The Unwanted Bride Of Atticus Fawn

~SCARLETT~

“He hates being married to me,” I tell Clara. “He left home last night. I waited the entire night for him to return, and he never did. I didn’t get any sleep. I don’t know where he went or where he even slept. I know he left so he wouldn’t have to be in the same room as me.”

She sighs, “I can’t believe him. He promised to make your life easier from now on. How is this making it easier? When I see him, he will have to hear plenty from me!”

“No!” I exclaim. “I don’t want you interfering, Clara. You’ve been through enough because of Carter and me. I don’t need you to worry about me anymore. I can take care of myself.”

She rolls her eyes, “I’m your sister Scarlett. It’s normal for me to worry about you when you’re married to Carter Prince. You can’t keep running from the truth. You need me to step in and help however I could.”

“You already helped me when you forgave me for what I did.” I remind her. “I promise that I’m okay and I can handle this on my own.”

She sighs, “Okay. I’ll stop offering to help if it bothers you this much.”

I’m about to respond when I see Ares walking towards us.

He looks surprised to see me.

“Where is Carter?” He asks.

Even Carter’s brother was shocked that he wasn’t by my side the day after our wedding.

“I was just about to ask you that,” I confess. “He didn’t come home last night.”

His eyes widen. “Carter didn’t come home last night?”

Did no one know that he left me on our wedding night?

“I don’t think this is the place to discuss this,” Clara whispers. “If anyone at the academy finds out, they will use it as an opportunity to bully Scarlett. She’s been through enough already; she doesn’t need to be put under any more pressure, especially not now.”

Ares nods, “I’ll find out where Carter is and get back to you.”

I nod. Even though I was still upset about last night, I wanted to know that he was okay.

“Something is wrong,” Clara says suddenly.

At that exact time, I noticed everyone staring at their phones with their mouths wide open in shock.

“What’s going on?” I ask her.

“Someone must have sent a viral message.” She tells me. “I’ve seen this happen before.”

“Why didn’t we get anything?” I ask her.

She sighs, “Because Scarlett, whatever it is, it’s most likely something about us.”

My eyes widened, and I knew she was right when all eyes turned to look at me. They were already talking behind our backs, but it seemed as though they wanted to confront us now. I watched as a few girls approached us with a look of fury on each of them.

“I knew Carter wouldn’t have married you unless you’d done something to force him to marry you.” One of the girls snaps at me.

I didn’t even know her personally. I had no idea what her name was.

“You’re an embarrassment to all women.” Another one hissed at me.

“Watch how you’re talking to my sister!” Clara shouts.

“How can you still stand up for her after what she did to you? She married your ex-boyfriend. I don’t know about you, but I could never speak to my sister if she betrayed me like that.” The first girl snaps at Clara.

I held my sister’s hand to stop her from saying anything else.

“What is this about?” I demand.

“Stop playing dumb.” She rolls her eyes. “You forced Carter to sleep with you and let him knock you up.”

My mouth parts open slightly. She knew that I was pregnant with Carter’s baby?

“Is it even his baby?” Another one asks. “I’m sure she made up some story. We all thought she was innocent, but she was probably sleeping around all this time. Poor Carter. I feel so sorry for him. He was forced to marry someone he’s not in love with.”

“Who told you that she’s pregnant?” Clara shouts.

“It doesn’t matter who told us. Everyone at the academy knows the truth now. That’s the most important thing.” She hissed back.

“Carter is my husband whether you like it or not,” I tell them all. “He married me, and I know it must suck that you never got a chance with him, but you must know that he was never interested in any of you. The truth hurts, but you should stop trying to bully me because of it. It isn’t going to work.”

My words seemed to have angered them all. Clara moves before me when they try to get closer to me.

“Stay the hell away from my sister if any of you wants to live!” She threatens them.

“She has to apologize to Carter for tricking him!” The girls scream. “We’re not letting her get away with this! That baby isn’t even Carter’s, and she knows it!”