He never knew love, until her

Chapter 6: fear of the unknown

Chloe's POV

My heart was beating fast

Everything felt surreal

Just few hours ago I had a home

And now a stranger is offering to take me with him

What should I do

I'm scared and suspicious of him

But the truth is I actually have no where to go, the rent of our house would soon be due and I don't have the money to pay.

But I'm too scared to follow this stranger, his presence makes me nervous.

Elliot's POV

I could see the fear and suspicion in her eyes.

I took my business card from my pocket and passed it to her

"here, this is my business card,you can go through it to confirm that I'm not some kidnapper or serial killer" I said to her softly and she collected it.

I could see her eyes widening in shock and I was wondering what she saw.

"you're... Elliot Adams? the CEO of Adams mega Corp?" she asked and I could see shock written all over her face and I was confused.

"yes I am, why are you so shocked?" i asked her

"Nothing, I'm just shocked that I'll get to meet you one day and the fact that we met in this condition, a whole CEO has been going through alot of stress because of me, I'm so sorry, I feel so guilty" she muttered quickly and I was amused,i almost smiled.

"don't worry, it's fine, now that you've confirmed my identity, are you willing to go with me?" I asked watching her reaction carefully

I could still see hesitation in her eyes.

"I don't want to feel like a burden to anyone, especially for a person like you" she muttered slowly.

"are you trying to say I'm not capable of feeding you?" I asked my voice calm and firm and her eyes widened in panic.

"no, no, no, no, no that's not what I meant, I'm just trying to -"

"you're coming with me and that's final, except you want to sleep on the streets" I interrupted her in a firm commanding tone

I could see her tensing up,

shit,

what have I done, I'm scaring her.

"I'm just saying you'll have to come with me if you don't want to sleep on the streets" I said softening my tone and speaking calmly.

Chloe's POV

"you're coming with me and that's final" he said in a commanding tone and I started shivering, I was frightened by him.

"I'm just saying you'll have to come with me if you don't want to sleep on the streets" he said again softening his tone and I just looked down and thought about it.

I don't have a home

I can't stay in this hospital forever

and living on the streets is not an option.

I just have to go with him, but this man is too scary

Too scary

Just like I've been hearing about him

He scares the hell out of me,

But I think I'll just endure till I'm able to figure things out myself.

"I'll go with you" I said softly after alot of thought.

"good, you made the right decision, let me get the doctor to come discharge you" he said before standing up and leaving the room.

the room was filled with silence again, I could hear the noise of vehicles from the window "Chloe are you making the right choice" I asked myself slowly.

Why do they have to leave me all alone, why did they leave, they promised to always be there "why mom", "why dad", I muttered between sobs

I sat there tears rolling down my eyes one after the other, lost in thoughts.

I quickly wiped my tears when I heard the sound of the door opening, the doctor and Elliot walked in.

The doctor checked me and confirmed that I was fine and ready to go home.

"make sure you look after your health, eat at the right time and don't think too much" the doctor said to me, but he was acting weird as if he was nervous.

"okay" I nodded and the left hurriedly, I followed him with my eyes until he left the room, I turned to look at Elliot.

"why is he acting like that" I asked confused

"he's just a coward" Elliot said flatly.

"stand up let's go" he continued coming to assist me from the bed.

I hesitated for a while before I took his hand and he lead me out of the room, the walk to his car was quiet.

I could see people moving about, vehicles rushing home because it was already evening.

The world was moving like nothing had happened

It was rush hour.

i could see family members walking together

And the reality that I don't have a family or a place to call home anymore hit me hard.

My chest tightened

Tears welled up in my eyes and I immediately wiped them before he could notice.

When we got to the car, he opened the door to the passenger seat for me and I sat down.

He closed the door and turned back to the driver's seat, he got in and ignited the car.

The ride was very quiet, neither of us said anything.