Chapter 16

Zake POV:

It has been days since I saw my ray of sunshine .To say I was not attracted to her would be an understatement.

She is beautiful ,she is a godly angel from above . But what really pained me the most was that she had a husband , I remember very well when she told me about it I acted as if I was cool with it .

I just wanted to spend time with her .I wanted to stare at her beautiful blue orbs . Her eyes had fire inside them a flame that is barely hanging there. I wanted to see the flame inside her burst into a raging fire.

I was pissed at the man that got to her first than me. I could see she was not happy because everytime I tried bringing up the topic about her marriage her mood would change.

I could not understand why would she not be happy in her marriage I mean she was literally the goddess.

Ever since I met her my life has changed, she made me feel new again,she made me strong and she gave me the new sense of love. She was beautiful in all the ways inside and out.

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Thandiwe's POV:

Have you ever felt like everything around you is small and you are walking around like the biggest giant?.I know that's crazy right.

Well that day I was happy that I was finally able to go to work without sneaking out of the house I was finally able to go out whenever I liked.

After my outburst with Zweli things have changed a bit , I had to do all the chores without complaining about being tired I had to make diner each and every night . I knew that he was doing all this just to punish me to stop working due to the amount of work I had.

Little did he know that I was determined to just prove him wrong that am capable of doing all those things. I had to do it all so that he would stop belittling me.

He had to see that am just as strong as he is . I mean no amount of work would be bad as the hate and assault I had to endure each and everyday .

"ohhhh girl someone must have been layered, you must have gotten it good for you to have  a smile as big as that ", I just rolled my eyes at Anne.

"Uh-huh yeah yeah you can't even denie it tell me all the details girl .I want all the gory juicy stuff", Anne was very funny she had become my friend and we talk alot even though she did not know everything about me but we were close.

"It's funny how wrong you have it all",

She looked at me as if I have grown two heads, "What ?", I just shrugged.

"You mean to tell me that you just smiling theres nothing more to the story ", she said it in a questionable way.

"Can't a girl be happy it's a free world after all , we all deserve a bit of happiness ", She looked at me and decided not to give me more questions.

"Or and by the way Mr nice guy came here what's his name .....ummm" I answered for him before she cracked her head more , "Zake?" I said that in a questionable way.

"Ohh yeah that one he said to remind you about today ".

"That's all he said ?", I asked I didn't know that we had something to do together ,until it finally crossed my mind a week ago he had asked to take me to the art gallery .

"Tell me what's happening today?", she asked that as a wave of joy flashed in her eyes . "Oh he asked to take me to the art gallery this week today",

"Woooow girl you are very much lucky to have two good looking guys all over you". I had told her about Zweli but not all the full details about our marriage and showed him some of his pictures and she practically squealed over him ,she went crazy but little did she know what kind of a monster he was.

"Anne how many times do I have to tell you Zake and I are just friends nothing more ", "uh-huh you keep telling yourself that but I've seen the way you guys look at each other it's pure love,and I don't blame you for loving them both I'd do the same if I was you".

"Bye Anne I have some work to do ".

"You can run away from the truth but it will find you", I  heard her laugh and just ignored her by going to the back and got changed to my work clothes.

When I came back it was already packed . I went around and took orders as I could see it was getting pretty packed by minute. I had to help Anne at the front desk as Joe the barista decided to be late.

You could see by the way Anne was workimg that she was exhausted because she could not do it all . I took the orders as she mananged the register.

At last we had finally manged to subside the people. I could never understand people and the love they have for coffee.

We worked all day until it was time for me to knock off I had asked Mark to let me off early that day. Over the time of me being here he has became the father in my life ,which am grateful for.

I went over the back to change into my normal clothes as it was nearing the hour of Zake to pick me up.

I went back to the front when I got there I saw him standing there in all his mighty .

He was damn good looking no lie. He saw me and turned around with a smile plastered in his face you could see his dimples popping out . He was laughing at whatever Joe said to him.

I decide to avert my eyes of him I didn't want to give of the creepy vibe .

"Hi "  I decided to break off the thick silence going on between us.

"Hey ", he continued to stare at me .We went back to the uncomfortable silence until he finally spoke.

"Ummm we can get going we don't want to be late do we?", he said that and gestured me to his car. Well that's what I thought we were going to use until he showed me his motorbike.

He got on it and smirked. "Is that what we going to be using ?", I decided to ask because the was no way I was getting on that demon ride.

"Ummm yes unless if you have something ", he said that so eloquently.

"Ohhh no the is no way am going to get on that I'd rather die ", he laughed and looked at me in a weird way.

"Thandiwe trust me I will not let you fall ", he said that nearing to me .

"You trust me right?", he asked the was something in just the way he said all those words that made me want to just worship him , I decided to just nod as I didn't trust my mouth to say anything.

"Right then let's get going besides you wouldn't want to miss a chance in getting to touch my hard rigid muscles would you?", he said that and smirked at me I knew that instant that I looked like a tomato .

I got on his back and hold onto him very tightly.  "Thandiwe that's way too tight you don't want to mess up with my circulation I know am attractive but please just turn it down a bit ", he said that and chuckled .

"Am sorry", he started his motorbike just in that moment I knew that if I die I'd probably be happy that I did not die in the hands of Zweli. I know that's crazy but I wouldn't want my last memory to be with a cruel person.

I heard him say "I promise if you could let loose you would know how it feels the beautiful feeling it's worth it ", I decided to trust him but not on the letting loose part I mean I could practically fall , but I did try being free and I knew he was not lying when he said it was a nice feeling.

Just the thought of being carefree watching everything around you fade fast it gave me a new sense of feeling that there's  no situation that does not pass .

We finally came to our stop and I won't lie when I say I was not dissapointed.

He guided me inside the gallery immediately when I got in my eyes light up at just the beautiful place I was in .

We decided to just walk around and admire the beautiful place.No one has ever took me anywhere especially to a place like this. Well except for the dinners that I went to with Zweli but that is just it.

We came to a painting that had a palette of enchanted beautiful swirl of colours of the starry night . It just catched my eyes the way it was.

I heard Zake say "The painting is called the starry night ,it's one of Van Gogh paintings the inspiration behind the painting was from when he was a patient at a mental institute. The scenery was from the east- facing window of his asylum bedroom in Saint-de-Paul-Mausole just before sunrise". Just the way he said that  made me more intrested in him. He just said that in a most natural way ,I did not know that he loved art .It made me adore him even more he spoke so elegantly.

I was happy that I have met him in my life he just brought me happiness and joy I was so happy with everything he has even done for me so far

"I never took you as an art person",

He chuckled ,"With years of staying with people that love art I practically grew into loving it more".

I didn't know about him and the thought that he was able to even tell me a bit about his childhood made me happy.