The Unwanted Bride Of Atticus Fawn

~CARTER~

Scarlett’s taste was still in my mouth, and I was hard as stone. Usually, I would find a woman and f**k her to my heart’s content, but I wouldn’t do something that stupid tonight. Now that I knew how much my actions affected Scarlett, I didn’t want to do anything to hurt her again.

I had no choice but to return home and get in a cold shower. It was f*****g hard not burying my d**k inside her earlier. I wanted to, but I knew I couldn’t. I knew I had to keep that part of Scarlett off-limits to me. I couldn’t take something so special away from her when I had no intentions of being together.

It’s not like I’d gotten a chance to do it, either. If someone hadn’t interrupted us, there is no telling how far I would have taken things.

What was I even doing?

I couldn’t afford another relationship. If I got together with Scarlett, I would end up hurting her like I did to Clara. I didn’t want to do the same thing to both sisters. But with Scarlett, it was different; she was the one I wanted more than anyone else.

If I didn’t have this sick curse to worry about, I would have swept her off her feet and made her my wife without a second thought. Unluckily for me, I didn’t have that option.

When I pull up to the driveway, I’m surprised to see Nicole’s car parked up front. What was she doing here? She hadn’t stepped foot in our house since she decided to walk out on Alaric after learning about our secret.

I had a bad feeling about this. The first thing I heard after entering the house was shouting.

I paused and listened. My eyes widened when I heard glass shattering. I ran towards the sound and found Nicole pelting Alaric’s belongings all over the kitchen.

“Nicole, please,” he begs. “Calm down.”

Our parents weren’t home, but all of my brothers were. They were standing and watching in horror.

“What’s going on?” I ask Ares.

“Nicole is having another breakdown.” He answers me. “She’s asking for a divorce again.”

“Don’t do this in front of my siblings,” Alaric begs her. “We can do this somewhere else. Don’t drag them into this.”

“I don’t care who hears or sees!” She shouts as she pelts a shoe at him. “I don’t want to be with a monster. You are all monsters. You are all sick in your head! I don’t want to be a part of this family anymore!”

“Just divorce her,” I growl. “Why are you putting up with this?”

Alaric glares at me, “Stay out of this Carter.”

I clenched my jaw in response.

“Why don’t you calm down, Nicole?” Apollo tries to ease the tension.

“Calm down?” She demands. “Why the f**k should I calm down? I’m married to a freak, and everyone expects me to act like everything is okay!”

“My brother is not a freak!” Violet shouts as she walks into the kitchen. “You’re the freak!”

Nicole narrows her eyes at her, “Stay out of it, little girl. Don’t put your mouth into an adult conversation. You don’t know anything.”

“I know that you’re a bitch.” Violet hissed.

“How dare you?” Nicole shouts. “Where is the respect for your sister-in-law? This is why I never liked you. Alaric always treated you like you were some princess. He gives you everything that you want. You’re now a spoilt brat with no respect for your elders.”

I narrow my eyes when she walks closer to my sister. If she did anything foolish, I wouldn’t hold back. We were all keeping our distance only because of Alaric. He’s mentioned in the past not to interfere.

“My brother deserves someone better than you,” Violet says softly. “You were never good enough for him. I’ll be happy if he finally divorces you.”

Nicole raises her hand to slap her. I move forward to stop her but Alaric beats me to it and grabs his wife’s wrist.

She glares at him, “Let go of my hand, Alaric.”

“Go to your room, Violet.” He orders our sister.

She looks at him, and he forces a smile of reassurance for her. She left the room, and I knew that was the right decision. We didn’t like it when anyone tried to hurt our sister.

Alaric takes a deep breath and slowly lets go of Nicole’s wrist.

She’s still glaring at him.

I’ve never seen my brother look so defeated before. Even though we weren’t on good terms, I wanted to comfort him.

“Is a divorce truly what you want from me, Nicole?” He asks her gently. “You want it so badly that you’re making a scene before my family.”

She narrows her eyes, “What have I been saying all along?” She demands. “I cannot be with a monster like you, Alaric.”

He nods, “Okay then.” He whispers. “I’ll give you a divorce.”

I felt his pain.

He’d fought hard to keep her, but in the end, it wasn’t enough.