The betrayal

"ground open up and consume me"

Chapter 14

Munangwa's POV

My family and I were having dinner when my mom started talking about the trip to Musukus village for the funeral the next day, Chidzima kept begging me not to go because he wanted us to remain with the house and get up to no good, for the previous nights we had been sneaking into each other's rooms and sharing the same bed and my mom had absolutely no idea.

We all agreed that 4am the next morning we would be ready for the village and that we would be driving back the same night after the funeral.

That would depend on if my best friend needed me though because I realised the last time we spoke that she was really shaken about losing her aunt.

We finished eating and Chidzima and I went to go do the dishes, he was busy splashing water on me and tickling me which resulted in three plates getting broken.

My mom came to the kitchen and scolded us, she told me Chidzima is as good as a husband to me now and according to the African tradition men do not belong in the kitchen.

Chidzima was all smiles about it nodding his head like a lunatic agreeing to what my mother was saying.

"It's pretty clear that I will be doing dishes in our house don't you think mother in-law? Your daughter is a slave driver" chuckled.

My mother frowned at me " there is no way in hell that my only son in-law will be treated like that, just let me know whenever she does that and I will sort her out, she knows me, I mean business when it comes to culture".

At that I had a scowl on my face and I pouted at him signalling that he would be paying for what he just did.

I wiped the dishes myself after washing and Chidzima kept reaching out for the cloth saying he wants to help but denied him telling him to go help his mother in-law instead.

"Babe you know I was only joking, of course I would help you any day, you are my wife, not a slave and your mom doesn't even have to know about it" he said as he pulled me into a hug.

I eased up and smiled handing him the wiping cloth, I looked up at him and I saw the adoration he had for me in his eyes, slowly our heads moved closer and before we knew it we were lost in a deep kiss.

I could tell he put his all in the kiss because I felt my insides warm up and a chill go down my spine.

My mom walked in and she cleared up her throat, we quickly pulled apart and looked away, the embarrassment was eating me up, I mean  my mom just saw me kissing a guy, "ground please open up and consume me" I muttered under my breath.

My mom stood in the kitchen with her hands on her waist, "Just what on earth do you two think you are doing in my kitchen, you need to remember not to get ahead of yourselves, you are not married and you need to respect me in my house, I do not want to see you kissing or touching in this house do you understand?"

we both nodded our heads in shame  and continued with the dishes, she walked on to her room and we started laughing as soon as she left.

By the time we completed the dishes, the floor was wet from the water splashes and Chidzima being the one who made it wet had to go get a mop to clean the floor.

When we were done cleaning we walked to Chidzima's room like it was okay, already forgetting what my mother had said.

Just when we were about to go in, my mom's bedroom door which is just across Chidzima's room opened, she stood there and asked: "and where exactly are you going darling daughter?"

I smiled as I tried to sound as innocent as ever "nowhere mama, I was just going to say goodnight to my future husband before I go to sleep".

"Well make it snappy while I'm still standing here cos I am not sleeping until I am sure you two are both settled in your rooms".

I quickly hugged him and walked off to my bedroom, before I closed the door; I blew him a kiss and went in to change into my pj's, before I could even get into bed, my phone beeped.

Hubby: "Hey babe, are you asleep yet? I was wondering if I could come sleep over there with you in my arms, this whole setting is a torture to me"

Me: "I don't know about that but it seems my mom is watching us today, any move from your room and I swear she will wake up, we have gotten away with this for the past nights, and it seems she might have taken notice of our sneaking in and out of each other's bedrooms tendencies".

Hubby: "this sucks, I am bored here, I am going to try sneaking into your bedroom, wait for me, I will be sleek about this".

Me: "okay make sure you do not get caught because if you do, we are going to be in a lot of trouble".

A few minutes later Chidzima walked into my room with a big grin on his face "happy to see me?" those were his first words.

"Shhhhh, do not get ahead of yourself, she just might hear you, you need to understand that she is a light sleeper" I whispered.

"okay okay move over" he said as he slipped into my bed, "now come here" he said as he pulled me into his arms, his lips crushed into mine and we got entangled in each other's arms, we kissed for what felt like hours and when the heavy breathing started we stopped and fell asleep in cuddles.