Monica’s POV
“You scared me today. I was so scared that I thought I had lost you. Please don’t ever play that sort of prank on me again”, Nicholas said sadly, then pecked me on my head while I lay on his smooth chest.
“I’m sorry. I just wanted to play a little” I said, my voice low but steady.
We both went silent as he rubbed my back gently while I enjoyed the beating of his heat against his chest. Thinking back on everything that has been happening lately, I can’t help but say we did an awesome job as a team.
“Honey” I called out.
“Yeah baby” he replied.
“I have been wondering how the kids are related to you. Seeing you’re calm about the sudden relationship with you, I guess you know something” I said.
After everything that happened in court today, I’m still confused about how much kids are related to my husband.
“Do you remember the lady I told you about that I raped a year and some months ago?” Nicholas uttered.
“Yes, I remember you telling me about someone whom you said you raped and you were looking for” I responded.
“Do you know who the person is?” He asked, staring down at me through his enchanting blue eyes that I can never get tired of staring at.
“No I don’t” I responded, not breaking eye contact with him.
“It’s you” His words made me distracted for a moment as I stopped staring at his eyes and frozen in shock.
“That’s not possible. If someone had raped me then I ought to never forget the experience” I said, finding his words very ridiculous and untrue.
“Earlier today, when Anthony told me to come see something urgently, it was the private investigator I hired to find the woman I raped. He came with your picture, a picture of Mason and Macy, a picture of me and everything about you”
“How is that even possible? I never cheated on_” I paused on my words when a sudden memory struck me like thunder.
“Do you remember something now?” Nicholas asked, obviously seeing how I froze on him.
“But how is it possible I had forgotten about this all these while? I could have at least remembered I was sexually assaulted”, I said, confused by my memory.
“You were drunk that night, and I was drugged that night. I was feeling so hot that I started taking my clothes out when you staggered into my room and that was how it happened. This memory was a memory that lingered in my heart for months and I searched everywhere for you. I was scared you were going to show up one day and tell the press about what I did to you. I also wanted to apologize because I felt guilty about my actions.”
I stared at the bedroom as more memories of that night flooded my head. Nicholas was right. We had sex that day but the room was so dark that we couldn’t see each other’s faces.
The next morning, I woke up on an empty large king-size bed, wore my clothes quickly, and rushed out of the hotel because Ethan was arriving back home that day.
“I have a question,” Nicholas said then looked at me intently “Did you enjoy that night?” He asked and my cheeks heated and I buried my head on Nicholas’s chest in embarrassment.
“Why do you want to know?” I asked, my voice barely above a whisper.
“You didn’t fight me back that night. You were so obedient and cummed a lot” he said, winking at me.
“Honey,” I said shyly as spanked him shyly on his chest.
“I’m not lying, am I? I remember being very active that night that we both went five rounds and you didn’t cry or fight with me to let you go or even struggle” Nicholas said and I realized that was what happened.
“I was very lonely that night. Ethan had traveled for a business meeting and had told me he would be back in two days but a week had passed and he wasn’t back. Before he had traveled, our sexual life had dropped. He didn’t want to touch me back then and I just went to a bar, drank away my loneliness and sadness, and took the elevator to the eighty-first floor and that was how I found myself in your room” I said, intending to avoid Nicholas’s weird question. k
“You just narrated what pushed you to my room that night. You didn’t answer my question” I rolled my eyes at his complaint and I sighed as I prepared myself to respond.
“Yes, I enjoyed it. Ethan’s hands touched me back then in months so when you roughly started taking off my clothes, I was scared at first but when you started kissing me, I started feeling very horny. I guess I never thought of it as rape because I enjoyed it”
Nicholas’s lips widened brightly as a smile spread across his lips “Every moment?” He asked, wanting to hear me say it again.
“Every moment” I replied and he captured my lips in his, giving me a quick short kiss.
“Who would have thought the woman I had a thing with back then was the same woman who had brought loads of happiness to my life,” Nicholas said, his eyes staring at me lovingly and affectionately.
My cheeks heated again and I rested my head on his chest, filled with happiness and love. I closed my eyes, listening to the rhythm of his heartbeat and something crossed my mind.
“Honey” I called out, drawing circles continuously on his bare chest.
I hesitated and thought deeply about the question I wanted to ask but went ahead with it “What if one day I collapse and die, will you marry another woman?” I asked, curious to know his reply as the happiness I felt some seconds ago disappeared and sadness took over.
“You will never collapse and die. Why would you even say such a thing” he asked, his voice sharp and rough indicating his displeasure at my question.
“I know but I’m just asking. Mayne if one day, I’m no longer here with you, will you marry another woman” I asked, sadness filling my mind and heart.
“You can not die and leave me. Monica, you’re my wife and as long as I have everything to keep you alive, you’re not going anywhere. I will protect. I don’t even want to think about you collapsing right now. I might run made just thinking about something as negative as that”
His words made it even harder for me to tell him about my illness. If Nicholas ever finds out that I have less than a month time live, he might do something drastic.
This is a secret I was going to take to my grave. I’m going to live my best life with my husband, and my kids and create good everlasting memories.