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

you aren’t still talking to that girl.” My father says to me. “You’re about

me to marry someone that I do not love for the sake of making more money and

just cut her out of my life like she was nothing. I needed time to come to terms with everything . I needed time to get her out of my life slowly. I couldn’t just close my

My father says

Whether you like it or not, father,

obvious to him. He may have succeeded in getting me to marry Autumn, but my brothers were much more stubborn than I was. They would not

will inform Autumn that you will pick her up at her

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

car keys from the desk

I bounce into

I ask. “What

scratches his chin as he pretends to find an answer. “Hmmm, that’s a tricky

an answer,” I tell him. “I have somewhere

grins, “it’s to meet

never tried to hide his dislike for Anya. Of course, he will be happy that I was marrying someone

come, and you’ll marry

solution for that.” He responds.

up on you, and when it happens, it’s something that you can’t simply ignore. He

Autumn lived. I dropped Anya there a few times