Love Or Obedience

Chapter 1

The house is cool in the opening night and laughter erupts downstairs causing Aviwe to involuntary smile at the dinner familiarity she's been acquaintanted to, in her 22 years of living.
That's the only good thing her father did right, family dinner meant family time but she couldn't attend for almost a week with her busy schedule.
Sitting at the corner of her room, with just her pencil and sketch book trying to finish her project, well now she was also doing her personal work and the sketches of her drawing overwhelmed her bedroom house. Her Bob frontal disorganised with her white shirt dress falling out of place and her black mini skirt in place with a finishing pair of high black boots.

Her caramel skin glowed in the darkness with only her lamb illuminating her baby Face and work. Her choice of clothing illuminated her lifestyle as a Tsabedze heiress. Only she wasn't privileged as others would think. She was grateful to being born in such a high family, especially looking at the state of Eswatini, she was a lucky being but it didn't come for free.

She knew her duty as the older child, her twin brothers were just too young if you can count 4 year olds as reasoning people. The more she grew she had preferred school and varsity was also another escape especially since the public eye wasn't familiar with her, she had made sure of that or made her father promise her to at least live normal and that's why she applied at Limkokwing university and the fact that it kept her grounded, so what was the use to stay at campus.

She is studying architecture but she has the job already she just needed the Degree and the fact that she's good with her hands just like her father, in a way that's the only thing they share, the gifted hands of modelling homes to perfection. A door open without hearing a thing due to her work concentration, her mother enters,

"Aviwe, baby you haven't attended dinner for almost a week, no this has to stop" Aviwe smiles as she turns to this amazing woman that carried her childhood. She doesn't know but her existence alone is one of those things that keep her sane, she thinks smiling. "sorry mom, I'm meeting a deadline and I just got an idea how to improve the relationship of our clients." She says showing her mother the plan.

"you're your father's child you know "she says smiling But Aviwe this provoke a different feeling to her not of hate and this puzzles her that she just fakes her smile. "Can I eat tomorrow mom? I promise to try to come for breakfast."
Her mom reading the room, smiles "Please the last thing we need is for you to faint, remember, baby, you need a break, after all you're still young." She says and gives her daughter a peck on the cheek, going. "goodnight baby "
" night mommy." She exhales now alone in her room. "Still young" She mutters looking at her sketch book.

In the Morning, Light enters the kitchen reflecting a peaceful and pleasant day ahead. Breakfast is set as if a daily routine is playing out and Aviwe comes upstairs in a hurry wearing grey formal pleated pants matching her grey formal dress shirt tucked in finishing with a black sweater, her black kitten heels echo as she comes down drawing attention from her family as the twins run towards her throwing her off by surprise.

"Ohh guys, I'm going to fall." She says giggling down to them as she escorts them back to their sit. "Good morning sisi Aviwe" They say in unison. "Morning munchkins" a smile radiant in her eyes over these beautiful creatures, and as she enters dining area, she greets her parents, "Morning dad" He nods with disapproval probably to how late she is for breakfast.

She laughs inwardly at her father's perfection, sure she's a perfectionate like her father but his level is too high. The man is wearing black tailored pants with a white crispy shirt dress and a black tailored suit jacket drawing out his brown skin. "Morning mommy" She says giving her a kiss at the cheek and she smiles "Morning my baby, don't tell me you're going now?" She says looking at her the way she seems in hurry carrying her MacBook and assignments.

Her welcoming caramel face questioning her, she feels like home with her long class blue beautiful dress and her braids styled in a neat bun. Even the twin boys have their mother's skin tone but a spitting image of their father that it's startling. While Aviwe she's both in her parents but a designer like, dad, well official when she graduates.
"Sorry mommy, guys I'm late, I'll try to eat in school though" She says, running out not wanting to hear what her mother say. "Aviwe" calls out her father and she sighs turning back to him. "There's a meeting tomorrow, I'll love for you to come, it's been so long since you came by."
" OK dad, I was doing a design on the next event but we'll talk tonight, if you're not busy "
" No problem " He says giving a slight smile, proud of her daughter even if they may not agree on terms but she's his pride and the business world knows that as well, even though his daughter is not a friend of the public eye.

Limkokwing-lunch time
" Hi boo" Lisa Aviwe' friend comes from behind her closing her eyes, Aviwe smiles shaking her head. "You know we're on our last year "
" Well it's your fault, you're the one who behaves like a child when we're together " She says sitting down.
" And I'm never stopping, how are you, my beautiful Lisa."
"I'll be okay if you eat today and before you say anything you haven't eaten right in almost a week and we're in a cafeteria Aviwe come on" before Aviwe says something

"Second that, no future wife of mine will work herself to death" Says Lindani, in front of her as Aviwe raises her hand in surrounder. Lindani gives Aviwe a lingering kiss on the cheek making them the perfect couple though Lindani's style is slightly different wearing washed jeans and relay T-shirt finishing with a relay jacket and sneakers. It always confused Aviwe as they grew by as of his obsession with street clothes for a future heir, he sure wasn't professional but then again boys get what they want but she wasn't sure of if he was her father's child they would have tolerated each other.

"Please don't do that again here, you're realise they are kids here" She says clearly irritated taking Lisa by surprise but Lindani being ignorant "They're our age come on Aviwe, what's up with you these days anywhere" She sighs used to being unheard and he can't blame him probably both their parents are to blame.

"I'm just hungry, can we? " She says standing from her sit as they follow her. "Lead the way my lady" a pang of want feels her heart by, she has everything a beautiful family and her beautiful amazing friend and Lindani, she sighs just the thought of his name, he's handsome with a golden like walnut complexion and has a taper fade cut, any girl would die for this, any but..

"Aviwe!" They scream out of panic as Aviwe falls and Lindani shouting as if she'll miraculous wake up. "Aviwe, please don't this, Lisa help me, we gotta take her to the emergency"
"She'll be okay probably just exhausted" She says as they try to find a way out in a crowd of students, and her face flush bright red at the student muttering an apology.

At the hospital

She wakes up in a massive headache, in a private ward trying to think what happened as she looks at the time "What the hell, 17:30!"
"Yes, your friends bought you in ma'am" She gets startled at the sound of his velvet mellifluous cadence, immediately drawn at this strange man as she looks the way his lips moves that she doesn't notice her hand on her drumming heart.

She's 22 and thought she's content but his appearance makes her questions her life, it's not that he's handsome and his caramel skin just fits perfectly the black shirt dress he has under his coat and it's tucked in, in his chino pants and his monk strap shoes, there's something else drawing her though. "Ma'am, are you okay" He looks at her with concern eyes and it doesn't go by before noticing, he's a doctor she thinks , off course he's supposed to care.
"I'm okay, sir" She says but realise where her hand is and she smiles awkwardly at him. " My heart is perfect, I'm Aviwe by the way" Sigh what's he gonna do with her name she's just an ordinary patient.

"Sanele, your Doctor but Doctor Simelane to you, pumpkin" Damn he just couldn't help himself with her angelic voice, lazy eyes and small baby face she's perfect in his eyes. He doesn't believe in chasing but for her he would go to the end of the world, especially after seeing her parents. Who doesn't know the Tsabedze, well he doesn't know her, maybe heard about the heiress if you are a newspaper person. But her family doesn't intimidate him and frankly he doesn't know what draws him in, maybe the fact of the way she looks so organised even though she worked herself to exhaustion or it's something else but what he knows is if it means this was how he was supposed to meet this angel then so be it.