Chapter 13

“HIS BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF ART ”
CHAPTER : 13 .

RORISANG MARTINS .

He wraps his arms around me as I lay my head on his chest and hug his waist .

“i love you too.” he says making my heart melt .
“are you sure ?”
“120% sure ..” I chuckle and sigh .
“I've got kids Lwandile , grown kids .” he cups my face and makes me glance at him .
“i don't mind , I'll love you along with the burden you carry . They're not burdens though .” I smile because he's making my heart melt and jump .
“you're cute ..”
“I'm not perfect at this love thing but lets see where we go .” he says kissing my forehead .

A knock comes through his door , i think that's our food .

“I'll get it .” He says walking to the door and opening . The delivery guy hands the paper bags over to him and he walks off . Lwandile closes the door ..

“oh I'm starving ..” i say taking one paper bag and sitting on the carpet .
“fond of the floor ?” he says sitting by couch .
“i think so .” he chuckles .
“lets bless the food ..”

We both close our eyes .

“for the food , we're about to receive , we thank you lord . Amen ..” he says .
“Amen” I say .. we open our eyes as I take a huge bite of the burger .
“that's a huge bite .” he says and I roll my eyes .
“I'm hungry , you should let me be .” I say taking another bite .
“ah babe ..” he says raising his eyebrow .
“unless you want me to go eat alone in my office. ” I say .
“hmm i don't want you to go , so let me just keep quiet and eat .”

I nod while chewing , is this what love feels like ?? like this ? like heaven ? I know it's not gonna be rosy all the time but I love it here .

“Is Thando attending high school or varsity ?” he stops eating and glances at me .
“varsity , she's doing her first year .” I nod ..
“quite a talkative girl hey .”
“annoying at times ..” he says .
“of course you're gonna say that , she's your younger sister . She's bound to annoy you ..” he shakes his head .
“she couldn't stop talking about you .” I smile .
“i feel I'm the topic between the three of you .” he chuckles and gulps down his drink .
“not really ..” I roll my eyes .
“you're still denying even now .” he shrugs .
“I'm denying the truth .” I shake my head as I continue eating . I glance at my phone that's ringing on the floor , it's on silent though and I know it's Siyabonga . I really don't want to talk to him right now , he's just going to get me in trouble with my man .

Once we finish eating , I didn't finish though . We place the leftovers away .

“shall we carry on ?” he asks .
“no .. I've eaten and i have no energy .” he raises his eyebrow and chuckles .
“ohh .. what's wrong with you ?”
“I'm tired ..” I say sulking .
“Rori come on , we're almost finished .”
“we can finish these up tomorrow , I'm honestly just tired .”
“or I'll complete them by myself .”
“you can but not now , now its time for us to knock off .”
“there's an hour left before we knock off .”
“We've been working Lwa yoh , lets just rest .”

He sighs ...

“i don't want to use our relationship as an excuse to not work , you're the boss and i don't want to take advantage of that .”
“you're not taking advantage of anything , I'm the one that's initiating this , i know you're dedicated to your job but baby , you've been working since morning .” I say .
“hmm , okay ..”
“you need to rest as well , you're not a machine .”

He pulls me up and I sit on his lap .

“you're so cute ..” I say planting a kiss on his lips .
“you make the impossible possible Boss .” i cringe .
“don't call me that , i hate that so much . I'm Ms Martins or Rorisang .”
“and you're the boss as well .” he says as I roll my eyes .
“whatever ..”
“thank you for giving .. us , a chance .” I smile and kiss his forehead .
“i should be thanking you for giving us a chance .” I say .
“i love you ..” my heart , oh my ntliziyo !
“i love you baby .”

He lays on my boobs as I hug his head .
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SIYABONGA XABA .

uyang'jwayela u'Rorisang . I've been calling her non stop and her damn phone is ringing but she isn't picking up . Does she even think 10K is enough to cover me for the whole month ?

I'm catching a taxi and going there immediately ! let's hope she's home ! You do so much for a person only for them to suddenly change and give you R10K per month when they used to give you R45K ? sies .

The taxi drops me off at her gate as I stagger walking to the gate with a bottle of beer in my hand . Luckily , the gate is open so I walk in and head to the front door . Nxaai ! Packing up the yard with branded cars yet she can't even give me a simple R100K so I can bet ? even that R45K she used to send wasn't enough , now R10K ? ebaba ! I finish R10K within an hour !

I ring the bell multiple times , she must open and give me answers ! instead of her opening the door , Kagoentle opens the door and his face immediately changes .

“what are you doing here ?” he says . His voice had gotten deep .
“w..where's your mother ?” I say .
“what do you want from my mother ?” he says still blocking the way .
“get out of the way , i want to get in !”
“do you see yourself as someone who could enter this house ? Like seriously ?” is this boy talking to me ? heh I'll smash this bottle of black label on his head !
“who are you talking to like that ? Am i your peer ?”
“i should be asking you that because you're acting like you're my age right now .” I frown , I'm getting angry !
“is it Rorisang that's teaching you to speak to me like this ?”
“even if she taught me , wena o tsena mo kae ?”
“ukhuluma is'tswana nam ? Heh Kagoentle !”
“where were you at my first soccer game ?”
“soccer ? Who did you tell that you're playing soccer ?”
“did you call to ask me ?” he asks , this boy is making me angry !
“do you think its respectful to speak to your father like that ?”
“are you even a father when you look at yourself ? The money that you used to buy this bottle of beer . You could've used it to buy me a simple pair of socks but no , you're Siyabonga . The biggest drunkard yase Alex .”

Oh that's it ! He's gonna have it now ! I push him inside as he falls on the floor . I glance at Ontshiametse who just ran down the stairs .

“dad ..”
“Ontshiametse this thing is not a father ! Do not call him that .”

I find myself kicking him .

“bloody mistake !!”
“leave my brother ! ” she screams .
“Rorisang isn't raising you both well ! If you lived with me ! None of this would have been happening !”
“Kago , I'm gonna call mom okay ? don't worry .”
“Ontshiametse !” she glances at me shaking yet still dialing the number on her phone .
“how can you hurt your own son ? Are you mad ? ” she says .
“i am your father , i have a right to beat you up if you're being disrespectful ! You're a bloody mistake but you're here being disrespectful !”.