From Hate Flourishes Love

Raining Attraction

Kai's POV

I could tell Zander wasn't happy at the fact he was taking me home, neither was I but I hadn't no choice. As New York turns in for the night, I look out the car window and eye the blinking city lights that we drive past.

It's almost 1 am and I was feeling sleepy. I did my best to avoid falling asleep in Zander's car out of fear that he might leave me somewhere stranded in the night.

I check if my phone's battery had any life. It did, and I look over notes for my Anatomy finals just to pass the time.

In the midst of me trying to memorize the structure of the human renal system, Zander clears his throat which warrants my attention to him.

He adjusts his hold on the steering of the car. "So, why are agreeing to this?"

I didn't know if he was talking about me agreeing to the drive home with him or marrying him.

I recall the dozen of legal documents that I had already signed, binding myself to a marriage with him.

I decided that's probably the reason he was asking.

"Are you going to answer?" He repeats.

I guess, I couldn't avoid giving him an answer.

"Your parents are saving my dad from going to jail for fraud and paying bills for my mother's cancer treatment." I hope he wouldn't push the subject any further.

I'm sure that give put in writing somewhere.

'"You're willing to give up your future for your parents ?" He asks seemingly not all convinced by my reasoning.

"I am not giving up much of my future, just the part where I find love," I reply, hoping he would shut up and just drop me home.

"Choosing money over love." He scoffs under his breath.

I am m possibly going to regret asking, but I ask him anyway, "What you do mean choosing money over love ?".

He stops at the stoplight that had turned red, and turns to me," I am calling you a gold digger'."

Gold digger? I work for everything I had, which was hardly anything but I still worked for it.

I look back out the window and avoid his eyes as the tears start to form in mine.

"Defend yourself. " He yells

"I can't defend myself, I am afraid," I say. There was no point trying to defend myself when he had already made up his mind about me.

Did he think I was lying about my parents so he would like me?

"Get out!!'" He yells at me.

Before I knew it the car had started and stopped at some random street sign.

"Get out !" His voice is louder this time.

His shouting shocks me, and I nervously unbuckle the seatbelt that held me down to the passenger's seat

I get out of the car and watch him stretch over to close the passenger door and drive off.

I felt tears stinging my cheek. He's awful.

I take my phone out of my pocket and see that the battery is dead.

I wouldn't even call an Uber.

Still in the spot where the jerk left me, I try to make sense of my surroundings.