With his arms still around me, he smiled over at Ronnie. "How you doing, Ronnie?"
"Good," she dragged out. "Thanks again for doing this for us."
"It's no problem. I take care of mine," he said easily.
"Oops—you’re claiming me now too?" Ronnie pressed her hand to her chest smiling.
We laughed.
"I know y'all a package deal," he answered with a nod.
"As long as you know it.," Ronnie grinned.
Remy kissed my forehead. "I got you ladies some lunch. It's on the counter."
"Say less." Ronnie popped up. She gave his arm a warm squeeze, sliding past us to go inside.
Remy settled his hands on my hips. "How you feeling?"
"Okay." I shrugged slightly. "Me and Ronnie found a couple of townhomes we wanna check out."
"That’s good, baby. Anything I can do to help?" he offered.
"No. You've done enough." I reached up and kissed him.
His hands tightened slightly on my hips. "Impossible," he murmured against my lips. "I could always do more."
I smiled softly and rested my forehead against his. "How's your face feeling, handsome?"
"Better," he replied softly. "How about those fists, Ali?"
I laughed. "Still sore. But I can still beat a bitch up again if I needed too."
He moved his hands from my hips to pick my hands up and tenderly kiss my knuckles. "I don’t want you fighting anymore. You way too pretty to get your hands dirty."
Smiling, I nodded. "I'll try not to."
In this moment, everything felt peaceful. Like maybe we had survived the worst of it.
"You know…" Remy spoke after a moment. "Once y'all find a place and get settled, me and Melo still wanna do dinner nights."
My chest tightened unexpectedly. "Yeah?" I asked softly.
"Of course." He nodded. "That's not changing. We want our GG around as much as possible."
Emotion flickered across my face before I could hide it and his expression softened.
"What?" he asked gently.
"Nothing." I shook my head quickly. "I'll be around. I miss my baby anyway. I can come spend the weekend with y'all."
"Promise?"
"I promise," I whispered.
Behind us Ronnie suddenly yelled: "REMYYY! These garlic parmesan wings got me ready to fight Gianna for you!"
His chest vibrated with laughter against mine. I shook my head chuckling.
