5. Home

MONIQUE

All through the ride to Gavin's place, he and I said no words to one another.

I looked out through the window watching the pedestrians on the street walking in the cold night.

"We are here," I heard Gavin say.

I stepped out of the limousine and was met with a big fancy white mansion.

There were six guards and six maids all dressed in a corporate outfit waiting at the entrance.

Gavin came and stood beside me. He gave me his hand to take and I linked my arms with his.

"Welcome home wifey," he uttered beside me.

"Home," I uttered, the word sounded foreign to me.

I used to love that word, back when I was in love and happy with Cole but then he shattered my heart and threw me out like nothing.

Thinking about it only brought back the pain I had managed to suppress.

"Let's go." He said.

We both walked past the maids and guards and into the white mansion. My eyes lit up in amusement from the interiors of the mansion.

It is the most beautiful house I've ever seen. A gold chandelier hung up in the sky with different adorned ornaments.

Another that caught my eye was the shining two curvaceous staircases that led to only heavens knows how many rooms.

"This is magnificent!" I uttered in amusement.

"I'm glad you do wife. Now come on, let's get you to our bedroom," he said, leading me towards the stairs.

We both arrived in our bedroom and I was wowed by how beautiful and set the room was. In the middle of the room was a king-size bed with the shape of love made using petals of roses.

"This is beautiful. You know you don't have to do this much for a marriage that isn't real," I remarked and he chuckled.

"I know but that doesn't mean we shouldn't make it real besides this marriage might be a contract but everything we do is real. I'm never going to marry again so I might as well just do one or two, don't you think?" He replied.

"Alright then. So before we get to rest for the night, shall we go over the rule of the marriage once again?" I asked.

I watched as he unbuttoned his shirt and I looked away.

"I don't have an issue with what you want but one thing that won't be removed is the fact that we are couples and we will get sexually involved," he replied.

“Not that. I mean we already spoke before but we still need to state where we stand. We are married but on papers and we have our duties to each other.”

I cleared my throat. “I want revenge against my ex-husband and you are willing to help in exchange that I marry you for the camera. I want us…”

“That’s fine. I’ve heard you and what you want and I know where we are in this relationship. So why don’t you get dressed, go shower, and let’s get started,” he cuts me off in a polite manner.

“Started on what?” I asked, feigning confusion.

He smirked. “Do I have to say it?”

I heard his footsteps come towards me but I still didn’t turn to look at him.

“If you are naked then don’t come close and stop walking,” I warned.

“And why do you think I’m naked?” He questioned, still walking towards me.

“It is because you were getting rid of your shirt earlier,” I replied.

“Look at me.” I felt his hot breath fan my neck.

“No,” I stated firmly.

“Look at me.” He demanded again.

“No,” I replied.

“Look at me.” He said once again, his voice sounding stern and firm and I did but slowly.

“Now, was it hard?” He asked with a smile on his face:

I felt my mouth go dry staring at him. The minute my eyes came in contact with his, I felt chills all over my spine.

One minute I was staring into his eyes and the next minute my eyes were shamelessly trailing his body. He has a perfect body. One that I felt the urge to touch.

“You are drooling,” Gavin said cockily.

“No, I’m not,” I looked away.

“Don’t worry. You will get to touch the body, after all, I’m yours until this act between the both of us comes to an end,” he remarked.

“So what don’t you go shower or should we shower together because as you can see, I am not exhausted,” he smiled.

I took a step from him. “No. We will be taking our bath separately.”

“You will bath alone and I will bath alone. You either bathe first or I bathe first. Either way, we won’t be and we won’t be doing anything this night. I am tired.” I said to him politely with a smile on my face.

All I wanted to do was get rid of my dress, take a nice shower, and sleep and he wouldn’t be depriving me of that.

“Alright then. Tonight is your free day. You can go and bathe first.” He said.

“Thank you,” I mouth.

“Can you turn around, please? I need to get rid of my dress,” I informed him.

He chuckled.

“What?” I raised my brows in a questioning manner.

“You are acting like I haven’t seen your body and I won’t see your body,” he smirked.

“Doesn’t matter so please turn around,” I said and he did as told.

I heaved a sigh of relief and got rid of my dress.

“Monique.” I heard Gavin’s voice and I halted on my track.

“Tomorrow is going to be a lovely day,” he said.

“Why is that?” I asked inquisitively.

“That’s because I have a big surprise for you.” He replied smiling at me.

If there’s one thing I love about Gavin, it is his smile. He smiles so well and he makes my heart flutter effortlessly.

“Alright then. We shall see,” I replied with a smile before walking into the bathroom.