Chapter 184

The Unwanted Bride Of Atticus Fawn Chapter 184 Book 3 Chapter 20 ~WILLOW~

“We don’t know what happened.” Autumn apologizes as soon as she spots me. “You were supposed to enter the room with Dante, but something went wrong.”

“He was very angry with me,” I whisper, still shocked by our kiss.

Dante was a very good kisser; I knew that without having to kiss anyone else to compare.

“He thinks that I lied to him.” I continue to explain. “I didn’t get a chance to tell him I changed my mind, but only because I knew it would be him inside that room.”

“It’s all my fault.” Autumn apologizes. “We should have told him you were participating. I didn’t think it would upset him so much.”

“I think he’s more angry that she almost kissed a stranger,” Clarissa suggests. “According to Atticus, he insisted that the guy after him switch places with him so he could be in the room with you. All we need to do is explain that something went wrong.”

“What the hell did you do?” Someone screeches behind me.

I spun around to see Sharon glaring at me.

“Excuse me?” Autumn demands. “Who do you think you’re speaking to?”

“Stay out of this!” Sharon snaps at her.

“What’s wrong with you?” I ask her.

It seems as though everyone is angry with me today for unknown reasons.

“I paid plenty of money to kiss Dante today!” She hissed. “I know that you three had something to do with this. Someone made Dante switch places with Eric, and I want to know who was responsible for it!”

“You paid to kiss Dante?” Clarissa demands. “How desperate do you have to be to pay someone for a chance to kiss my brother?”

“Your brother?” Sharon laughs. “Isn’t Damon also your brother? As far as I know, you’re waiting for a chance to stick your tongue down Dante’s throat as well!”

My eyes widen as her dress is suddenly up in flames. Sharon starts to scream when she realizes that her clothes are on fire.

There was a pool near us, and she jumped straight into it.

Autumn glares at Clarissa, “What did you do?”

“What?” Clarissa asks innocently. “You know that she deserved it.”

“I know she deserves it, but I warned you that you must be more careful. We can’t let the overlords find out about you, Clarissa.

Do you forget what they almost did to me? I don’t want them to come for you as well.”

Why were they so scared of the overlords? I knew nothing about them or why they were after Autumn and could be after Clarissa. However, I could tell how serious this entire thing was by Autumn’s expression alone.

“I think it’s time we get out of here,” Damon says as he approaches us.

Clarissa looks guilty as she stares at him. “Did you just see that?”

He stares at her, and I can see that even he is a little upset, “I did. It’s time to go. Tonight was much more eventful than any of us were expecting.”

Clarissa hugs him, and that seems to calm Damon down a little. He picks her up into his arms without warning, and she buries her face against his neck.

“They loved each other and kept it a secret for so long,” I whisper. “I’m happy for them. I wish my sister could have been as well.”

Autumn holds my hand, “there was a time that I considered Anya, my closest friend. I wish things were different as well.”

We joined the others at the parking lot. Atticus immediately shouts for everyone to get into their vehicles.

“What’s wrong?” Autumn asked him as soon as we got inside.

“I f*****g knew it.” He growls. “I put a tracker on Dante’s jeep. I know where he’s heading.”

“Where?” I demanded before I could stop myself. I couldn’t hide the anxiousness in my voice. I was worried about him.

His anger could cause him to do something stupid, and that’s the last thing I wanted to see happen.

“He’s going to that f*****g fighting ring again!” Atticus growls. “I don’t care what he has to say; I’m stopping that s**t tonight!”

Autumn looks over at me to see my reaction, and I know she can see the horror on my face from learning this new information.

He would come home with bruises again if we didn’t get there in time.

I didn’t want to be the reason for his bruises. I didn’t want to cause him any harm. If I had known this would have happened, I would have never taken part in the kissing booth. If Dante had given me a chance to speak, he wouldn’t have been so angry with me.

I held onto the door as Atticus mashed down on the accelerator. We were speeding on the roads faster than I’d ever experienced.

Damon and Clarissa were behind us and moving just as fast. They were all trying to stop Dante from harming himself.

When we arrive at the underground ring, Atticus speaks to the receptionist and hands her some money so that she can let us in.

When we entered the fighting arena, I could hear women screaming Dante’s name.

We were too late. I follow their gazes and felt my heart drop. Dante was on the ground with another man punching him repeatedly in his face.

He wasn’t even fighting back.

“The f**k?” Damon growls. “Why is he just lying there and not fighting back?”

“That asshole wants to lose the fight,” Atticus shouts. “He’s intentionally losing. He wants the pain.”

I close my eyes to stop myself from seeing any more of it.

I couldn’t do this.

I couldn’t see Dante get beaten up right in front of me.

“We have to stop this.” Clarissa hissed. “He’s going to kill him at this rate!”

“There’s too much security.” Atticus points out as he examines the arena. “It’s too dangerous to get you girls involved. We should have left you home.”

I wasn’t going to sit back and watch this. Before I knew what I was doing, I was already halfway down the pathway toward the ring.

The security stopped me before I could go any further.

“I’m his wife!” I shout. “Let me go to him!”

The man chuckles, “Almost every woman here pretends to be his wife daily. I don’t believe you, chick.”

“DANTE!” I scream. “DANTEEE!”

His eyes which were once closed, immediately snapped open.

My lips part when he searches the crowd until he finally finds me. The look he gives me startles me.

Oh.

I think I was in more trouble than before.