The Unwanted Bride Of Atticus Fawn

The Unwanted Bride Of Atticus Fawn Chapter 9

~ATTICUS~

“You need to get Autumn a ring.” My father tells me. “It has to be appealing to the eyes. Remember, everyone would be looking at her hand. Make them stop and stare. They must know that the Fawns do not play when it comes to things like that.”

I should have expected this is what he wanted to discuss when he called me into his office earlier. Choosing a ring felt like something I should be doing with someone I was in love with; not a woman my family was forcing me to marry. Okay

“She can choose it for herself,” I tell him. “I’ll give her my card.”

The thought of choosing a ring for a woman I didn’t love made me angry.

My father narrows his eyes and twitches his mouth in disapproval. “That will not do. You must choose it together and don’t return home unless it’s one of the most expensive rings in the store.”

I sigh; of course, that’s all he’s concerned about—everyone’s opinion on the ring. The only person’s opinion he should be worried about is Autumn. She’s the one that would be wearing it.

I look at my phone when I receive a notification. It’s from Anya. My heart races at finally getting a reply from her.

I’m not happy with what she’s said, however.

me. I was

father says to me. “You’re about to marry Autumn, respect her, and do not disappoint

me, father?” I demand. “You already destroyed my life and are forcing me to marry someone that I

she was nothing. I needed time to come to terms with everything . I needed time to get her out

distraction.” My father says as he

have her around the house, now can I?” I demand. “She isn’t out of our lives. Whether you like it or not, father, Anya will one day become part of this family. Whether it

getting me to marry Autumn, but my brothers were much more stubborn than I was. They would not have given

will inform Autumn that you will pick her up at her home in an hour.”

but do not say anything else. Speaking to my father about this entire thing would make me angrier than I

keys from the desk and storm

there,” Griffin says when I bounce into him. “You’re not

“What gave

brother scratches his chin as he pretends to find an answer. “Hmmm,

and try to figure out an answer,” I tell him. “I have somewhere I need to

“it’s to meet your future

tried to hide his dislike for Anya.

will come, and you’ll marry someone you don’t want to, “I

He responds. “Never to

up on you, and when it happens,

few times before. It doesn’t take long for me to reach