Page 52 of The Ninth

“Nah. No way.”

She reached forward, cupping both of her hands around them. Her thumbs repeatedly stroked over my nipples as she roughly squeezed them. The smile was gone from her face. I knew she was enjoying it too much. For someone who hasn’t been touched in seven years, so was I.

“Y’all don’t want to kiss?” a nigga who was shining in the dark said.

She pulled my head in, sliding her tongue in my mouth and against mine. Our heads moved slowly as we kissed. I held her face softly as she gripped on my body roughly. When I felt her fingers going into my shorts, I giggled, pulling away.

The guy gave us two bands each and walked off. She sat back, putting her money into her panties.

“Nice doing business with you, Vyn!” she laughed. “I’m Pink by the way. I saw you out the other day with that fine ass nigga. Y’all in a relationship?”

“No but I’m seeing him. I met you when my cousin did your make-up.”

“C-Dollas is your cousin?! Damn! That’s crazy. This is Snow.”

“Hey sexy!” she smiled.

“Hey girl!”

“I gotta go shake some ass for a few pieces of paper. Thank you for my drink though and the kiss. You raw, shorty!” she winked, hopping up and walking off with Snow.

Looking to the right, I noticed Ben sitting alone, smoking a blunt. He chuckled, getting up and walking towards me.

“You stay in the shadows. I’m starting to believe the rumors,” I smirked.

He laughed, “And what are those?”

“Some crazy nigga wreaking havoc on Louisianna.”

He kissed his teeth, “Them is all lies. I’ll back the fuck outta anybody saying that.”

“Did you see my kiss?”

“I did.”

“Did you like it?”

He chuckled again. “You taking care of yourself in here? I know Cass must’ve put you on.”

“She did and I am.”

“Alright. Don’t let nobody do you in, Devyn. You too sweet...”

He walked away, back towards the office. I’ve never wanted to flirt with danger more than this moment. “WOULDN’T YOU LIKE TO KNOW!” I yelled behind him. He laughed, disappearing in the back.

FUCK HIS NIECE!

I walked back to Mac Daddy. She had two shots in her hand with salt rims and a lime. She handed one to me. We kept eye contact while licking the rim, throwing the shot back, and sucking the lime. She rubbed my arm.

“You shaking back from that? We finna make a gripmillion!”

“Yeah. That was crazy seeing someone you care for in that position.”

“I definitely didn’t enjoy it either. But let’s have fun. This is going to be a good ass night. We’ll just watch our liquor a little bit more when we out.”

“For sure.”

We both started taking a few orders. My mind drifted to Pink and Snow not knowing Cassie was my cousin. I believe I have a rapport with Ben outside of Cassie as well as Kenzie and Duke. Lola that works the bar with me along with Kenzie asked me to come out with her and her girls. It felt good to be making my own place in Chicago and not always being Cass Money’s cousin.