The Unwanted Bride Of Atticus Fawn

Chapter 16

The Unwanted Bride Of Atticus Fawn Chapter 16

~AUTUMN~

The engagement party was here. It all still felt like a dream to me. I thought by now, I would wake up, and Atticus would tell me that he wasn’t going to marry me. So far, none of that had happened. I was still at home. I couldn’t find the strength to move my feet. I’d been standing in front of the mirror for more than an hour. My mother kept reminding me that we were late, but I could barely hear her through the pounding of my heart. I was getting engaged to the man I wanted since I knew what it meant to love someone. I was fourteen when I first saw him, and now I am nineteen and sincerely in love with him. Atticus Fawn had my heart without even trying. He had my heart because of the person I knew him to be. It wasn’t just his looks that caught my heart; that was just a given bonus.

“Autumn!” My mother shouts. “Someone is here to see you.”

The door opens before I can ask who it is; I slowly turn and am shocked to see who is at the door.

“Anya,” I whisper.

expected to see her at the engagement party. She’s ignored all

People were sending me videos and pictures. They all claimed that Atticus

If he agreed to marry me, he will honor his words. He will not do anything

angry. Very angry. I could see it so clearly on her face. She wasn’t trying to hide it from me. But Anya was never someone to hide her feelings. Her black hair hung over her shoulders, and she looked as

clenched when I said her name once more. Were we going to stand here and stare at each other for the entire

remain calm as I watch her take her first steps toward me. Her eyes are filled with hatred as she stands right before me. There is very little space between us now

recover from what she’d just done. I covered my burning cheek with my hand; I couldn’t believe she’d just hit me. We’ve been friends for many years, and neither has ever laid a hand on the other until

love him. Marrying him is all I ever talk about, yet here you are

tighten into fists. I know that she’s hurting. It’s the only reason I’m not retaliating. I know this is something she had to get out of her chest one

I couldn’t stop this wedding even if I wanted to. The only way I could stop it was by running away. And it’s not something

to stop, by him refusing to let it happen, and he wasn’t doing that. Not even

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