Loving, Mr Waters

CHAPTER TWELVE

MATTHEW
My phone rings for the tenth time today with a number I don't recognize. I've stopped answering unknown numbers years ago when girls I would fuck around with would call nonstop after we've spent the night together. I look at the number again trying to remember whether I recognize it or not but I don't recognize it at all.
Who could be calling me so constantly?
I choose to answer it out of curiosity and because someone serious might really be trying to reach me but my gut warns me against it.
"Hello?" I answer but no one speaks. "Hello?" I say again but I'm met by silence. I check the screen to check whether the person hung up but they are still on the line. "Look, whoever you're please just get to the point otherwise I'm dropping this call." I say annoyed by whoever called me.
"Matthew." The voice greets me and time stand still as I try to come up with a reply.
HOW?
How in the world does she have my personal numbers? But mostly how dare she calls me after six years of disappearance?
"Matthew, it's me Miranda." Miranda says as if I couldn't recognize her voice that still haunts me in my dreams.
"What do you want?" I ask my voice foreign even to my own ears.
"Is that the way to greet the mother of your child?" She asks sarcastically and I laugh at her audacity to call herself mother.
"I can assure you when they wrote the definition of a mother they were not referring to you. Don't ever call me again." I end the call my whole body buzzing with fury. The nerve of Miranda to call herself a mother. What the fuck does she even want because it can't be the son she left at the hospital all on his own when she gave birth to him. I stand up suddenly feeling super hot and needing some fresh air. I walk out my office then let my manager, Samuel know I'll be out for an hour.
I drive around for a while not knowing where to go when a thought hit me. Ten minutes later I'm out of my car and knocking on Thando's office door. I listen for her footsteps as she approaches and sure enough she stands in front of me with the door open. I watch as her face goes from shock to pure happiness as she takes me in. I don't give her the time to talk as I tug her by the waist and kiss her right away. Her mouth that taste of coffee welcomes me as we kiss and I want to smack myself for not putting the flowers and food on the table before kissing her because now my hands would definitely be on her ass squeezing it. We break our kiss after awhile both of us needing air.
"Hi." She smiles that smile that takes my breath away.
I could watch her smiling for hours and it wouldn't be enough.
Thando's smile is incomparable. She got the kind of smile that could just open the gates of heaven.
"Hi." I smile back at her. "I thought I could surprise you but if you are busy I can go." I say suddenly realizing that I didn't ask whether she had plans for lunch or not.
"No, no. I'm not busy at all. In fact I was about to go get something to eat as I forgot my lunch at home." Thando tells me as she closes the door then leads me to the couch that I assume is for parents to sit when she has meetings with them.
"This is for you." I say handing her the Tulip flowers I got her. "I got us lunch as well so no need to go looking for food."
She takes the flowers from me the puts them on the table after mumbling a thank you. I simply stare at her as she walks to where I'm sitting then she straddles me.
"If you keep bringing me my favorite flowers in a row I'm going to start thinking you really got it bad for me." She tells me playfully as she nibbles my earlobe. My dick automatically jerks as she nibbles my ear and she must feel it because she starts moving on top of me.
"You want to know a secret?" I whisper in her ear as my mouth goes to her neck kissing her.
"Yeah?"
"I really really got it bad for you." I bite her but not enough to leave a mark as I want to. She moans driving me crazy with the sound. I halt her movement before I get her naked right in this office.
"As much as I want to bend you in that table and fuck you till you can't walk I have to stop before someone walks in on us." I remind her of our location. Her mouth goes to my neck and she kisses me there before she stands up and sit next to me. I hand her her burger and we both waste no time taking our bite. One of the things I like about Thando is how much she enjoys food and how she is never shy to eat in front of me or anyone for that matter.
"This is so good but I must say I'm quite surprised by something." Thando eyes me as she takes another bite of her burger.
"What?" I ask.
"That you didn't bring me food from your own restaurant."
"Why is that? Do you think I only eat food from my restaurant?"
"Yes. Aside from your mothers of course."
"Are you serious? Surely you've seen me eating food from other restaurant in the years we've known each other" I gasp at her.
"Nope. I've never seen you with a takeout from other branches. It's always food from your restaurant."
"Wow. I don't know what to say to that. But rest assured I appreciate the work of other incredible chefs out there. It would be absurd to only eat food from my workplace."
My phone rings then as I take it out of my pocket seeing the same number that Miranda called me with just minutes ago. I decline the call but it rings again and again.
"Aren't you going to answer that?" Thando ask looking at my phone on the table then at me.
"No." I answer annoyingly.
"Well, clearly whoever is calling wants to speak to you urgently. Answer your phone it might be an emergency at work."
"It's not."
"How do you know?"
"I just know." I say raising my voice. Thando stares at me taken aback by my reaction.
Jesus, look at how Miranda is controlling my mood already.
"I'm sorry I shouldn't have raised my voice." I say cussing Miranda in my head for calling me constantly and ruining a beautiful moment between me and my girl.
"You right you shouldn't. What's wrong Matthew?" Thando ask me her voice laced with worry. I huff not wanting to talk about Miranda especially right now but also knowing that Thando needs an explanation of who's constantly calling me.
"Miranda." I say the name that still haunts me even during the day. Thandos mouth opens then close as she attempt to say something but stopping herself.
"Do you want to talk about it?" She asks instead but I know her mind is clouded with a lot of questions.
I don't know how much Thando knows of my past relationship with Miranda and I know I will have to tell her one day but today I just don't feel like talking about her. "Can we talk about it some other day? Not to make excuses but right now is just not the time." I tell her hoping she understands.
"Of course. Anytime. As long as you know I'm always here for you. No matter what time."
"I know baby and thank you." I take her hand kissing it, grateful for her understanding. After eating we're both at her door hugging and saying our goodbyes.
"Be ready by six am Saturday. I'll be coming over to fetch you." I tell her as I run my hands over her ass.
"Six??" Thando gasps next to me. "Why so early?"
"I told you I have a surprise for us so I need you all ready in the morning. Bring your swimsuit and a change of clothes. We will back Sunday." I tell her as I tug her closer to me, needing her close.
"I'm only agreeing because I love surprises. You better make it worthwhile."
"Yes Ma'am." I bend about to kiss her but she stops me saying. "Wait, what about Trey?"
"What about him?"
"Where will he be for the weekend? I mean I don't want it to seem like I'm taking you away from him every weekends." Thando says worriedly. I look at her my heart growing more fonder for her in this moment because of her love for my son.
"He will be with my parents. It's their weekend to have him. Even if we didn't have any plans this weekend that's where he'd at."
"Okay then."
I kiss her this time coating her mouth to open up for me so I can give her my tongue and she does exactly that. We kiss passionately as my dick beg me to let it be inside of her. The school bell rings and we both jump startled. My finger goes to her lips wiping the lipstick that is all over the place.
"I ruined your lipstick."
"That's fine, I'll reapply it."
I peck her lip then readjust my pants getting ready to leave not wanting to scare the kids away with my horny dick. "Thank you for having lunch with me. I enjoyed myself and the company was exceptional." I tell her kissing her again.
"Thank you for the delicious lunch." She answers.
"Just my lunch then? Not my good company?" I joke cocking my eyebrow at her.
"I wasn't done." Thando smiles before she adds. "Thank you for your amazing company as well."
"You're welcome beautiful, I'll call you later. I have to go baby."
"Alright, enjoy the rest of your day."
"You too sweetheart." I smile before kissing her forehead then open the doorknob. We look at each other not ready to say goodbye yet but I eventually leave before I embarrass the both of us by kissing her right in front of the children. As I drive back to work I feel so much better and I name that feeling the "Thando effect" feeling. There's never a dull moment with Thando and to me that speaks volume about the incredible human that she is.