Monique practically ran from Tyrese's home and caught a taxi that drove her back home. She cried as she made her way up the stairs and quickly brushed her teeth and used as much mouth wash as she could. Monique couldn't believe what she did tonight, she was angry at herself that she let Tyrese get to her. The next morning, Monique was awakened Michael shouting her name. Taylor quickly ran out of her room.

"What the fuck are you yelling for?" She obviously didn't like being awakened out of her sleep.

Chad appeared from around the corner and a huge grin came across Monique's face as she ran down the stairs and jumped into Corbin's arm. Monique remembered what happened last night and tears fell from her eyes.

"Baby, what are you crying for? I'm here." Corbin said as he wiped the tears from her eyes.

"I just missed you that is all." Monique responded before she planted kisses on Corbin.

Later that morning Corbin and Monique went out to breakfast at the local Ihop.

"So how long will you be down here?" Corbin asked.

"I got a few weeks left. Then I can come home." Monique smiled.

"You're coming to my game right?" Corbin asked.

"Of course, I wouldn't miss this one." Monique smiled before she kissed Corbin on the lips.

"So how has it been staying down here?" Corbin asked.

Monique took a deep breath as she remembered yesterday. "It's been an adventure every day."

Later that day when Corbin and Monique arrived back at the house, Tyrese and Michael were sitting on the couch. Monique's face froze and her eyes were set on Tyrese.

"Hey Monique, aren't you going to introduce us?" Tyrese got up and walked over to her and Corbin.

Monique was quiet as she looked down.

"I'm Tyrese, Monique's co-star." Tyrese introduced himself as he shook Corbin's hand.

"I know who you are. The wife and I love you." Corbin smiled.

Tyrese smiled at Corbin before looking over at Monique who was beginning to walk away.

"We must get to know each other while you're here." Tyrese said.

Monique was upstairs while she heard Chad and Tyrese talking with each other. Taylor rushed to the bathroom and splashed water on her face. She slid down against the wall and tears began to flow. She wiped the tears that fell from her face and walked back down the stairs.

"Tyrese, can I speak to you outside for a second?" Monique eyed Tyrese before he walked out of the door.

"Listen, don't go anywhere. I love you, I'll be right back." Monique kissed Corbin passionately before she walked outside and stood in front of Tyrese.

"What the hell are you doing here?" Monique asked.

"Monique, I needed to talk to you. I really like you and I know you like me." Tyrese spoke low, just in case anyone was listening.

"I am married, I'm a married woman." Monique flashed her ring in Tyrese's face. "What happened last night was a mistake, I love Corbin and I'm not going to let you ruin that."

Tyrese was silent and he let Monique continue speaking, "Now we only have a few more weeks left, keep it professional as possible. If it's not work related, don't speak to me."

Monique walked back inside the house and left Tyrese standing outside. She walked over to Corbin who was getting up from the couch to leave.

"Where are you going?" Monique asked.

"Practice, but I'll try to come over afterwards and then we can have dinner." Corbin kissed Monique on the lips just as Tyrese walked in.

Corbin headed towards the door and said goodbye to Tyrese before walking out. Monique closed the door and stared at the floor. She looked up to see Tyrese walking off towards the kitchen and she followed.

"Look Tyrese, I'm sorry but you know what we did was not right." Monique said. She could see that Tyrese was upset and she didn't like upsetting people.

"Monique, this isn't about work. I don't think we should be talking about it." Tyrese said, not looking at her.

"Tyrese I'm being serious." Monique said.

"And so am I. I liked you ever since I laid my eyes on you the first day we met. I knew you were married but after a while I didn't care." Tyrese said as he looked up at her. "Because I care about you, I'll back off; I'll do my best to keep things professional. I can see you're happy with Corbin and I don't think I can make you happy like that. I could try but I'm not sure that you want me to."

Monique looked at him, "I would like it if we were at least friends, real friends this time. I don't think we ever did start out as friends. We didn't take the time to get to know each other."

Tyrese thought for a second, "I don't know if I can just be your friend, but I can try."

"Thank you." Monique said. "I'll see you around, Gibson."

"Okay, Coleman." Tyrese said.

Monique nodded her head slowly before walking out of the kitchen. She didn't want any tension between her and Tyrese. They were cast mates. She didn't want any negative attention while on set.


Corbin arrived at his hotel and was getting ready to get checked in when he heard a voice call his name. He turned around to see a lady walking up to him. When she stood in front of him, Corbin spoke.

"Kayla, what are you doing here?" Corbin asked.

"Well dang, I can't get a hug?" Kayla said as she stretched her arms out for a hug and Corbin hugged her. He pulled back and continued with his questioning.

"Now what are you doing here?" He asked again.

"Just vacationing. Nice ring. So, you and Monique got married huh?" Kayla asked.

"Yeah, we did. Did you ever find someone after we broke up?" Corbin asked.

"Nope, can't seem to find anyone who matches up to you." Kayla smiled.

Corbin didn't want to have the conversation any longer, it was weird seeing Kayla again.

"Well, it was nice seeing you again but I need to get going." Corbin said.

"Wait, I was hoping we could go to dinner or something. It's not a date, just so we could hang out." Kayla suggested.

Corbin chuckled and looked up at Kayla, "I don't think that's a good idea."

"Well I do, but if you change your mind..." Kayla pulled out a card with her name on it and handed it to Corbin, who took it. "..Call me."

Corbin stuck the piece of paper in his pocket and smiled, "You are still the same."

"Well I don't know if I should take that as a compliment or not." Kayla smiled and laughed.

"It was nice seeing you again Kayla." Corbin said.

"You too." Kayla smiled and hugged Corbin one last time and walked out of the hotel.

Corbin continued to get checked in and then headed up to his room. His phone rung as soon as he got in his room and he sighed before answering.

"What do you want?" Corbin asked.

"Why have you been ignoring me, Corbin?" Brittany asked.

"Why are you calling me?" Corbin rubbed his face.

"Because you gave me your number, duh. Look, I know you're married but what your wife doesn't know won't hurt her right?" Brittany asked.

Corbin was new to the game but he wasn't stupid. He was already getting his first taste of a groupie.

"Look Brittany, I know what we had at the club was all fun but I can't do that again." Corbin said.

"But you kissed me." Brittany said, she sounds disappointed.

Corbin took a deep breath, "I know and it was wrong, look I guess it's best that we forget about what happened."

"Corbin, I will never forget a kiss like the one you gave me." Corbin sighed again.

"Look, I have somewhere to be. I got to go." Corbin said before he hung up the phone on Brittany.

Corbin sat there in his hotel room and looked around. He was hoping that Brittany was one of those people that didn't brag about kissing people. He knew he was wrong for kissing someone that wasn't Monique and he didn't want to risk the chance of losing her, so he decided to keep it to himself.

Corbin quickly changed clothes before leaving his hotel and heading to a gym where he and the team practiced one last time before the game tomorrow. Hours later, after taking another shower back at his hotel; he called Monique to tell her that he was taking her to a restaurant so that they could have dinner.

Soon Monique was off in a black truck, on her way to meet Corbin at a restaurant. When she arrived, she met up with a lady who led her to a private table in the back of the restaurant. Monique saw Corbin standing at a table, with a rose in his hand. He kissed Monique passionately when he reached her and handed it to her.

"Thank you, this is so sweet." Monique said.

Monique and Corbin sat down in their chairs across from each other and Monique placed her rose on the side of the table.

"You look really good. This feels like I'm just meeting you again for the first time." Corbin said as he gently grabbed Monique's hand and held it.

Monique smiled at the compliment. She remembered her first day when she met Corbin. They were at a skating rink while in college and she approached him while on the rink.

"I'm glad I approached you." Monique said.

"I wonder how life would be now if you never did." Corbin said.

"Let's not wonder about that." Monique smiled before being pulled in for a kiss from her husband.

Monique and Corbin ate their dinner and Monique was looking through her menu in the desert section.

"What do you want for desert baby?" Monique asked.

"You." Monique looked up to see Corbin biting his bottom lips.

A waiter walked past and Monique stopped her, "Can we get the check please?"

Monique walked in to Corbin's hotel room that night, with Corbin holding her from behind. Corbin moved Monique's hair from the back and began to kiss her neck. Monique walked away from Corbin and moved to his bed and laid on it. She turned her body over and faced Corbin. Corbin began to take off his suit jacket and threw it to the side. He then took off the shirt under that and climber on top on Monique and kissed her all over her body. It was a night of passion and pleasure for the couple.


The next day, Monique was on her way to Corbin's game. She arrived at the arena in downtown Atlanta and walked inside. She was reserved a seat behind the players and waited there for the game to start. She felt someone sit down next to her and looked over at the person.

"Kayla?" Monique asked.

Kayla turned around and smiled, "Monique? Hey girl, are you here to see Corbin play?"

Monique stared at Kayla for a second before answering, "Yeah I am, how did you know he was playing in a game today?"

"He told me about him having a game and I came down here to watch. I been to all of his games." Kayla said and smiled as she watched Monique's face change. Monique was beginning to speak until Kayla interrupted her.

"Corbin told me you and him are married. Congratulations." Kayla continued.

"When did he tell you that?" Monique asked.

"Yesterday, I saw him at his hotel." Kayla smiled.

The boys began to come out and Monique and Kayla, along with the rest of the crowd, stood up and cheered for both teams. Monique looked out of the corner of her eye to look and see Kayla cheering for Corbin. Monique was angry; she didn't want to cause a scene so she left it alone. Monique was confused. Kayla and Corbin ended their relationship in college because Kayla understood that Corbin wanted to be with Monique; why was she back? And what was she doing talking back to Corbin?

Throughout the game, Monique and Kayla would both cheer when the Lakers or Corbin alone made a point. Monique wasn't happy that Kayla was there but she wasn't going to let Kayla ruin being at the game for her. The game ended with the Lakers winning and the team headed to the locker room to change.

"Monique, are you going to the after party?" Kayla asked.

"No, why would I?" Monique asked.

"Because it's for the team. I figured since you're Corbin's wife, you'd go." Kayla raised an eye brow and smirked.

"I have to work tomorrow." Monique began packing up her stuff.

"Right, well I'll see you around." Kayla smiled before walking away.

Monique rolled her eyes and waited for Corbin to come out of the locker room. She saw him walking out with Zac and she ran over to him with the biggest smile. Corbin saw Monique running to him and caught her when she jumped in his arms. Monique kissed him on the lips and congratulated him before she was put back down on the ground.

"Zac, this is Monique, my wife." Corbin introduced Monique to his teammate and close friend.

"It's nice to meet you. He talks about you all the time." Zac said as he shook Monique's hand. "I'll see you at the after party Corbin." Monique's smile faded as Zac walked away and she turned to Corbin.

"You're going to the after party?" She asked.

"Yeah, you want to go?" Corbin asked her.

"I can't, I have to be up early tomorrow to be on set." Monique looked down.

"Damn baby that's too bad, I leave tomorrow." Corbin announced.

"You can't skip the party and just hang out with me?" Monique asked.

"I'm sorry baby I can't. I promised the team I'd be there." Corbin said.

"Why would you do that?"

"I thought you would come with me." Corbin explained.

"Well Corbin I can't, so what are you going to do?" Monique asked.

Corbin looked up to see his teammates calling him over so that they could leave.

"Look baby I'm sorry but I have to go. Look just go to my hotel and wait for me, I'll be home as soon as I can. I love you." Corbin kissed Monique on the lips before running off to his team and left.

Monique sighed and put her hands on her head. She couldn't believe that Corbin ditched her to go to a party. She couldn't believe that she saw Kayla tonight. Her eyes widened as she remembered that Kayla was going to be at the same party where Corbin was. Monique shook her head as she walked out of the arena tried to avoid the paparazzi and got inside a van that took her to Corbin's hotel.

Monique confirmed herself with the front desk that she was Corbin's wife and was given a key to his room. After riding in the elevator, alone, she made it to Corbin's room and walked inside. She took a shower and changed into one of Corbin's shirts. She found herself bored as she flipped through the channels on the TV. Monique fell asleep but woke up when she heard another room door next to her closing. She looked at the clock on the nightstand that read 1 AM. She called his cell to hear it go straight to voicemail. She snuggled up to a pillow and wondered what Corbin was doing and what was taking him so long.


Corbin was at the after party, sipping on his 3rd drink. He was sitting in a corner talking to a lot of females, who were sitting on both sides of me. He looked up when he seen Kayla call his name.

"Hey groupies, beat it." Kayla said to the girls surrounding him.

The girls sat there and Kayla raised her eye brow at Corbin who smiled. "Girls, give me a minute."

The girls got up and walked past Kayla and away from the area. Kayla walked over and sat down next to Corbin and took the cup out of his hand.

"Corbin, what are you doing?" Kayla asked.

"I'm looking at a beautiful woman." Corbin smiled at Kayla.

Kayla knew that Corbin was a little drunk. She smiled and placed the cup on the table in front of them and she scooted closer to him.

"Oh you are? What's so beautiful about her?" Kayla looked up at Corbin.

"Her eyes…her hair…her lips." Corbin said before her kissed Kayla on the lips.

"I missed you." Kayla smiled when he pulled back.

"I missed you too." Corbin played in Kayla's hair as he looked her in her eyes.

After falling back asleep, Monique woke back up at 4 in the morning and called Corbin's cell phone again. She was disappointed when she heard his voicemail. Monique hung up and shook her head. She called the car transportation service and requested for a ride. She hung up and grabbed a piece of paper and a pen. She wrote down something on the paper before folding it up. She changed back to her regular clothes before heading down to the main lobby. She walked to the main desk and handed the note to the man at the desk.

"Can you make sure my husband gets this when he gets in?" Monique asked with a smile.

"Sure thing Mrs. Bleu." The man smiled back before putting the note behind the desk.

Monique stood in the lobby and waited for her ride. Ten minutes, it arrived and she was off to set.

At 6 AM, Corbin arrived back to his hotel with Zac and was stopped at the front desk.

"Your wife wanted me to give you this." The man handed the note Monique left to Corbin and he opened.

I was waiting up all night for you. You said you would come home as soon as you could. You better have a good reason for ditching me last night. I called you twice last night, and your phone was off. By the time you read this I'll already be gone and I'll be busy for the rest of the day. Call me later. - Monique

Corbin sighed after reading the note and looked at Zac. "I'm alright man. I'll see you later when we get on the plane."

Zac nodded his head and headed out of the hotel. Corbin pulled out his phone to see it turned off. He quickly turned it back on. He saw two missing calls from Monique and quickly called her back.

Monique was in her dressing room, getting her hair and make-up done, when she felt her phone vibrating in her hand. She saw the caller ID that read Corbin and shook her head before placing it down on a table and grabbed a magazine and began to read through it.