Forbidden Treasure ✓

37.) Imagination.

Onalerona's POV

"I hope that reassured you enough to know that i am not going to allow anyone to hurt you." says Nkosikhona and i chuckle. "You did more than reassuring you did paralyzing. How am i going to get to work tonight?" I ask and he chuckles. "Let's ditch work."

"But..." "When we at work you want me to remain professional but that is very difficult so its best we remain at home so i know there is no limits here." he says and i roll my eyes causing him to chuckle. "We at work vele so things must remain professional between us. We don't want people to start making assumptions."

"Let them assume its not like they would be wrong." he says and i shake my head. "Don't these people know that you are married to her?" I ask. "Its only my associates in the mafia that know i'm married the rest don't." I nod. "The only time i will allow you to flaunt me in public is when you are not with her."

"I understand and i will do whatever i can to make sure that i find myself out of this marriage." he says and i nod. "I believe you when you say that but your dad might be the stumbling block phela he is so adamant that you remain with Rea." I say and he sighs. "His just power hungry."

"He should be focusing on trying to repair your relationship instead of doing this. Doesn't he realise that he is pushing you towards me the more he tries to fight it." I say and he shrugs his shoulders. "My relationship with him will never be the same." he says and I sigh.

"Have you forgiven him for what he did?" I ask. "I'll forgive him the day you confront your stepmother." he answers and i roll my eyes causing him to chuckle. "Why you tryna move at my pace and not your own?" "Sthandwa sami its not an easy thing to do. How do you forgive a person that defends the perpetrator?" (my love.)

I sigh. "You have a point. I just want you to forgive him because I'm afraid that he will push you to alcohol. I don't want us to go back to who you were when i met you. You have worked so hard to fight your addiction and you did. This fighting of yours might bring up the unresolved issues from decades ago and cause bigger problems." I say.

"I can't listen to a person that doesn't take their own advice." he says and i roll my eyes. "Our cases are different." I say. "How are they different? Our dads failed to protect us from those monsters they exposed us too." "I know. Why don't you tell your mom?" he shakes his head no. "I don't want her to feel guilty."

"For what?" I ask. "I know she will feel guilty that maybe she didn't protect me from that woman and it might break their marriage." he answers. "So you willing to lose yourself in the pain for the sake of their marriage?" "I will heal one day just without telling my mom. My dad is the one that's supposed to tell her what that woman did."

I sigh. "You and i need some help." I say and he chuckles. "We do. You suggesting that we go to therapy?" he asks. "I think so. Its just that i don't afford one now but you can go." "I want us to go together. Now that you mentioning therapy i think it will work out for us both because our relationship back then was quite hectic. Even though the love was there and the highs were high but when it went low,"

"It went really low." I finish the sentence and he nods. "And i don't want that for us now. In order for us to work we need to start on a clean slate with no past baggage that will try to destroy our relationship." he says and I nod. "I am dating a matured version now." we laugh. "I had to grow man." we chuckle.

"But how will i pay for the sessions?" I ask. "I will be the one that pays for it don't worry." he answers. "Are you sure?" "100% . This is something we both need and will be beneficial for us in the future so let's spend the money." I smile. "I love you." "I know you do." I roll my eyes. "I take that back." he laughs.