Chapter 6
Monk and Natalie arrived at the firm where Ellen worked. "Yes I do believe she was seeing someone else. She has been flirting with this guy in HR for weeks now. I think his name is Alex or Aaron." Said Patty, a close friend and co-worker of Ellen. "Is she in any trouble?"
"Her boyfriend was murdered in their front yard." Monk said. Natalie slapped him on the arm, he was the worst at delivering bad news.
"Well," Natalie said looking at him and then turning back to Patty, "thank you for your time. We'll keep in touch." Natalie handed her a business card and her and Monk walked to the elevator. Monk took her hand, "Are you sure no one will catch us here?" Natalie asked him as the walked through the elevator doors.
"What is that suppose to mean? I thought it was sexy to be a secret?" Monk asked her as she pushed the 1st floor button.
"Calm down, I am just saying that these people must read the newspaper. They must know who you are. What if word got out about us?" Natalie asked looking at him.
"Would that be a bad thing?" Monk asked hugging her tightly.
"No of course not." She answered looking up at him. "I wish I could have you to myself for awhile, and not have to share you with the Captain." She said rubbing his arms. She brought him down for a kiss, but someone walked in and they pulled apart.
They got off 2 floors after that, and walked to Natalie's car. "You have me alone now." Monk said looking at her.
Natalie looked at him shocked and surprised. "Mr. Monk are you serious? I mean that is really hott but I thought you would want to wait at least a few months, and then we could make it romant…"
"Natalie," Monk said, cutting her off, "I was just being facetious. Why don't you come over to my place later for dinner?" He said kissing her hand.
"Ok, but only if you cook, I can turn my phone off, and we get to finish what we started this morning." Natalie said kissing his hand. "No you don't have to cook, where do you want to go?" She asked letting go of his hand.
"I was thinking take-out." He said taking her hand again, but this time moving up her arm.
"Adrian I have to drive," she said laughing and pulling her arm away, "so what did you have in mind for dinner?" She asked him.
"It doesn't matter." He said as they pulled into the police department parking lot.
"Can I ask you something?" She said getting closer to him. "Julie is going to wonder who I am going out with tonight and we don't keep secrets from one another. So is it ok if I tell her?"
"Yes it's ok, Natalie. You can tell anyone you want. I'm just not going to say anything unless you want me to." He said leaning into her. He pushed a piece of her hair back in place behind her ear.
"You are so sweet. I don't know what I would do without you." She said pulling him in for a kiss. She was almost in his lap when they decided to stop and go inside to talk to Stottlemeyer.
"Hey you two, did you find anything?" Stottlemeyer asked meeting them at the door.
"She might have a boyfriend on the side. One of her co-workers, Patty Jensen, said that she has been talking to a guy in HR for about a month." Monk told him as they were walking to Stottlemeyer's office.
"Well what's his name? We can bring him in." Stottlemeyer said picking up the phone.
"Alex Moon. Look Captain can we call this guy in tomorrow? I think Natalie should get home to Julie." Monk said trying to find a way to go home.
"Yeah you're right." Stottlemeyer said hanging up the phone. "Alright I'll see you tomorrow. 9 AM sharp." He told Monk patting him on the back.
"Alright, we'll see ya." Natalie said. Her and Monk waved goodbye to the Captain and Randy, and went to the car.
"What's up with them two?" Randy asked as he walked into Stottlemeyer's office.
"I don't know." Stottlemeyer said suspiciously. "Hey Randy, I've got a case for us tonight."
"Awesome. Where?" Randy asked.
"You'll see." Stottlemeyer said putting on his coat.