The Royals: A Kings Heart

Chapter 73

NKOSI'S POV_

I'd managed to sleep properly, waking up early the next morning. Thembisa was better when she'd gone to bed. She didn't feel any more pain she said. Zwe had checked her arm and also confirmed it being okay but he will be back today. I got showered and dressed in my running gear. If I'm going to have weekends off, I'll need clothes that are casual. This was going to be a challenge. My phone rang.

Nkosi: "Hello Zwe."

Zwe: "Come outside."

Nkosi: "Okay." I hung up. Why was he so early, it's barely 6. I walked out to the entrance of the villa.

Zwe: "Thought as much. You like running in the morning. I knew you'd be awake."

Nkosi: "What are you doing here so early? Thembisa is sleeping."

Zwe: "I'm here to get you. No one I know wakes up this early and so I needed some company. Let's go." I got in his car, he drove off. My guards followed right behind. "Your guards never miss a beat, do they?"

Nkosi: "No."

Zwe: "Good. How did you sleep?"

Nkosi: "Well. For the first time in a while."

Zwe: "That's good."

Nkosi: "Have you started rebuilding your hospital?"

Zwe: "Haibo Nkosinhle? I thought you'd do it?" I stared at him.

Nkosi: "When did I give you that impression?"

Zwe: "You said so!" I chuckled. "Your sense of humour is really strange."

Nkosi: "We'll start on Monday. Tomorrow."

Zwe: "Okay."

Nkosi: "Where are we going?"

Zwe: "On a date."

Nkosi: "I can't go on a date with a man Zwe."

Zwe: "Why is that?"

Nkosi: "I already have a woman. It would be cheating."

Zwe: "I hear you. Thank you for letting me down easy." He laughed.

Nkosi: "How is Sibonelo?"

Zwe: "Fine. Why?"

Nkosi: "Is he scared of me?"

Zwe: "A bit."

Nkosi: "Hmm. He saw my fire the other time."

Zwe: "That's not all he saw. He switched off the cameras, saw you change. Also knows you can whisper."

Nkosi: "Is it bad?"

Zwe: "No. Sibonelo doesn't run his mouth so he won't be telling anyone about it."

Nkosi: "Oh. Do you think I should talk to him about it?"

Zwe: "Why?"

Nkosi: "I don't like working with people who are scared of me, Zwe. It's uncomfortable."

Zwe: "Okay. You can talk to him Monday."

Nkosi: "What about the young princes? Do they know?"

Zwe: "Uhm, they suspect. They saw the sky flood and the pilot you brought in but they haven't asked any questions."

Nkosi: "Do you think they should know?"

Zwe: "No. Khaya is a bit fragile, I know Mnqobi acts tough but he gets shaken very easily too. It's best they don't know. They've probably forgotten already."