Checkmate 2: Let the Games Begin (9 page)

“You know I only want to share my laughter with you.” He stated quickly with a smooth line.

Candy looked over at him with a big smile on her face. “Are you ready for your first meet and greet next week?”

“I’ve never been so ready for something this big and important in my life. I’m excited about this opportunity I’ve chosen to take on. It feels great to be opening my own business and to have my best friend as my partner.” He responded.

“I’m sure it does. I can’t wait to watch you in the mornings getting ready for work in your nice suits. It’s just exciting to me to know that you’re out of the streets and making an honest living now. I don’t have to worry as much about you or what you’re doing. It’s a great feeling, ya know.” She commented.

“Yeah, I know. I feel the same way. It feels good to not have to look over my shoulder. I can’t lie; I did enjoy sleeping with all those women and knowing just how bad they wanted me.” Candy tooted up her nose. “I mean really, sweetie. I loved the attention and the money that I got from all of them. My ego was through the roof. I made so much money off of my pawns. You don’t know the half.” He said grinning.

“I don’t think I wanna know, either. But I’m glad you feel comfortable enough to talk with me about this.” Candy frowned a little. “Not that I love hearing about other women sleeping with my man and paying him for his good dick. I can’t lie; I hated your extracurricular activities but I knew that it was only temporary and I was planning on sticking around until you realized it.” She stated.

“It also worked in your favor that you were pregnant with my son.” Monty grinned. His slanted eyes seemed to close up.

“Whatever, honey! You would have still wanted to be with me, regardless.” She said.

“You’re probably right.” He agreed with a smile.

“Probably,” Candy said in a sarcastic tone.

“I’m just kidding, babe.” Monty laughed out loud. “You’re so cute when you pout.” Candy put her finger to her mouth telling Monty to keep it down.

“Seriously, Sweetie I just wanna make a good living for me and my family and you’re definitely a part of my family now. I want to move us into our own place and continue to share our dreams of being together.” Candy turned her head a little from Monty. She was in deep thought just that fast.

“I know baby, but I don’t wanna really talk about moving right now. Let’s just talk about going into the guest room and finish what we started.” she said.

“That sounds good to me.” He responded as he quietly got up out of the bed. He hated it when Candy disregarded his wants of moving out of her parent’s place, but to keep down confusion he decided to just go with the flow and not stir up an argument. Plus, she had him horny as hell. He followed her to the guest room watching the sheer yellow night gown as her ass showed through it jiggling. He knew that the subject of them moving would come back up again. So, he’d wait until the time was right to discuss it, but right now was not the time.

Chapter Eight

Monty was standing in the lobby area waiting on Rico to come out of the conference room. Maurice had just walked off with Mama Mack. They were headed inside his office so he could tell her what décor he had in mind for his layout. Monty could tell that Maurice was excited to help
Bank’s Realty
grow. He even expressed how much it meant to him in the meet and greet.

The meeting wasn’t anything major but the guys got a chance to get to know a little more about each other. Maurice was thrilled. This was a huge opportunity for him. If things went as planned he could finally become a partner of a business that he loved very much. Monty wasn’t opposed to the idea, because he knew that Maurice was a man of many talents in the realty industry and most importantly he trusted his sincerity of working with them.

They discussed putting an ad in the paper right away so that they could hire an Executive Secretary to help them out. Funny thing is that Maurice already had his own personal Executive Secretary. He said she’d been working with him for as long as he was in the business. She’d help him show property if he wasn’t available. She’d step in a business meeting and take over the entire proposal if he needed her to. She was very handy and was there for him whenever he needed her. He gloated that she was indeed the best there was at what she did and Monty and Rico teased him that they were lovers. He assured them that they were just good friends and that they would meet her as soon as the office was open for business.

Monty and Rico agreed that they needed someone just like that. Monty especially wanted to hire someone who was knowledgeable about the business. He was picky too so he already figured that he’d interview more than a few people before making his decision.

Rico looked over at Monty with a grateful smile. “Man, the meeting was on point. This is going to be serious once the doors open.” He said giving Monty dap.

“Hell yeah, I’m real excited. Maurice is on top of his game and I’m glad that he chose us to work with, because he could’ve gone somewhere else. We need a man of his caliber on our team.” Monty said.

“You couldn’t be more right about that.” Rico agreed. “Hell, I’m already learning shit from him.” he paused. “Hey listen, bruh. I know Monica hooked you up with a lot of shit when y’all were fucking around.”

“She did.” Monty responded. “She is the reason why I’m able to open this business so fast. I can’t lie she hooked a brother up. I’m sure she hooked you up too with her desperate ass. Go ‘head spit it out.”

Rico shook his head as a smile crept across his face. “There was one good thing about Monica.”

“Well maybe two or three good things,” Monty teased thinking about her mouth that snapper.

Rico laughed. “You’re right. Well, like you said, she did look out for me too. She gave me some property on Mike Padgett Highway and a building over in the National Hills shopping plaza on Washington Road.”

“She hooked you up with some of those checks to huh?” Monty asked.

“Yeah, she did that too,” Rico confessed.

Monty shook his head with a low grin. “That damn Monica Hunter, she knows how to keep a man, don’t she?” He asked. “The sad thing is that she don’t realize that she is so pretty and she definitely knows how to please a man that it don’t even take all that for her to keep somebody. I don’t know what fucked her up along the way, but I ain’t mad at her gifts, because they come in big packages; every time.” Monty said laughing.

“Hell yeah!” Rico agreed. “I don’t even want to keep the property. I already have an investor who is looking to buy it from me for twice as much as Monica paid for it. I’m just weighing my options though.” Rico said. “The building in the National Hills shopping plaza I might just lease, but I’ll see. I do want to sit down with you and Maurice and go over the options with this property to make sure that I’m doing the best thing that I could be doing with it.” Rico stated.

“Hey bruh, that sounds real good.” Monty said. “I got some ideas that I need to discuss concerning some property that I own. This will be good for us to go over together.”

“We can look over the property during the next meeting that we have. I’ll bring in everything I’ve already done research on.” Rico said.

“I’ll run it by Maurice later so he’ll be up to speed. I wish Bren could’ve been here to share this moment with me, but hopefully he’ll still make his way to Augusta around my birthday.” Monty said. “So how are things with you and my sister?”

“Things couldn’t be better. I told her about Monica and she actually was calmer than I thought she’d be. She said she is willing to work things out with me and I’m just happy to have her back in my life.” Rico stated.

“What?” Monty questioned. “Not my sister? I can’t believe she swallowed that pill as easy as she did.”

“She did,” Rico confirmed. “She also wants to talk to you as soon as possible. It ain’t nothing about Monica, so don’t look like that. She wanted me to tell you to stop by your mama’s house when you leave here.”

“I wonder what the hell she could want that she couldn’t call me.” Monty wondered. “I’ll go by there.” He said looking down at his phone since a text message had come through.

I’m done with the web designs. Would you call me when it’s convenient for you? I need to see you. Tony

Monty looked over at Rico with a smile on his face.

“Toni just messaged me. She said that she is done with the designs.” He informed him.

“I bet that ain’t all she said.” Rico stated with a grin.

“Naw, it wasn’t but she’s trying to act like she is all professional, but I know the freak in her.” Monty said. “She damn sho can put it down with that wet pussy.” They laughed.

“Do you plan on fucking her again?” Rico asked.

“If the time is right, I probably will. Why?” Monty asked. “Do you want her?” He teased.

“Hell naw, not this time Bruh. If it ain’t mine first then I don’t want it.” Rico said. They both laughed about it as Maurice and Mama Mack came walking out of his office.

“Is everything a go?” Monty asked.

“Yeah, I’m gonna love my lil set up.” Maurice replied. “This pretty lady knows her thang.” He smiled at Mama Mack.

“I hate to gloat, but I already know this.” Mama Mack laughed at her own comment causing the fellas to laugh.

“Mama lets head into my office so I can get a feel of how I want things to be.” Rico said anxiously ready to pick out his décor.

“Well, y’all go ahead. I’m about to head over to my Mama’s house right quick.” Monty said feeling for his keys in his pocket.

“Yeah I got to meet with someone this afternoon about a business deal, so I’ma get on outta here too.” Maurice said.

“I’ll lock up the place and I’ll holla at y’all later. Call me after you talk to your sister, man.” Rico said.

“A’ight, I will.” Monty said. He and Maurice walked out together as Rico and Mama Mack headed toward his office for some décor ideas.  

Chapter Nine

Monty sat in his Tahoe looking through his phone for MiKayla’s number. He quickly dialed it, pulling out the paperwork revealing the nice condominium he’d purchased just for her.

“Hello,” she answered in the sweetest and sexiest voice ever.

“What’s up, MiKayla,” he said.

“I’ve been expecting a call from you.” She said in flirtatious manner. “How have you been doing?”

“I’ve been good and yourself?” H asked.

“I’m good, as well. I’d been thinking about you ever since that day I saw you.” On her face was a smile so big that it revealed just how glad she was to hear from him. Monty knew she was smiling. He could envision it from the sound of her voice. 

“Oh yeah,” he commented. His deep voice was very sexy to her as she continued smiling.

“Yeah, but more importantly,” she stated not wanting to sound like she was all up on his jock. “Did you look into that for me?” She asked while sitting on the couch at her sister’s house eating popcorn, watching the movie Obsessed.
Crazy white bitch,
she thought then stood up, redirecting all her attention back to Monty.

“I did and luckily for you my boss had a nice condo that a client was supposed to buy, but due to unforeseen circumstances he didn’t get it. So, that means that it’s available if you’re interested.” He informed her.

MiKayla’s smile grew even bigger. “Hell yes, I’m interested in checking it out!” She happily responded being that she was ready to move into her own place and get her sister’s nosey ass out of her business.

Monty smiled at her expense. “Well, do you have time to go by the place and check it out? My boss is willing to show it to you personally and if you want it then it’s yours.”

MiKayla immediately started searching for her shoes. “Sure, I’ll leave now. Send the address to my phone and I’ll GPS it.”

“Oh, so you got a GPS now?” he joked.

“Yeah, I got tired of tryna find everything by asking for directions or having to take my sister with me. I figured that everybody is not gonna be as nice as you were to me.” She grinned a little in the phone causing him to share the smile. “When am I going to see you?”

“I’m not sure,” he paused. “But, I will keep check on you to make sure that you like the place. Mr. Banks will go over the paperwork and payments with you. Send me a text after you see it and let me know what you think.” Monty said.

“Okay, I will,” stated MiKayla. Monty could hear the disappointment in her voice, but he smiled knowing that he had a trick up his sleeve for Miss MiKayla.

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Monty pulled up to the condominium and looked around. The location was private and quiet just like she asked that it be. He could see the river located behind it since the Condominium overlooked a small section of the River Walk. He figured that she would love it, but sat there as he was wondering if she was serious about making such a costly purchase. He knew that he couldn’t judge a book by its cover, but something about her told him that she was about business and he always liked that in a woman. He was anxious to see her so he got out of his vehicle and decided to wait for her on the inside of the place.

MiKayla pulled up behind the navy blue Tahoe while taking a look around the area.
It’s nice as hell, seems quiet, and I love the view of river in the back. His boss really has good taste.
She thought. She sat up to take a really good look at what she already knew would be the place she’d call home. She got out of her car and smiled while checking out the 24’inch chrome rims on the Tahoe.

Now, I like that.
Mr. Banks must be cool as hell.
She thought walking up to the door as it was partially left open. Easing it open, she slowly walked in. Her eyes lit up. The place was everything she wanted. She stood in the foyer and scanned the open layout. She could almost see every room from where she stood. The kitchen was to the left of her and besides the spaciousness of it, she loved the stainless steel black appliances that set it off. She walked in further noticing the fireplace sitting at the rear end of the entertainment room. It was like no other she’d seen before. It sat up about two feet off the floor and had black marble granite along the sides and base of it. Surrounding the marble granite was a stainless steel bookcase.