The Unwanted Bride Of Atticus Fawn

~ACE BLACKNER~

"Are you sure that the information you obtained is correct?" I ask Nathan. I didn't want to come all the way to this bloody academy just to find out that we were wrong and wasted our precious time. Time was always an important factor for my family; we hated to waste even a second that could have been put into something constructive.

"I'm positive." He answers me. "I wouldn't bring you here unless I was positive that this was the academy that Nicole works for."

I couldn't remember if she ever mentioned working for this Academy to me. I wanted to find out everything I needed to know about her so that I could confirm that she wasn't fucking around while having my child inside of her.

I was not someone that would ever be okay with shit like that. If she was pregnant with my baby, no other man should come close to her.

"She must have good connections if she's working for this academy," Nathan tells me.

"She married into a well-known family," I tell him. "Correction, she was; they are no longer married. According to her, the divorce was finalized."

"Hmm," he murmurs. "I never thought you would ever mess around with a married woman."

I try my very best not to punch him in the face. I wasn't concerned about the married woman part. It wasn't something that bothered me, even though I didn't like dishonest people. However, I would have never knowingly slept with her if I had known she was married in the past. I didn't like anything that made my life complicated, and that's why I stayed away from married women. However, she'd lied to me.

I wasn't sure why I still chose to sleep with her after the divorce. I knew I liked a challenge, but to fucking get her pregnant when I didn't even like her. That was just plain foolishness.

"So," he continues as he parks the car that we often used when we didn't want to be noticed. "Who exactly is the well-known family that she was married into at one point? Do they have more of a reputation than our family does?"

I shrug my shoulder, "the Prince family. Just like their name, they're treated like royalty around here."Property of Nô)(velDr(a)ma.Org.

He frowns, "why would someone from the Prince family be married to that girl? She seems like a real pain in the ass. Also, she doesn't have anything that could benefit them. Are you sure it wasn't a lie?"

I nod, "I checked it out for myself. She was telling the truth about that. She claimed she divorced him to be with me, but I smelled bullshit. I think he got tired of her and was the one that asked for a divorce. But, I can't say for sure."

"Interesting," Nathan says as though deep in thought.

His eyes suddenly widen, "I think I just found the confirmation we both need. Have a look in front of you. I think that's your pregnant girlfriend, but she seems to be speaking to someone."

Girlfriend? He truly was making it hard for me not to punch him in the face.

However, I do follow his gaze, and he was definitely right. That was Nicole, alright. It was hard not to spot someone like her.

"She looks like she's enjoying herself." Nathan points out. "While the other girl she's speaking to looks like she's about to cry. Is Nicole someone who likes to bully or torture other women?"

I didn't know much about Nicole, but it wasn't something that I would put past her. She was totally capable of being that way.

I wasn't paying much attention to the other girl until she turned around so that I could get a good look at her face. The second she did, I felt a sharp tug at my heart.

When I spotted a tear rolling down her cheek, I felt like punching the windshield. Why did her tears make me feel so damn pissed off? Why did I want to kill the person responsible for those beautiful tears?

"Ace?" Nathan calls me with concern in his voice.

Of course, my brother would be concerned. I don't think I've ever stared at a woman for this long in the past.

I want to go to her. I want to comfort her. I want to dry those tears and make her smile.

There's another tug at my heart, and this time, it's enough to make me want to reach into my chest and rip my own heart out.

"Ace?" Nathan tries again.

I couldn't answer him. There was a constant ringing in my ear that told me everything was not okay.

Something was happening to my body; it was going into shock and overdrive at the same time.

"ACE!" Nathan shouts. "What the hell is wrong with you?"

"Mate."

It was one word, but it felt like poison to me.

Poison.