks returned. That would be my first plan. My nightmares. He barely survived the last time I spent a
night in his room; this time, I’ll make it much harder.

“He couldn’t stop looking at the door when you left. Breaking the news to you was something that killed him inside. I’m positive
that he warned Anya to give him some time to break the news to you first. He should have never trusted her word. It’s obvious
that she couldn’t wait to rub it into your face.” She sighs, “I think that Damon is afraid.”
“Afraid?” I ask, confused.
Why would he be afraid? What could Damon possibly afraid of?
She nods.
“He isn’t stupid. He knows what will happen if anyone finds out you have feelings for each other. He wants to protect you, but he
doesn’t realize that his decisions are breaking your heart.” She explains. “I saw the look on his face Clarissa. Atticus and
everyone else aren’t paying attention to the way he gazes at you but I have been. That man has feelings for you and no one can
change my mind. This is the only explanation that I can come up with. He must be trying to protect you from everyone else.”
I swallow. I was aware the possibilities of people finding out and what that would mean for me, but I was willing to take that risk
for him. I wanted him and nothing else mattered to me. I wish that Damon could see things the way that I saw them. I wish that
he could understand that I was willing to sacrifice everything to be with him.
“Damon may come looking for you.” She tells me. “Do you want to speak to him tonight or should I tell him to give you some
space?”
I wanted to see him but not right now. It was too much for me. I needed time to process everything.
A knock on the door catches both of our attention. Was that him? Did he come to speak to me about the entire thing?
Autumn opens the door and we were right, it was him.
“Clarissa wants to be alone tonight.” Autumn tells him for me. “Please respect her wishes.”
It hurt to turn him away but he should have expected this after the announcement that he just made.
He doesn’t try to change my mind. Instead, he breaks my heart even more when he leaves just like Autumn asked him to.
After Autumn leaves, I spent the rest of the night crying myself to sleep.
The next day my eyes were swollen and extremely red. I had to wear makeup to cover it so that everyone else couldn’t see just
how bad this news had hit me. I didn’t want my family to notice how badly Damon’s announcement had affected me. I didn’t need

them to get suspicious.
We were back at the academy and so far, the news about Damon’s engagement hadn’t spread like I expected it to.
What was Anya waiting on to announce it to everyone that she knew?
I knew she couldn’t wait for every person at the academy to find out that she would soon be getting her wish of marrying a Fawn.
It wasn’t the Fawn she originally wanted to marry but she seemed to be contented with Damon, at least for now. Her mind
changed as quickly as some girls changed their outfits during the day. I wouldn’t trust it.
“Why didn’t you come to the academy with Damon?” Atticus asks me. “He’s usually the one you love to go with.”
Autumn sighs, “is it so wrong that she chose to come with us, Atticus? I was glad for her company.”
Atticus scratches the back of his head, “I was simply asking a question. Damon doesn’t look happy. I’m assuming that the both of
you are still fighting from the announcement last night. Dante is also refusing to speak to the rest of us.”
“That’s what happens when you decide to marry the wrong woman.” Autumn says as she narrows her eyes while looking at her
husband.
He shrugs his shoulders, “that doesn’t apply to me. I married the right woman. Didn’t I?”
“You didn’t make it easy.” She teases him. “It’s a good thing I stuck around or you’ll be just as miserable as your brother right
now.”
Even though I’m upset, I still can’t help but smile at their bickering. It’s easy to tell how much they both love each other.
I freeze when I see Damon in front of us. I was avoiding him. The moment he spots me, his body turns to stone. He makes an
attempt to walk towards us but before he can reach me, I turned and ran away.
I’m used to him walking me to class, but this time, I had to do it on my own.
“Clarissa!” I hear him shouting behind me.
Damn it.
Why was he following me?

“Clarissa, please!” He begs as his footsteps get closer.
I sigh and slowly turn around to face him.
What does he expect me to say? What does he want from me now?
I gasp when I see the pleading look in his eyes. It’s definitely affecting him that I’m refusing to speak to him. What would happen
if I ignored him for a week?
“Please talk to me.” He begs once more. “I know that you’re upset. I know that I should have told you about the marriage before
announcing it to everyone. I’m sorry. Please just talk to me.”
My jaw clenches and I narrow my eyes, “I’m not upset.”
He quirks a brow and I can see that my words have confused him. “You’re not?”
I grip the book in my hands tightly. “No. I’m not. Instead, I’m hurt. My heart hurts. And there is nothing that you can say or do to
fix it.”
He inhales sharply.
Before I can see the effect of my words on him, I storm into the classroom where I know he wouldn’t try to disturb me again.
I take a deep breath now that I’m not next to him. I didn’t want to inhale his scent earlier, I knew that I would have immediately
melted if I did. I was trying my best to stay strong but I wasn’t sure how long I could keep this up for.
Being away from Damon was not an easy thing for me to do.
I bury my face against the desk and block out everyone and everything as I tried to think of the many ways I could fix this mess.
What could I do? We’d hired the private investigator but it would take some time before he could get any information on Anya. All
we had to do now was wait for him to give us the file with everything he’d found out about her.
Now I had to hope that he would eventually find something that could help us. If not, Autumn and I would have to personally do
our own digging without anyone at home finding out what we were up to.
We had to find out the truth about Anya. We had to.