𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐈𝐐𝐔𝐄Time flew by faster than anyone could imagine. Who would believe that we were already in the month of April?That meant I'd been involved in this whole you have to be crowned queen saga for seven months. The clock was really ticking and time was moving real fast. I meant, in five months, it was going to be a year. The experiences I'd had in those seven months gave me mixed feelings. I was thankful for having a better relationship with Gina, but I loathed being coarse into doing what I wasn't interested in.How did I not remember to include Marcus? That man was all in one, the full fucking package. Now, I'd been avoiding him for a few reasons, but that didn't mean I didn't ogle at him whenever I saw him--it got to the point where I was staring at his ass one day and all that roamed around my head was to walk towards him and give the cake a slap. I'd definitely be rewarded nicely for that. Probably multiple spanks. I really did want to be on the receiving end because tha
MONIQUE ♚In the thirty-six years I'd lived, I had never for once slept for a whole day. I meant, they'd think I'd died since I played a vital role in the running of numerous things. I experienced it yesterday and today, and I had to say that it was one of the greatest things to happen to me in a while. I felt so reinvigorated and ready for the day. I felt like those sassy bitches who'd do a hair twirl and be like I'm that bitch. Getting up and heading straight for the bathroom, I did my business and took care of necessary things before putting on some nice clothes. Overall, I'd say that I felt good. I pushed the curtains aside and took one long look at everything around. Something in me just wanted to appreciate nature today and I was still trying to figure out why that was happening and what it was exactly. I picked up my phone and texted Gina. Monique; Is there some kind of place for fun here because I'm deprived and I really wanna see some hot ass places. To which she repli
MONIQUE ♚Morning of the next day came so quickly and a series of knocks was what got me out of bed. All through the night, thinking got me occupied and from the look of things, I was guessing I only slept for an hour before I was woken. I didn't get up immediately, though, but Gina did. She stayed the night in case any shit went down. Surprisingly, nothing happened. They probably were all waiting for today. "Don't open it." I muttered before she got there. "You know you're still gonna open it anyways? Let's just get this shit over with." She opened it and tons of women streamed in, holding different things. I assumed they were the ones who would dress me in preparation for my supposed engagement. Fuck this shit. "Good morning, my lady." They muttered and I got up, tightening the robe around my body. None of them had to see me in the state that I was. "I'm assuming you haven't take your bath? " A middle aged woman asked, and all I did was throw scary glances at her and that di
𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐈𝐐𝐔𝐄Just like that, one week had passed since our fucking engagement and nothing had happened!It was like he just disappeared. He knew I wasn't excited, and so he left. Disappearances as such shouldn't be celebrated fully. It ought to be celebrated with one eye focused while the other was supposed to be roving around in case the person just walked in--physically, it was quite impossible. Adrian was like that.What I was wondering was when he'd just show up. To me, it wasn't a matter of how since that son of a bastard did whatever he liked. It was a matte of when.Months ago, we visited his mother and as at that time, she was quite slender--not her normal body type, but it was what sickness had done to her. The next time we had a face to face confrontation, I was going to make sure I asked him if his mother was dead.It was very much rude, but all I wanted to do was see how triggered he'd be to hurt me. I planned on using it to my advantage and damn right, I was doing it in
MONIQUE ♚The feeling of a tall and enormous monster walking within the walls of my head brought me out of my slumber.The headache could split my head in half and cause me to drop dead there and then.It wasn't only that. It was accompanied by a terrible stomach upset and I didn't need anyone to tell me that those fucking pancakes caused all of this.I was out of bed in no time, sitting on the toilet sit and trying to do my business. I was utterly disgusted, not at what I was doing at the moment, but at how I was feeling in my body. It made me want to take all of my clothes off and walk around the castle naked like I was the only one--honestly, if it was what I had to do to feel better, it wasn't that big of a deal, then. I wiped, cleaned myself up and flushed before proceeding to leave. I didn't make it out of there before I slumped--I really didn't know if to say slumped because no external force contributed to it, I just found myself on the floo
MONIQUE ♚"I really want to see what you look like with no clothes on. I might have made some remarks in the past, but we both know that it's really nothing." This man was one hell of a misogynist. It wasn't just me, but women in general. I saw the way he looked at other women. How my life reduced to this, I didn't know. I really wanted to tell him to fuck off, but I zipped my mouth. This motherfucker was literally following me to my bedroom. I wished I was some detective who had a gun hidden in on of the drawers. I'd welcome him nicely, serve him a drink and talk about life before blowing his brains. In his next life, he'd know never to come into my room looking for what wasn't there. I opened the door, got into my room, took of my shoes and fell flat on the bed, not bothering to stare at him. "Monique." He called. "Leave me alone, Adrian." I muttered. I didn't need anyone to tell me that I wouldn't survive here. I had to leave, and so I lef
𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐈𝐐𝐔𝐄I'd tried to preserve my mental health in so many ways by asking myself the question why. Out of the billions of people in the universe, why did this have to happen to me? The year before, when I was informed about Father's passing, it was said to be an accident. I didn't get this at all. I folded my arms across my shoulder and shut my two eyes, trying to picture how it all happened. It might have been that I misheard one or two things. I was at the office, laptop on the table, coffe as well. We'd just concluded a board meeting. It was around that time that we were planning on releasing the first teaser for what we'd planned for better banking and saving at MBC. Gina was a lot of floors below mine--probably whiliing away time with Solomon. It was then the call came in. Like every normal phone call, I accepted and that was when the doctor dropped the bomb that Father died in car accident. He was brought in dead, by the way. "Excuse me?" I could remember saying and
𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐔𝐒She confided in me and even let me sleep on her chest. The excitement made me want to find the nearest cliff and jump off it because we really were making progress. The littlest of things counted to me, and I was so fucking happy that she count actually let it all out where I was. I didn't mean to fall asleep. It just happened, but it didn't feel like she was angry about it. Once I was where other humans were, the look I got from them made me want to turn back and go to her room, but I needed to get a lot of things done tonight. I needed to prepare food for her tonight. "Mate," Malcom called once he found me. If I could find broken glass around, I wouldn't actually mind smashing it against his head because that man was a pin prick in the butt. "You finally saw that cunt, didn't ya?" With that being said, the hot temper of mine that I was trying to keep abate flared up and I grabbed him by the collar, roughly smashing him against the wall. His eyes popped wide open i
MARCUS Being back in the United States felt unbelievable. I'd only been gone for a few days, but it felt as though I'd been gone for six months. Life was panning out well. I'd gotten to know Monique so well that I read her like an open book now. She didn't need to complete some of her statements before I knew what it was. We definitely were soul mates. Our future wasn't something we'd both sat down to ever discuss, but we knew we were spending the rest of our lives together–that one was insured, it was a matter of timing. Just when I was thinking about her, she walked in for a bit before stopping at the door, her hand stretching and holding the door frame as though if she didn't, she'd lose support, and break a bone. I was stunned by her position. "What?" I asked her, smiling. "What the shirt says, you dummy." My eyes landed on her shirt, and it said 'Marry me, Marcus'. Cross my heart, if I could faint, wake up and faint again, I was going to do so. What the fuck was this life
Two Months Later… MONIQUE " It's really fucked up, G. " I said, shaking my head and still caught up in the shock of seeing her. It had been almost four months. "I'm an asshole, I know, but I'm so fucking sorry."Looking at Gina kneeling before me right now, there was nothing I could do. Something in me so badly wanted to hate her for abandoning me for almost two months, but I couldn't just bring myself to oblige. Yes, she did abandon me, but my mind went back to the times before the abandonment. To the beautiful memories we shared. I was guessing there was a limit to the extent she could go for me. She'd always told me that there was nothing she wouldn't do for me, but the day we trusted humans was the day it was going to be over for us, and the sad thing was that I really did take her word for what it was. At the end of the day, we were all humans, and were always going to fuck up no matter what. Marcus and I had discussed, and we'd come to the conclusion that I was going to le
MONIQUE The love of my life was stooping down close to me, and I was looking at him right in the eye. That eye contact was all the assurance I needed. I'd waited for this for so long. "I love you." I said, my voice so fucking evident of the stenght that I lacked. I didn't want to think about it. To think about Adrian, and what he took away from me. God, remembering it made fresh tears fall from my eyes. It was as though he understood me. With his thumb, he brushed the tears away. "He did this to me." I said to him, crying. He raped me. It wasn't only him. They were so many. " I was a sobbing mess by the time I was was done with my statement. It was a good thing that I was vulnerable with him. "I know." Marcus said, nodding. I continued to stare at him while sobbing and swallowing those silly lumps that formed in my throat every so often. I looked crazy because while Adrian was definitely I cried, and that drained some of the energy in me. Once I passed out and woke up a while ag
MARCUSI hope I'm not late. I hope I get there just in time, and she's still very much alright. I pray that I wouldn't have to live a life filled with regret because of actions I could prevent from happening. I didn't have any excuse for leaving her, but I was guessing uncertainty was one of the things that triggered it. I'd been gone for a while when I could have just gone on my knees and begged her to give me what she was willing to. I'd have accepted it. Rather, I took it to the extreme, and revealed secrets that I should have waited to tell her. She's in danger now, and if anything happens to her, I'll never forgive myself. I thought I was going to be able to beat the time, and be there early but a lot of factors led to the delay. The first one being that it rained, and given that condition, there were things the horses could do, and things they couldn't. Never in a million years will horses suddenly want to function when it was raining cats and dogs. Not really a valid reason
MONIQUE There was no way I could talk with a gun in my mouth, and so all I did was nod and put my palms together as an indication of plea. The tip of the gun was touching my throat, and I swear to God, I wanted to puke so bad. "You're going to suck on the gun, spit on it, and gag until I tell you to stop." He said. Right there, and then, my gag reflex was on high alert, and I almost choked on the weapon that was in my mouth. I shook my head, indirectly saying 'you don't have to do this'. The magnanimity of the whole situation triggered more tears, and they just kept falling and wetting the ground below me. I could go lower and lick the tip of his shoes right now, but not this. Anything but the gun in my mouth. What even made the matter all the more awkward was the fact that there were people in this room watching me. So many fucking people. Thank fuck this wasn't the United States, and this was one of those occasions where I was grateful to God for not allowing civilization to ha
MONIQUE "Don't do this." I shook my head, attempting to stop the tears from falling, but God, it really was hard. Was this how everything would end? You know, for all these months, a fragment of my mind, and a part of me believed I was going to get that happily ever after ending just like everyone. If someone told me that I would walk to my death majestically, I'd laugh because in my head, that person would be a fucked up sadist with a messed up life. I always had hope. "How the mighty have fallen." Adrian's wicked laughed pierced through the air again, and I'm actually so done. He rubbed his chest as he got closer, and closer to me. "What do you even want?" I asked, still seated there--preparing for my death with all sorts of food laying on the table before me. "You're quite foolish for a billionaire, don't you think? I want it all. I want the power, the wealth, every fucking thing!" He said, stamping his feet on the ground while I sat there, looking at him right in the eye--wh
MONIQUEFrom the moment I stepped into this house, suspicion stirred in in my stomach, fear climbing up my spine, but I refused to give in. There was no turning back now. I had to face the music. I didn't even know anyone here, and so if anything happened, there was no one to call to get me out of here. "Make yourselves comfortable, yeah." She said, that Welsh accent making rearing its head. You could take the woman out of the village, but never could you take the village out of the woman. "We have tea, wine. Whatever it is that you want." She said. Adrian walked to the closest seat to the fireplace and made himself comfortable while I remained standing-- the driver, and the maids as well. Adrian was probably going to yell at them if they sat. " Monique, don't do that where I am. Will my lap be more comfortable than the chairs?" Adrian asked. I could see his teeth through the fire, and I wanted nothing more than to pull each of them out while I watch him wallow in agony. The dinwi
𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐈𝐐𝐔𝐄 ♚The same way Adrian stormed in to tell me about the ball organized by the Welsh prince was the same way he stormed in during the early hours of today to tell me to get ready. He said we were journeying to Wales. Today was one of those days I missed Gina. Better suck it all in, and move on. He didn't just march in, he also brought along with him the dress I was supposed to wear. He said he didn't want me looking eerie. I knew myself so well. The Monique of two to three months ago would have slapped that sick son a bastard in the face, and thrown the dress at his face, but all I did was sit down, and look at him like someone who was mentally ill. I was really missing my old self. I pondered on what it was going to take me to get back to that state of mind. The dress wasn't too far away from me as I laid in bed. The tranquility in this room, goodness me. God knew I needed this. Maybe this trip was what I needed to get out of th
𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐈𝐐𝐔𝐄♚Funny of me to think that we were finally heading somewhere, and it all came crashing down when he uttered those words. Fuck me. Frankly speaking, though, Marcus did nothing wrong. How fast did I forget that it was me who told him to let it all out? He could've kept it to himself, and we'd still be going strong. Fuck, I was a fool. It had been what? Three days of self-isolation. Hunger had dealt with me so much, but the pride in me wouldn't let me get my ass out of bed and get something to eat. I, myself couldn't deny the certitude of my life being repetitive. If Monique Jenkins' life was a course of study in colleges, universities, and tertiary institutions, there'd be no one that would major in that because of the magnitude of the boredom they were going to get from it. Let's be real, though, school on its own was boring, but Monique Jenkins' life would lead you to commit suicide. Her life was bland, and wishy-washy, and boy did she crave some spice? Of course.