The Royals: A Kings Heart

Chapter 59

PETU'S POV_

After my bath, I got into bed with my phone. Mnqobi had borrowed me his charger so I can stay online and communicate with my family. My sister and her kids were still fine. My dad was okay too. After their calls, I played around on socials just checking general news things. People were talking about suspended accounts after posting about the shooting. Why don't they listen? It was clearly said if you spread lies, you'll be severely punished. They should be lucky a suspended account is all they are getting. My bedroom door opened. Mnqobi.

Mnqobi: "My butterfly. I don't even want to get close to you, I know you smell like a goddess, I'll never get out of bed." I giggled.

Petu: "Then why are you here?" Nothando walked in. She closed the door behind her.

Mnqobi: "Uhm. I have some work Sibo asked me to do. It will take probably the whole night. It's about our current dilemma."

Petu: "Okay."

Mnqobi: "So I'll see you in the morning."

Petu: "Goodnight baby." Nothando was standing at the door, with her arms folded staring at him.

Mnqobi: "Uhm." He cleared his throat. "Nothando."

Notha: "Now."

Mnqobi: "You cannot be serious. I am working and heavily stressed already-"

Notha: "Sounds like a personal problem."

Mnqobi: "We're at the beginning of a war Nothando."

Notha: "I don't care." He looked at me. What was going on here?

Mnqobi: "Okay. Tomorrow morning. Butterfly, can we please talk in the morning? I have something important I need to tell you."

Petu: "Why can't you tell me now?"

Mnqobi: "Because it's important and I will need to be able to show you how I feel about you. Right now, is a bad time."

Notha: "The Prince I'm promised to, Petu, is Mnqobi." I stared at her then him.

Petu: "Which Mnqobi?"

Notha: "Biyela. This one." I looked at him. He looked embarrassed.

Petu: "Mnqobi?"

Mnqobi: "I was going to tell yo-"

Petu: "But what? You wanted to use me instead?"

Mnqobi: "No. I didn't use you-"

Petu: "Then what!? What did you do? I asked you Mnqobi on our first date and you had a chance to speak up but you lied instead!"

Mnqobi: "I'm sorry." My heart broke. I can't believe I've been sleeping with my friends boyfriend and future husband.

Petu: "Then you kept lying because I did ask you again about your relationship with Nothando but you lied." The tears rolled down my cheeks without my permission. This was no time to cry but my heart was shattered. I must have even lied to myself at a certain point thinking he was all mine and forgetting the very fact that this person was a royal prince. Who the hell did I think I was? I had to laugh through my tears to calm down.

Mnqobi: "Baby please understand I only wanted a chance to be with you. Yes I was an asshole, I should've been honest but I wasn't. I was driven by lust at the time. All of that has changed, Petunia please."

Petu: "I'm in your family home. Sleeping with you while your wife is in her room. Do you not have any grain of respect for me Mnqobi Biyela? All you saw was a whore-"

Mnqobi: "Don't you dare say that. You're not that. You never have be-"

Petu: "Please get out Mnqobi."