Chapter 3

She looked down at her feet, playing with a rock. She twirled her hands in her t-shirt. Danny lifted her chin, and asked, “Can I take you out tomorrow?”

Monique gazed into his calm green eyes, her eyes lowered to his strong looking pecks, then down to his…

“So how about it?” asked Danny, unknowingly interrupting her.

“I’m sorry what did you say?” she said while catching the drool in danger of falling. “Would you like to go out tomorrow?” He asked again.

She thought about it blushing, and replied, “Yes,” letting out a smile.

“Great,” Danny said with a wide grin. His voice sounded deeper and his eyes were glowing. She must have been seeing and hearing things. Monique tried to get her mind focused on what he was saying. 

“I will pick you up at eight.”

“Ok,” said Monique, beaming.

She gave him her address and number right before he jogged off. 

Monique couldn’t help but watch his butt as he jogged away. Danny looked back over his shoulder and gave her a puddle made from her intimate lady part’s smile. She turned her head quickly, and her cheeks rapidly became red. Just then, her phone dinged. It was a text that read, I miss you. She rolled her eyes and put the phone back in 7 pocket. It had been a year and he was still trying. Taking a fresh long inhale, she blew out a steady breath. She felt like it was long overdue. A gentle smile graced her lips. What will she wear? I haven’t been out in a while. Monique went out with her girls now and then, but that was different. With her smile still in place, she put back on her headphones and continued to jog home smiling. Not even James could ruin her mood right now. The phone kept vibrating in her pocket and she ignored it. Monique couldn’t wait to get home to call her best friend Shawna. There was so much to tell her.

“He asked me on a date,” Monique said excitedly over the phone.

“Spill,” Shawna said.

 “I was going to ask him, and be straightforward ya know?”

“Yea,” said Shawna, invested in the conversation.

“Then I chickened out. But he asked!”

Shawna could hear the smile in her voice.

Then she admitted, “I’m going to be honest, I thought he vanished. It’s been a couple of days since you mentioned him.”

“Me too.” Monique said.

  “We actually have a date tomorrow, but I don’t know what to wear.” She added.

“Why don’t you wear that cute red dress with the heels?” Shawna advised.  

“Thanks bestie. Good idea!”

“You know I got you. Make sure you try them on tonight.”

“I will.” said Monique.

They had some more chit chat before they hung up. 

Monique immediately went to her closet and got out the red dress. She tried it on and looked in her mirror sitting on the dresser. She turned left and right, then turned her back to the mirror; satisfied, she changed back into her comfortable clothes. Monique walked to the kitchen and opened the refrigerator and pulled out her favorite wine. She poured some in a cup, took it to the living room and sat on her loveseat. She turned on the TV and watched her favorite show, Law & Order. Now on her third glass of wine, Monique yelled at random, “He did it! Guilty!” She didn’t mean to indulge but thinking about James and Danny, she kept refilling her cup. She made the intro sound to Law & Order. Her head whipped to the window, thinking she heard a sound but saw nothing through the window. 

 She shrugged and turned back to the show. Monique lived on the second floor surrounded by trees, so it must have been some squirrels. Not giving it another thought, the episode ended and she went to bed, her glass was empty. Monique staggered to her bed and fell in it. She put her pillow to her chest, and said, “Take me, Danny.” 

All of a sudden, Monique heard a sound coming from her window. She scrunched up her face and narrowed her eyes but saw nothing so she turned her head. Monique looked at the wall until her eyes began to cross, and then she fell asleep. 

The alarm woke her. It was Saturday, but she was going to head to work for a few hours. She looked at her phone and saw five missed calls - all from James - and rolled her eyes. Now she definitely knew putting her phone on silent the previous day after she ignored all his messages was a great idea. Monique smiled to herself thinking of the good sleep she got. Then her head thumped of the reminder that she had too much to drink last night. She massaged her temples and took two Tylenols. She worked as an accountant and there was an account she needed to finish up. She got up and got dressed. Monique locked up her apartment and left. It had been six months since she had been at her current job; she liked it. Helping people with their finances seemed to be her calling.

It took her fifteen minutes to get to work. She strolled in to work, anticipating her date with Danny. Haley greeted, “Hey!” 

Haley was a girl she worked with. She had cute freckles, and had a slender figure. Apart from her looks, she was nice.

 Monique said “Hi,” and walked over to her desk. She stopped by Haley’s desk, which wasn’t too far from her desk.

“Why are you all smiles?” Haley asked.

“Oh, just something my friend said.”

“Oh well, I’m ready to get off. My friend is taking me to a new club.”

“Oh ok,” Monique replied.

Haley was twenty-six and loved to party. Monique on the other hand thirty-four and not interested in clubs anymore.

“Let me get to work,” Monique said as she got to her desk and pulled out the account she has been working on. She opened the folder and crosschecked everything. While she was crunching some numbers, a shadow came over her desk. As she looked up, she saw Mr. Mills standing at her desk.

“Mr. Mills you didn’t have to come all the way down. I would have called”

Monique was working on his account. She flirts with him, and he loved the attention.  “Didn’t I tell you to call me Darren? Well, I just wanted to check on my account.” Mr. Mills responded.

“Yes Mr. Mills. I mean, Darren.” She said with a smile. That smile occupied Darren’s thoughts. She is so beautiful.

He put his hand over hers and said, “No problem darling.”

Monique smiled and said, “I’ll call you when I’m done.” 

“Looking forward to it,” he said while drawing his hand back; his smile still in place. He turned and walked off. Monique liked the attention she got from Darren. He just looked too much like James, who wasn’t her type anymore. She flirted with him but knew it would go nowhere. He was Latino with slick hair.  Haley ran over once he left.

“Mr. Mills is so sexy. You know he likes you yeah?”

“I don’t date clients.”

“Well, he won’t be a client for long.” 

“I guess not.” 

“You better jump on that before I do.”

“I don’t know,” said Monique chewing on her bottom lip

“Devour his fine self-up.” Haley said, and Monique laughed.

Haley walked back to her desk. It was seven - time for her to go. She packed quickly and walked to her car.

Meanwhile, Danny walked into the grocery store. He strolled down the aisle seeing if there was anything he wanted. He ended up on the meat aisle. Danny picked up some ground beef. He got home and started fixing a very rare burger. He grabbed a beer out the refrigerator to go with his burger, and poured over some ice in a glass. His lips sagged down. His eyes had a faraway look in them. He thought of his ex; kissing her, and rubbing on her large bust.  Something was calling to him. He was so thirsty. Danny licked his lips, his mouth now dry.

  She sucked and licked his neck. That sensation went straight to his manhood. He licked her neck with newfound hunger. That date ended like all his dates do - badly. He had bad luck. Danny kept thinking that he should have never asked Monique out. What if he lost control of himself? He can’t lose control with her. The smoke from the burger burning interrupted his thoughts. He threw it out with a downturned lip. He started another burger, that he monitored this time; after which, he ate and drank.

Danny drank the last of the remains in his cup, took a cloth, wiped his lips and threw the rag in the laundry. He walked towards his room, with his stomach full. He had two very rare hamburgers, and planned to eat light for the night. He got dressed in a black pants and checked his reflection in the mirror. Danny shrugged his shoulders and laughed to himself, remembering being outside of Monique’s window. He tried to be quiet but lost it when she put the pillow to her chest saying, “Take me.” Danny cackled so hard, but when she looked his way, he instantly kept quiet. He knew he looked like a creep but he had to see her. Right then, he heard a knock at the door. He placed his blue shirt that he was going to put on down. Still lost in his thoughts, he absently answered the door. As soon as the door was open, he instantly regretted it. The visitor licked her lips, and had her eyes wandering over his body, making him uneasy.

She broke the weird silence and asked, “Aren’t you going to invite me in?”

“Please come in Angelina,” Danny said through gritted teeth.

She looked around and with a wave of her napkin, she asked, “So this is where you choose to live?”

“It works for me.” He said, as she scrunched up her face.

Angelina was tall, skinny, pale, had brown hair, and was annoying. 

“I don't understand why you gave up the luxury of the palace for THIS!” She said, crinkling her nose while looking around. 

“Was there something that you needed Angelina?” His voice laced with agitation. He didn't need or ask for her approval.

“He has requested to see you.” She said.

“Thanks,” Danny responded, guiding her to the door.

 “Okay, okay I'm leaving. But he really wants to see you.”

“That’s nice.” He said and closed the door.

How did they find me? It’s been years, I can’t go back. I won’t. He just expects to control me and have me destroy people I don’t even know. Danny’s face was in a grimace. He heard glass breaking and looked down to see the cup in his hand. It was broken, and blood was streaming down his hand.  He absently licked the blood off his hand.

 Was he supposed to come when he beckoned? Danny slammed his fist on the table, which was now spotting crack, courtesy of him. His eyebrows dipped and he started pacing around the kitchen. His father was very old school and believed he could govern everything including Danny’s marriage. He also thought Danny was next in line to take over once he would expire. Life was planned there; every day, the same stuff. Rise, wash, court a woman he didn't know, destroy, just because the king said so. Danny felt horrible after some of the carnage. No one deserved to die, but if the king wanted it, it was done, no discussion. It could be for simply disagreeing with him and they had to take care of it. There would be a different woman assigned to him every day. He had decisions to make but he decided to make them later. All he thought of was the date he had with the beautiful Monique. 

He got ready for his date trying to push his thoughts to the back of his head. He daydreamed about Monique and her big luscious lips that were pleading for his kiss, smooth looking skin that pleaded for his touch, eyes that looked like they could see into your soul and a butt that craved grabbing. Danny got hard thinking about her. He tried to push down his member and think about something else. When he thought about her, all he wanted was to grab his member and get a release. He couldn’t help it, and so, he grabbed the jar of Vaseline off the dresser and got a rag from the bathroom. Danny sat on the bed and thought about Monique’s sexy smile and started going up and down his member. He envisioned those perfect C cups and went faster. Danny let out a grunt, and as he thought about kissing all over her supple skin, he let out another grunt. His face twisted in pleasure as he thought about laying kisses on her butt. That was the kicker; he let out a moan with his release. 

He cleaned himself up, went to his bathroom, washed his hands and called Monique. She answered on the third ring.

“Hello?”

Damn she sounded so sexy.

He cleared his throat and said, “Hey, its Danny.”

“Oh hey, what’s up?” Monique replied. 

“Just wanted to make sure you didn’t forget about our dinner tonight.” 

“Of course not. I’m getting dressed as we speak.”

“Good. I know you will look sexy in whatever you wear.”  He said in a low voice. 

“Is that so?” 

“Yes, I can’t wait to see what you got on.” 

“Well, let me finish getting ready and I will see you later.” She said, in a sultry voice.  They said their goodbyes and hung up. Danny went to the bathroom and got another rag.

Monique on the other hand decided she needed another shower. Her body felt on fire and her panties were soaked. She ran to the bathroom to take another shower; she only had panties and bra on so she didn’t have much to take off. Nude, she turned the shower on and tested the temperature with her hand. Once it was to her liking, she got in. Monique grabbed her favorite body wash and lathered her body. When she got to her breasts, she started massaging them like she thought Danny would. As she circled her chocolate nipples, she groaned. She gave her other breast the same treatment, while she closed her eyes to the sensations. Monique slid her hand down her stomach and clenched her thighs, imagining her hands were Danny’s hands. Danny was stroking her thighs. He slid his hands between her legs and circled her clit and she made a loud moaning sound.

He took his other hand and put two fingers in her. Monique moaned loudly and established a rhythm riding his fingers going in and out on one hand and the other circling her clit. Monique was breathing fast and moaning loudly. Danny licked and sucked her nipples and that drove her over the edge. Monique screamed her release, and slowly opened her eyes, it’s been so long since she wanted to do that. It’s been a year since her and James broke up and longer than that since they had sex. Monique could remember him rubbing on her thigh and her pushing his hand off.

She remembered the day she saw him at the mall when she got off early from work and decided to go get a pretzel; she loved the pretzels at the mall. Monique was walking to the pretzel stand and saw James coming out of a clothing store. She was about to say hello when a woman walked out of the store and gave James a kiss.