CheckMate 4: Winner Takes All by Tiece Page A

a few minutes like she was alone in the room she then said, “Never mind. I knew that this was a bad idea.” As she turned to leave, Monty looked over at her.
     
    “Did you sleep with my cousin?” He asked.
     
    “No,” Candy said as she glanced back at him, and then turned to walk out again.
     
    “Do you love him?” Monty questioned causing her to stop in her tracks again.
     
    She slowly turned to partially face him. “I do like him,” she admitted. “But, I’m not looking to jump into anything serious at the moment. I just want to live my life for me and not anyone else.”
     
    “Even if it’s with my cousin?” he pondered almost with tears in his eyes.
     
    “Does it matter, Monty? You don’t want me.” Candy said.
     
    “I never said I didn’t want you.” He said.
     
    “You didn’t have, too.” She said. “Your actions speak much louder than your words.”
     
    Monty sat behind his desk feeling tense. He wanted to prove to her that he still loved her, but he didn’t know how to put his pride to the side. He glanced out the window at the now pouring rain then back over at Candy. She was beautiful standing there in a simple black Velour sweat suit and a new pair of black and pink Nike Air Max’s. Her hair was pulled back in a ponytail like she was prepared for the rainy, cool weather from the briskly March winds. He then glanced back towards the window.
     
    “Candy,” he said while standing to his feet while looking in her direction. He then slowly made his way over. Candy took in a deep breath seeing that Monty was getting closer and closer to her. A few seconds later, he was standing right in her face as she stood with her back pressed up against the office door. He cleared his throat “We’ve been through a lot since we got together. I know I’ve not been perfect and I just want to say that I’m sorry.” He said with the most genuine stare.
     
    Candy was shocked to hear him apologize as she stood there staring at him. She was wishing he’d just say that he would change, but another part of her wasn’t ready, because she knew that he wasn’t ready. “Monty, let’s not do this.” She hesitantly said while taking in the invigorating smell of his Chanel cologne. This was the reason why she had stayed away. It was just something about his smooth chocolate skin, small slanted eyes, and his succulent soft lips that enticed her. That and his amazingly cool swag, charismatic demeanor, and handsome face kept her in a daze for years; a daze that she just couldn’t seem to shake.
     
    “Tell me that you’ll stop seeing him.” He said hoping that she would.
     
    Candy frowned. “Are you kidding me? Why should I tell you anything?”
     
    Monty shook his head. “You should tell me because I want you to stop seeing him.”
     
    “I can’t believe that you’re telling me to stop seeing someone when I’ve asked you over and over again to stop seeing MiKayla, yet you continued to do so.” She put her hand on her hip ready to give him the business. “Let me tell you something, Monty Banks. The world does not revolve around you or your demands. I will see who I want, when I want and there ain’t nothing you can do or say about it.”
     
    “You won’t be seeing my cousin.” Monty straight up said.
     
    “We’ll see about that.” Candy said pushing him out of her face. She attempted to walk off as Monty grabbed her by the arm to stop her. “Don’t touch me you selfish bastard.” She said snatching away from him. “I can’t help that whatever happened with you and MiKayla didn’t work out. One minute you seemed to be all in love and over me. Now you’re looking like a sad puppy dog telling me what I need to be doing. Well, you need to be minding your own muthafuckin’ business and not worrying about what I got going on. I’m a grown ass woman and I will do what the fuck I wanna do.” She said feeling pissed by this point.
     
    “You don’t have to go there.” Monty