Chapter 145

The Unwanted Bride Of Atticus Fawn Chapter 145 ~ATTICUS~

I watch quietly, waiting for Damon to make a scene.

I’d paid Kevin plenty of money to give that rose to Clarissa and ask her out. I knew that no one in their right mind would ever pursue her while we were around. That’s why I stepped in and used cash to help me.

I’ve been suspecting Damon and Clarissa for some time now. Damon didn’t want to admit to anything, and I wanted to give him the benefit of the doubt. However, I couldn’t deny what my eyes were seeing.

Something was going on between the two of them. They weren’t exactly good at hiding.

Yesterday, at the beach house, I noticed Damon couldn’t stop staring at her. I also noticed that she left around the same time on both nights, and it made Damon impatient each time. He stopped paying attention to anything before him as long as she’d left the room.

I still wanted to believe that I was wrong. I tried to think that nothing was happening between them. After all, it made me feel sick to my stomach thinking of Damon with someone who’s supposed to be our sister.

He should know better. Even if Clarissa didn’t know, Damon should have had some self-control.

Clarissa looks at me, and I see the fear in her eyes. It’s another reason for me to think that this was genuinely happening. They were possibly sneaking around behind all of our backs.

f*****g hell.

This couldn’t be happening. Please don’t be true. Please don’t be f*****g true.

“What’s wrong?” Autumn asks me. “You seem a little tensed.”

I couldn’t tell her what I’d done. Autumn was lying to me. My mate was lying to me because of my sister. She was keeping secrets for Clarissa. If I told her what I was up to, she would no doubt warn Clarissa and possibly Damon.

I had to catch them in the act. I had to do it so that they could not deny the truth to me.

If it were true, if it turned out that something was going on between them, I would have to stop it. It just wasn’t possible for anything to happen between them. It was wrong. Very wrong.

“Atticus?” Autumn tries again.

“I’m trying to figure out why Kevin is giving a rose to Clarissa.” I lie. “I never knew that he liked her.”

Autumn follows my gaze, and she gasps in surprise. Even she seemed worried.

My eyes don’t ever leave Damon. I heard his low growl; I think everyone heard it. Thankfully, the professor was also late to class, allowing me to pull this off.

I watch as Clarissa places her hand on his shoulder, trying to calm him down. She whispers something to him, and he turns to look at me.

I close my eyes when he looks away.

He would pretend to be calm so I didn’t suspect them.

Autumn places her hand on my arm. “Atticus. Something is wrong. Please talk to me.”

“Why should I talk to you when you’ve been keeping so many secrets from me?” I ask her.

I didn’t mean to lash out at her.

I wasn’t angry with Autumn. I was mad at Damon. He was the one I wanted to lash out at. He was the one that had some f*****g explaining to do.

“What are you talking about?” She demands. “Are you still angry about that thing with Anya? I told you I was sorry.”

She continued to lie to me. She knew that wasn’t the only lie she’d told me. She knows.

I never knew my mate was this connected to Clarissa. She would even lie to me to protect her? It’s not like I would ever hurt her, to begin with, but Damon, on the other hand, I couldn’t promise not to hurt him if any of this turned out to be true.

He wasn’t a child. He knew it would be wrong to have inappropriate relations with Clarissa even though she was adopted. She was still our sister, for crying out loud!

I open my eyes and watch Damon struggle to control his emotions. It must be killing him inside. I know he really wants to grab Kevin by his neck. His hands dug into his jeans, and it was becoming harder for him to control himself.

“Damon seems a little tensed, don’t you think?” I ask Autumn, waiting for her reaction.

“What?” She demands. “We were discussing a different topic; why are you suddenly bringing up Damon?”

I shrug my shoulders, “it’s just weird to me. Kevin seems like a good guy. He isn’t a player. Why is Damon so upset that he’s giving a rose to Clarissa?”

It was true. Kevin wasn’t a player. He wasn’t a bad person. He was even the professor’s favorite with how well he performed in classes.

Damon shouldn’t have any problem with it unless he wanted Clarissa for himself.

I watch as Clarissa turns him down and tells him she isn’t interested. I got up from my seat and walked over to them despite Autumn’s disapproval.

“What’s wrong?” I ask them.

“Nothing,” Kevin answers me. “I’m just asking Clarissa to go on a date with me, but she doesn’t seem interested.”

“Kevin is a good guy, Clarissa.” I try to tell her, stirring up trouble. I wanted to see Damon’s true feelings. I didn’t want him to hide them from me anymore.

“I’m not interested.” She tells me. “I can’t accept this rose.”

I nod, “it just seems you haven’t been on a date once. He can show you how nice it could be if you give him a chance.”

“She said she doesn’t f*****g want to date him.” Damon growls, and I quirk a brow at him.

“I was speaking to Clarissa,” I tell him. “What does it have to do with you?”

Damon gets up from his seat and glares at me.

I fold my arms and remain calm.

So it was true.

This was not good. Not f*****g good at all.