Chapter 146

The Unwanted Bride Of Atticus Fawn Chapter 146 ~DAMON~

My brother was asking for a f*****g death wish. Why was he insisting that Clarissa go on a date with Kevin? The Atticus I knew would never force her to do anything she didn’t want to do. Which meant there must be another reason.

Maybe this was a test for me. Perhaps he still didn’t believe me when I said nothing was happening between Clarissa and me.

I didn’t f*****g care if this was a test. I was not letting Clarissa go on a date with f*****g Kevin. If Atticus kept insisting on this, we would have a severe problem.

I’m a few seconds away from grabbing Kevin by his shirt and pulling him outside with me.

Clarissa stands up from her seat and tries calming us down.

Autumn runs over to Atticus and grabs his arm. “What are you doing?” She demands. “Everyone’s looking. We don’t need to draw any more attention to our family.”

Atticus takes a deep breath and tells Kevin to leave.

Good.

He then looks over at me as if to say this wasn’t over.

“Something’s wrong,” Clarissa whispers when we finally took our seats. “I think Atticus knows about us.”

My jaw clenched; I also thought the same. However, I didn’t want Clarissa to worry about this.

“I’m sure that’s not the case.” I lie.

I had to keep her calm. She’s been through enough; whatever happened next, I wanted to shield her from it all.

“I just got you.” She whispers with tears in her eyes. “I don’t want anything to separate us.”

A low growl forms in the back of my throat while seeing a tear roll down her cheek. I didn’t care that Atticus was still watching us when I leaned forward and wiped it away with my thumb finger.

“That’s not going to happen,” I promise her. “I’ll ensure that nothing and no one comes between us again.”

She nods and tries to compose herself; we aren’t alone. There were too many people around us.

I ran a hand through my hair as my mind raced with ways to get us out of this situation. How did I make Clarissa mine without everyone coming for us?

This was the reason I tried to avoid anything happening between us since the beginning. I knew things would eventually turn into a disaster. Now that I’ve tasted what it was like to be with Clarissa, I never wanted to lose her. It was hard in the past; now, it is even harder.

I could never let her go. I instead would rather die than let go of her. She was mine. Mine. It made me even happier that she’s always wanted to be mine since the start.

When the professor enters the classroom, everyone gets quiet after he insists. I lean back in my chair and look over at Atticus.

The bastard is still glaring at me.

He f*****g knows. There’s no question in my mind anymore. It was only a matter of time before he confronted me about it.

I couldn’t t have Clarissa around when he asked me about her. There was no use hiding it anymore; I had to come clean with everyone. My entire family had to know that I was in love with Clarissa.

How could I get Clarissa out of the house without her suspecting anything?

She looks at me again, and I know she’s trying to figure out what I was thinking about. I couldn’t show her how worried I was.

I mask my genuine emotions and smile at her.

“I want to take you somewhere nice,” I tell her. “But I need you to go there and wait for me first.”

I was making things up along the way. I didn’t have a place in mind yet. While I did want to do something special for Clarissa, it was not supposed to happen today.

“Somewhere nice?” She asks with a sparkle in her eyes.

I hated lying to her, but I loved seeing the excitement on her face. She looked extra beautiful when she smiled.

“Mhm,” I murmur.

“Why will I have to wait for you?” She asks. “Can’t we just go together?”

I held onto the edge of the desk, squeezing it. Atticus hadn’t stopped looking at us, and I could feel his death stare.

“There is something that I need to do before,” I say; it wasn’t a complete lie. “As soon as I’m done, I’ll return to you.”

She looks a bit hesitant at first but eventually agrees. “Can you tell me where we’re going?”

I shook my head, “it’s a secret for now.”

She pouts, and it takes all of my self-control not to lean over and kiss her in the middle of the classroom.

This was the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do, refrain from touching her when that’s all I wanted to do.

Her scent was everywhere in the room; it was more potent than any other scent.

Before I did something stupid, I excused myself from the classroom. It also gave me enough time to call and set up something special for Clarissa. I hoped that it would be enough to distract her.

After our last class, I drop her off at the rooftop restaurant. It’s the best place I could find last minute.

I’d asked them to decorate the place according to what I thought she would like. I also rented it out so that no one else would be there except her and the people serving her tonight.

After saying goodbye to her, I was on my way back home. I’d already sent everyone a message; they knew I had something important to talk to them about.

I couldn’t believe I was finally going to do this. I always thought that my feelings would stay hidden inside of me for the rest of my life.

So many things have changed. Anya was gone forever, and Clarissa was my true love. All along, it’s only been her. And my feelings for Anya were all because of a spell. Everything made so much sense now.

I knew my family would not take this news lightly, but I didn’t care; in less than an hour, they will know everything.

Everything.