Page 28 of No Remedy for Love

“Yeah, I’m straight.” He looked at Tracy and frowned before storming off towards the locker rooms. Remi looked at her girl and saw the frustration written all over her face. She knew that they would discuss everything later, but Blaze had all of her attention at the moment.

“I get a kiss if I win, right?” Blaze asked as he puckered his lips.

“Get a kiss from your wife. Where she at anyway? I wanna see how she looks.”

Ferris choked on his water when Remi made that comment. She would have died if she knew that they already met. He couldn’t tell her that though. Her husband would have found out if he did. He didn’t know how the other man knew his cousin, but they were doing up some flirting. Reannathought she had that nigga in her back pocket but she was sadly mistaken. If Remi sunk her claws into him, there was no coming back for him or their marriage. Remi was a natural born seductress. She obviously knew it and stepped into her soft girl era to embrace it.

Admittedly, dude was cool as fuck and Ferris felt a twinge of guilt. He and Blaze weren’t friends so he wasn’t on no snake shit like that. Dealing with his wife was a business arrangement that he was gonna be ending soon. Mav and his pops were showing him the ropes with owning rental property, and he had enough money saved to get a unit or two now. He was really feeling Monquie, but she made it clear that she wasn’t doing a long distance relationship. She was cool with them being friends with benefits until they figured it out.

“Are you okay, baby?” Monique rubbed his back gently as he regained control of his breathing.

“Yeah, I’m good.” Ferris cleared his throat right as they saw Blaire headed their way.

“Girl, hold my purse Tracy. I might have to two-piece this hoe if she say some slick shit.” Remi sat her purse on her girl’s lap and cracked her knuckles.

Ferris had never seen her before but he knew that Mav used to fuck with her once before. He also knew that she knew about him and Reanna messing around because they’d been on the phone a few times when she was at his house.

“Relax, lil bit. Ain’t nobody doing no fighting in here today.” Blaze grabbed her hand and held it in his.

“Hey brother. I know the game ain’t over yet, huh?”

Blaire didn’t plan to even say anything to her brother until she saw Mav standing there. His bitch ass rushed off, so he must have seen her approaching. She and Mav messed around a while ago when his girl was pregnant. Kiva used to do her hair so she never had a reason to go into the barber’s area until her brother started working there but she knew better than to say anything to Mav. She was shocked but flattered when he winked at her one day when she under the dryer. She wasted no time slipping him her number before she left, and they had been kicking it off and on since then. Lately, it was just off and he blocked her with no explanation or reason. She was in her feelings but she refused to chase a nigga when so many of them were chasing her.

“Nah, it ain’t over yet, just halftime,” Blaze replied as held onto Remi’s hand.

Blaire saw it but she tried to play it off. She was shocked to hear how her brother was openly flirting with their grandmother’s caretaker. They were smiling up in each other’s faces like his wife wasn’t somewhere in the room. Blaire didn’t even bother saying goodbye. She walked around the rec room in search of her best friend. She needed to put her down on game. She knew that Reanna was doing her thing, but at least she was discreet about it. Blaze was disrespectful as fuck, and she hated the bitch that he chose to be disrespectful with.

“You know she gon’ snitch on you, right?” Remi looked at Blaze when she asked the question.

“As if I give a fuck. You’re worth it. Give a nigga a kiss and stop playing.” Blaze kept leaning in close, but she kept moving away.

“Stop, Blaze. You got people looking over here and shit.”

“Aye, come take a walk with me right quick. I wanna show you something.” Blaze didn’t even wait for Remi to reply. He grabbed her hand and pulled her up from the bleachers. They walked out of the rec room with Mav and Blaire’s eyes following them the entire time.

“The game is about to start again. What do you wanna show me?” Remi looked around at the empty parking lot.

“These lips.”

Blaze didn’t even wait for her to reply. He grabbed her hand and held them in his as he pressed his lips up to hers. Remi was expecting a childish peck on the lips, but Blaze was on his grown man shit. He stuck his tongue in her mouth, giving her no choice but to reciprocate. They kissed aggressively, both trying to outdo the other. They were in a vicious tongue wrestle and nobody was tapping out. He let Remi’s hands go and palmed her round ass while her arms instinctively wrapped around his neck. They were in a world of their own until they were interrupted.

“They need you in here on the court, fam.” Ferris smirked when he walked outside and saw them in a heated lip lock. Reanna didn’t even know it yet but she was about to lose her side nigga and her husband.

“Damn.” Remi panted when they finally came up for air.

“And just so you know, I can kiss your lower lips even better,” Blaze noted before winking at her and walking away.

“Lord, please forgive and help me. This is one temptation I’m not sure I can resist.” Remi let the cool air of the evening hit her face before she walked back into the rec room and reclaimed her seat.

Reanna was pissed as she passed in front on Ferris’ grandmother’s house again. His car was there but he wasn’t answering his phone. She wanted to go knock on the door to ask for his cousin but she knew that she was asking for trouble if she did. Ferris usually snuck her in the house when his granny was upstairs in her room, so she never even saw the old lady before, aside from the pictures on the wall. Three days had passed since the basketball game and she had been in her feelings since then. It was one thing for her to assume that he was dealing with somebody, but it broke her heart to actually witness it. She knew that she was selfish as hell for even feeling the way she did, knowing that she had a husband at home. Still, her heart and mind weren’t in sync and she was making stupid moves.

After spinning the block for the fourth time, Reanna decided to park on the corner and observe. She was happy that she did because a few minutes later, the front door opened and the same woman who she saw him with at the game walked out of it. She got into the driver’s side of his car, enraging Reanna even more. About a minute later, his sister came out and got on the passenger’s side.

“Stupid bitch.” Reanna frowned when she saw Shiva smiling at the other woman. It was no secret that Ferris’ sister hated her so she was probably more than happy to embrace his new bitch. She was waiting for Ferris to bring his sad ass out, but he never did. The car pulled off, and he never came out. Reanna grabbed her phone and decided to call him again.

“Man, what! The fuck you keep calling me for?” Ferris snapped when he answered the phone, prompting her to move it from her ear like she’d dialed the wrong number.

“Maybe I should have just knocked on the door like I wanted to and embarrassed you and your bitch.”

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