Chapter 144

The Unwanted Bride Of Atticus Fawn Chapter 144 ~CLARISSA~

“I can’t believe so much happened,” Autumn says as she tries to contain her excitement. “I knew it. I always knew how crazy he was about you. He’s finally showing you his true feelings, and I’m so happy for you. It took him a long time to finally admit it but at least he’s finally coming around.”

We were in the cafeteria, getting lunch.

I wanted to be happy, but there were still a few things that were bothering me. One of them was the fact that he’d kissed Anya right after he’d told Atticus that he wanted to stop the wedding.

There were still missing blanks that I wanted Damon to fill in. However, I didn’t want anything to spoil what we had going on right now. I wanted to enjoy it as much as possible before things blew up in our faces.

I knew we couldn’t keep this a secret for the rest of our lives. Eventually, our family would have to see the truth about us. I knew they wouldn’t take the news well, but it had to be done.

I wasn’t willing to end things with Damon, and I knew now that he felt the same way. He wasn’t being a coward anymore; he was doing what he always wanted to do.

This was just the beginning for us. Things would only get worse from now on. Before that happened, I wanted to enjoy my time with him.

“How do you think everyone will react when they discover the truth?” I ask Autumn. “I’m terrified.”

Autumn looks worried at my question, “I can’t say, but I know it would not be easy. Atticus already looks pissed anytime he thinks about you and Damon. He doesn’t know for sure, and that’s why he’s calm for now, but when he confirms it, I’m worried about what he might do.”

I was also most terrified of Atticus’s reaction. Griffin was playful and wouldn’t react the way that Atticus would. And then there was Dante; he would be angry that Damon had never loved Anya to begin with. He would be upset that the entire time Damon was with her, he truly wanted to be with me.

“Don’t worry about any of this,” Autumn tells me. “You’ve been through enough already. This is your chance to relax and enjoy your time with Damon. When you’re both ready, you can come forward and let everyone else know the truth.”

We stop talking when Atticus, Dante, and Willow join us at the table.

“We’re late for class,” Atticus says as he looks at the time.

Our last class for the day. Thankfully, this was one of the only classes I had with Damon. But it was also a class that I had with Atticus, which meant that we couldn’t give him any reason to suspect us. However, it was difficult to keep my hands to myself when Damon was around.

He’s already waiting for us when we walk into the classroom. I’m surprised he didn’t walk me to class like he usually did.

Probably because he knew Atticus and Autumn would be with me as well.

He pulls the chair out that was next to his table and I quickly sat down.

“What about us?” Atticus asks him. “You couldn’t save a seat for your brother?”

Damon ignores him and takes his seat next to me. I gasp when his hand touches my thigh.

“What are you doing?” I whisper. “Atticus is in this class with us. What if he sees?”

“I miss you,” Damon whispers, ignoring my question.

My heart jumped at his confession. Does he really miss me?

“What took you so long?” He asks. “You’re late to class.”

“I got carried away while speaking to Autumn,” I explain to him. “I thought you would have walked me to class like usual.”

“I got caught up.” He growls. “And I also knew that if I came for you, I wouldn’t be able to keep my hands off you. I couldn’t take that risk knowing that you were with Atticus.”

I had to control my heart; at this rate, it would explode with love for Damon.

“We should stop talking about this here.” I remind him. “It’s not just the two of us.”

Even though everyone was caught up in their own conversations, I didn’t want to take that chance.

Since when did Damon become so careless? I’m the one more concerned about someone finding out about us between the two of us; that was very unusual. It’s like we’d switched roles.

He’s about to respond when Kevin walks up to me and hands me a rose. Kevin was a guy from one of my previous classes. He’s barely ever spoken to me before. Why was he giving me a rose?

“Why are you giving this to me?” I ask him, confused. He’s never shown any interest in me whatsoever. It made no sense.

“I bought it for you.” He answers me. “I was wondering if you would let me take you on a date.”

I gape at him, surprised that he would ask me such a thing in front of Damon. Everyone was usually too scared to ever approach me in front of him.

What the hell had possessed him?

Damon was already possessive when there was nothing going on between us; I couldn’t imagine how worse he’d gotten now that there was something between us.

I can feel the tension in the air increase. Damon glared at him like he was ready to rip his head out of his body. How could he still stand there after Damon gave him such a murderous look?

As far as I knew, Kevin was a coward. He stayed away from fights.

Damon let out a low growl, and my stomach churned with fear. I look behind us to see Atticus looking at him. He was waiting to see his reaction.

No.

I had to stop Damon before he overreacted.

I couldn’t let him show too much emotion, or that will confirm everything for Atticus.

I had to act fast.