Chapter Nine

She was still lost in her thought when her ring tone blared throughout her room. On impulse, she hit the answer button and literally froze when she heard Edgar's voice at the other end of the line.

"What do you want now Edgar?" Monique questioned rather rudely

"Am sorry baby. Forgive me" Edgar replied softly

"You think I would readily forgive you for what you did to me??Tell me where I went wrong and I will forgive you" Monique snapped

"Please baby, am sorry really really sorry" Edgar pleaded

"Well... I want to ask you a question and I need you to answer me honestly"

"Yeah sure... anything..."

"What are we Edgar?Where do we stand?"2

The line went silent. Edgar stood frozen as he was asked to place a label on whatever it is they were growing.

Isn't it a little too early to do that?

He had commitment issues which stemmed from his parents failed marriage. He really hadn't expected this question. He was still lost in a trance when Monique snapped.

"You know what... Forget I asked this question in the first place. I guess it's crystal clear now.

You were lusting after me and you've gotten what you wanted, so you have no regards for the emotions that followed. God! I was so stupid. Bye Edgar. it's getting late and have to prepare for work tomorrow"

And with that,she cut the line. Turning her phone off in the process before dropping it in her bedside drawer. She fell back into bed feeling numb.

She couldn't even cry.He had used her and she felt really stupid to have actually believed that something good was going to grow out of whatever they had between them.

She was drifting off to sleep when Nonna enterd her room. Her eyes hurt as they were still swollen from earlier on. Flashing her a warm smile, she helped her out of bed before walking hand-in-hand to the dinning room where they had dinner in silence.

Nonna watched on in silence as Monique push her food around the plate.

"I've decided to stop seeing Edgar, Nonna. It's going to be strictly business from now onwards, because I think it would be best for the both of us" Monique said emotionlessly breaking the silence between them.

"Well..." Her Nonna began,"I know you think it's for the best my child but trust me, the mind and heart are two different things. Even if your mind holds up or buries those memories or thoughts, your heart and body will say otherwise. And that, you will have to accept no matter what"

"I will fight through it" She replied stubbornly with a tone that stated clearly that their current discussion was over. They avoided all conversations and ate the rest of the meal in silence.

Monique retired to bed earlier than usual hoping to catch a good night sleep but all her efforts proved futile. She silently lay in bed, reliving all the moments she shared with Edgar. It hurt knowing it were her last but little did she know.

She dreaded what tomorrow might bring. She knew somewhere, somehow, she was going to bump into him, see him or even sense his presence but knowing she couldn't even talk to him, killed her from the inside. She was still thinking deep into the night when sleep finally arrived.

The chirping of birds and the small seams of sun rays that sneaked their way into Monique's room had her stirring softly from her peaceful slumber.

Stretching lazily and letting out a rather large yawn, she slipped out of bed. It wasn't long before she was up and about. Getting ready for work.

She was feeling freaking nervous. She woke up extremely early to go to work thinking she could arrive before working hours and hide away in her office till closing time.

It may seem immature but she just wanted time to ger her thoughts straightened out. But unfortunately, luck was not on her side.

Edgar had the tendency of going to work extremely early when things got alittle too much for him.

He became restless and only calmed down when he had something to keep him busy in order to prevent his mind from wandering too much or keeping himself from doing something extremely stupid.

Monique had just parked her white Audi r8 into her spot at the company's parking lot when Edgar's black Mercedes Benz G-Wagon was pulled up.

Monique was the first to notice the others presence but seeing as Edgar was a little lost in his thoughts, she pretended to be on a call as she locked up her car and headed towards the company's security check point.

Edgar,who now followed quietly behind her bid his time to talk things out with her as he thought she was really on the phone with someone.

At the check point, Monique had to quit her charade so she could be allowed through security and to top it all up, they were both delayed and had to take the elevator to their floor together.

As soon as the elevator doors closed shut, Edgar turned to approach Monique who now stood at a fair distance from him. He moved closer only for her to take a step backwards.

This went on till Monique got trapped in one of the corners of the elevator.

Chuckling softly, Edgar locked her in by baricading his arms on either side of body. Caging her in. But being the stubborn woman she was, she still tried to break free causing Edgar to chuckle more.

"Stop trying to break free because you are just going to end up tiring yourself" Edgar said tauntingly

"Let me go Edgar" Monique said through gritted teeth

"What happened to 'Eddie'?" Edgar asked with a frown marring his face

"Just let me go!" Monique pressed on

"No. Not before you tell me why you are still so angry with me. I've apologised times without number but you are still blowing things out of proportion so I ask once more, why are you mad at me. Start talking woman" Edgar said coldly

"What if it is? Huh! Let me go Mr. Lancaster. You're making breathing almost impossible with your over-sized man ego" Monique scoffed out

"Ooh... So it's Mr. Lancaster now. I thought we were way pass that level. Perhaps, you need something to jog your memory"

Edgar said as he quickly pulled Monique into his arms and without giving her a chance to verbally protest, he crashed his lips down on hers. She struggled in his hold but he wouldn't budge.

Not that she was trying any hard. She gave up the struggle. Dropping her belongings onto the elevator floor as she relaxed in his hold. He pulled her closer to his body as he deepened the kiss.

He sucked and nibbled at the corners of her lips. Teasing her. Hr smiled when Monique let out a moan. The kiss grew intense as Monique's arms wound around Edgar's neck. They moved impossibly closer as the kisses grew unfulfilling.

Tugging under her ass, Edgar raised her off her feet. Bringing her legs to wrap around his waist causing her dress to ride up as he trailed hot open kisses down her neck. He would have loved to go on but he needed to put his point across.

Reluctantly, he trailed the kisses back to her lips and after a hard, punishing kiss. He tore away. Dropping a soft kiss on her temple before he leaned in to whisper into her ears;

"And this is what I was talking about Miss. Monique Carolla Montgomery. I'm sure I have thoroughly refreshed your memory about where we both stand. Just to let you know, if i was just lusting after you, I wouldn't have made love to you or even taken you to my home.

No. I would have fucked you so hard into space and gotten back to acting like nothing had ever happened between us. So get your bearings straight woman and to answer you question, you are MINE and MINE ONLY,capisce?"

And with that, Edgar set Monique gently back down on her feet and turned as the elevator doors pinged open.2

Squaring his shoulders, he stuck his hands into his pants pockets and walked out with strong confident strides without sparing Monique a backwards glance.

Monique stood there shell shocked as her mind tried to process what had happened. She felt so many emotions all at once. She felt happy he had staked his claim on her as his.

Angry,he had just walked out on her and sexually frustrated as he had left her all hot and bothered whiles he had walked out calmly and confidently as if nothing had happened.

Her eyes glistened with tears as she gathered her nerves and straightened herself out before she quickly walked off the elevator to her office and straight to her en suite bathroom in her office where she let her pent-up emotions run wild and free.