Chapter fourteen: If only love was an option

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Hanni

"You know, I feel like you should stay the nights with me and my family. Hyein loves you and my parents adore you. They wouldn't mind you staying with us for a while." Minji said as she held my hand.

We were currently outside my house, Minji dropping me off at the front door. Just to make sure no one was there to hurt me.

I gave her a heart felt smile but I shook my head at her. "I don't want to intrude. Plus, my parents are coming back one of these days. And I promise to introduce them to you while they're here." I said and Minji gave me a nod as she brought me in to a kiss.

I couldn't help but giggle as I felt her sneaky hands grabbing my ass. "If my parents saw you, they wouldn't appreciate you grabbing my ass like that." I said as a joke but before I could lean back in to kiss Minji a voice stopped me.

"You're right, we wouldn't appreciate it." I turned to look at the now opened door to see my mother standing there with angry eyes. "That's one way to meet Hanni's flings." My dad said as he stood behind her.

"She's not a fling." Was the only thing I could say and my dad looked at Minji up and down. And I could feel my heart shattering. They were both already judging her.

They both liked Anton despite of everything he was doing wrong. The main excuse was always that he was a man. He could do whatever her wanted to me because it's nature. Fuck that.

"Hello, Mr. And Mrs. Pham, I'm Minji Kim." Minji said with a happy smile as she was extending her hand out for them to shake but neither did anything. "Hanni, tell your—whatever she is—to leave. We need to talk." I looked at Minji and her face dropped.

I shook my head at my mom. "She's my girlfriend, you need to tone it down with that attitude mom." I said as held Minji's hand so that she wouldn't leave.

"What happened to Anton? He was a good kid." My dad said as if he didn't know the hell that he put me through. "You're acting as if what he did to me was nothing." I said and he let out a click of his tongue.

"And she's better?" I gave him a scoff. "Your fragile masculinity wouldn't let you believe that she's so much better than Anton. You and Anton are the exact same." I shouldn't be arguing with them.

But they're never here, they're always away and now they suddenly want to be invested in to my life? Yeah, I'm not going to allow that.

"Tell her to leave, Hanni." My mom said with a stern voice. I was about to tell her that I won't but then Minji squeezed my hand. "It's okay, it's best that I leave. I don't want you to get in trouble with them because of me." And my heart broke seeing how sad she looked.

Minji didn't even give me a chance to protest, she kissed my temple and let go of my hand. Leaving me there with my parents, I watched as she got in her car and quickly sped away.

I turned to look at my parents with a glare. "Happy?" I asked with sarcasm as I pushed past them. Trying to head to my room. But my mother's voice stopped me.

"You should really watch who you be giving yourself to." My mom said and I turned to look at her. "I'm in good hands, not like you care. You just keep my bank account happy." I said and she let out scoff.

"That woman—she has no class, Hanni. Anton comes from a family with prestige. What about her?" And I could only frown at my mom. Did she really think I cared about who has and who didn't have money?

"She may not come from a prestige family, but she comes from a noble family that truly love each other and are there for one another always." I said and my father let out a snicker.

"So, you're telling me that she's...poor? Hanni, I taught you better." And I let out a scoff. "Not everything is about money, at least not for me. I'm happy with her and if you don't like it—deal with it." I said and stormed up the stairs to my room.

My mother chased after me as she started to yell about my poor life decisions. "You know very well that love is not an option for you to pick from. We choose who we want for you. And that person is Anton. He can provide for you the way that—poor girl—would never." I snapped my neck to look back at my mom.

"Just because you were forced to marry my dad, doesn't meant that it should be my path in life too. I'm allowed to choose who I want and what I want to do with my life." I said and my mom gave me a scowl look.

"Watch your tone. You don't have a say in your life. Your life is ours to control and to decide for. You have to leave her, and if you won't. I'll take matters in to my own hands. I'll make sure you never see her again if I have to." She said with clear anger.

"If you do that, I'm walking out the front door. You can be the woman that birthed me, but you never were the woman that I saw as a mom and much less do I care about what dad does, he means nothing, just like you." I said and my mom was fuming by now.

"You two have been out of my life more than you have actually been in it. To the point that I don't care anymore, you two aren't here." I said with tears threatening to fall and as my finger pointed to my chest where my heart is.

"That woman you keep talking badly about is the love of my fucking life. She's the happiness that you two took away from me. I am nothing without her. So I dare you to do something, because you'll loose me. Not like you care." I said and my mother raised her hand to hit me but I stopped her.

"I'm not the little Hanni you remember from three years ago that didn't know what to do with her life. I'm a grown woman with goals in life. And I'm more than sure I don't need you or your opinions about my life." I said and my mother's eye twitched with how angry she was right now.

"You don't know what you're saying, Hanni. What has that woman done to you?" She said as she took her hand away from my grip and I gave her a sad smile. Just wishing for her to understand what I feel. But she'll never.

"She gave me her love. That's all she's done. And it was more than what she should've done. She's giving me everything that none of you ever did!" And with that I went straight to my room and slammed it shut as tears fell instantly.

I just love Minji so much, no one will ever understand how deep my love for her is. And I don't want my parents to pop this bubble of dreams that I've built with Minji.

I want to be with Minji, and I'll do anything to stay with her. Even if it meant that I would have to go against my parents for her love.

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Hanni, my dear...

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