Sold To a Mafia King

First Date sort of...

“You know you’re in love when you can’t fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams”

I don’t know if it’s true or not, I never had a boyfriend, it used to hurt me so much but I learned to accept that I’m not beautiful and guys don’t care about my personality. I hurry towards him, but I still walk behind them, I don’t want to invade their privacy. The girl finally gives up. I walk beside him in uncomfortable silence, I’m really curious but I need to keep quiet.

“Can I go inside?” I ask him when I see a Capitec branch, I need help with my daily limit, I need money real quick so I can buy the stuff I want.

He just nods. I walk inside I hope he doesn’t move because I don’t have a phone how will I call him or how will I get home? Even though it’ll be my chance to run away I won’t run away. Bova’s words keep ringing in my mind, he will find me and I won’t like it. Luckily there’s no queue I get help immediately. I always wanted an iPhone but I can’t afford it so I’ll stick to Samsung. When I leave the bank, I find him standing by the door just looking around.

“I’m done. Thanks” I tell him.

“For what?” he asks really surprised.

“For waiting,” I tell him and he nods.

Nod one more time I’ll chop that head off.

I hear him laughing, why is he laughing? This is like the second time I said something in my head and he laughs unless I OMG. Unless I said that out loud.

“What do you wish to buy?” he asks out of the blue.

“Laptop and phone,” I tell him. He nods.

I see an MTN store, I ask to go inside, he nods he’s typing furiously on his phone.

I go inside I see an affordable Samsung phone and laptop. I talk to one of the consultant he tells me to wait for 5 minutes he goes through some door with the sign “staff only” I decide to stand in the queue, I look around for Ayanda he’s sitting in one of the couches, I’ve been concentrating so much on the stuff I needed didn’t even notice that the atmosphere changed as soon as Ayanda walked in. What’s with this guy? The guy returns and tells me that I’ll get the stuff when I get to the counter, I just nod absentmindedly. When I’m the third person in the queue Ayanda walks towards me and gives me a black card.

My God a black card what does this guy do for a living?

“Thanks but I’m sorted,” I tell him showing him my card. He looks a little surprised and he nods going back to where he was sitting. The girl behind me asks if I’m his girlfriend, I honestly don’t know how to answer that. I just shake my head. The queue is moving faster.

“Are you his sister then?” she asks again. I just ignore her. There’s an empty counter when I’m about to go to the counter the cashier stands up and goes through the staff only door. I stand in the queue. A new girl comes in and yells.

“Next” I walk to the counter, she tells me that I need proof of residence since I’m buying a new sim card. I call Ayanda when he looks up I wave him over. He stands up and walks towards me. I tell him what the cashier just told me, she’s busy checking him out the nerve. He tells me that he will use his ID and proof of residence. I nod. When we’re done we walkout.

“Do you need anything else? Clothes? Bags? Shoes?” he asks me.

“No thanks. The closet back at your house is full, it’s enough for me thanks” I tell him, he nods. My stomach grumbles.

“Where do you want to eat?” he asks me typing on his phone.

“I don’t know, what do you suggest?” I ask him.

“I can eat whatever you want,” he tells me.

“I’ve never eaten in a restaurant before,” I tell him, he looks up from his phone when he hears that. The look on his face, he looks shocked like I just told him that Vusi Kunene is not handsome and he can’t act.

“Did you like the meal I bought you yesterday?” he asks me.

“If it’s okay with you, we can eat at your place rather than wasting money on food when there’s so much food at your place,” I tell him. I don’t like eating out, not that I can’t afford to but I like saving plus I had to build a house from scratch at home so that R30 made a big difference, maybe I’m strange but that’s how it is for me. He tells me we can go.

“Aren’t you here to buy something?” I ask him.

“No” he replies.

“So you wasted your petrol on me?” I ask him surprised. My parents would never do that for me. He doesn’t say anything instead he walks towards the exit door pays for the parking ticket and leads me to the car. A few minutes later we’re at his place. Three maids and a bodyguard walk towards us, I take my stuff close the door greet them and walk towards the hotel he calls home, I really can’t wait to start using my phone. I have to think of something I can do to earn some money.

“You’re back so early, what’s up?” I hear Bova asking Ayanda, as I run up the stairs.

~~~

“She only bought a phone and laptop and paid for them,” Ayanda tells Bova.

“You’re lying” Bova replies really surprised. When Ayanda’s grandfather forced Ayanda to take her out for shopping they all thought she’s going to spend his money but nope not this girl.

“She’s not different alright but maybe she’s trying to act all independent and innocent in my eyes. You know how poor people act when they marry loaded guys” Ayanda tells Bova when he sees him smiling at this information.

Bova is done telling him that not all women are like his mom. This girl might be different the last time he took one of his casual girlfriends for shopping he spent almost R10 000. Maybe this one is different.