"Nigga stop." Amber side-eyed Knowledge as he tried to bite her breast.

He chuckled, but settled down.

She watched as he laid his head back on her chest and tightened his grip around her.

"You coming to my game?" He asked.

This was the first game of the season, and he really wanted her there.

"Mmm, I don't know." She frowned.

Knowledge nodded, understanding where she was coming from.

A few weeks ago, blogs released a picture of Mecca and shortly after revealed Amber's identity, along with her occupation.

"Fuck them people Amb.. and Lisa being dealt with." He told her.

Very quickly, Knowledge discovered that Lisa was responsible for everything as she thought it could bring more publicity to him.

Which it did, unfortunately for Amber, as she had to turn off all the comments on her Instagram and Tiktok.

"It's easy to say that Knowledge when you're not being called a hoe and allat." She rolled her eyes and tried to get up, but his grip just tightened.

"Ight my bad, but it's still fuck them and they opinion."

Amber felt herself begin to tear up, but she quickly pushed them away.

"They said imma bad mother." Her voice cracked.

Knowledge's eyes softened as he looked up at her.

"But you're not Amb.. and you know that shit ain true."

Amber nodded and she laid back in silence.

"I love you." He said.

"I love you too." She replied, giving him a weak smile.

Knowledge felt bad seeing her like that. Although he had wanted to say something online, Amber begged him not to.

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"Where ma?" Mecca asked scrunching up her face at the cereal Knowledge had poured her.

"She's sleep." Knowledge lied.

Amber had stayed in the bedroom for the past few days, isolating herself from Mecca.

"Her sleep.." Mecca huffed.

Knowledge chuckled as he leaned against the kitchen counter.

"Bruh eat yo food."

"Bruh Coco!" She said, meaning she wanted him to put on Coco Melon.

"Learn how to talk." He mumbled as he grabbed the TV remote and put it on for her.

"Not too much on her." Amber's voice sounded as she entered the kitchen.

Knowledge looked up at her and smiled. She had showered and did her hair.

"Where you going?"

"I wanna go to your game tonight.." She said giving him a small smile as she watched his smile widen.

"Ight.. umm we gotta leave soon so I can get you situated in the box."

"What about the court seats you had gotten?" She asked.

Knowledge eyed her "I-uh didn't think you'd wanna be out there this time."

"I do." She nodded "I want Mecca to really enjoy.. and I picked out a fit for this."

He chuckled but nodded "Ight baby."

"Ma!" Mecca screeched as she finally looked up from the TV.

"Hi Mecs." She smiled before feeling a pang of guilt, causing it to fall.

"Knowledge I'm sorry." She said softly.

He looked over at her "You straight.. but look I gotta get to the arena, my driver gon come get you in time for the game. I love you"

"I love you too." She smiled as he came over and quickly kissed her before grabbing a duffel bag.

Shortly after Knowledge left, Mecca finished her bowl of cereal.

"You wanna make daddy a sign?" Amber asked.

She laughed as Mecca excitedly nodded her head.

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"Jones passes the ball to Rookie Alie, Ali goes for a three... that's it ladies and gentlemen, Knowledge Ali breaks the tie while putting up 18 points for the night!"

Mecca claps in excitement as the game ends, while her mom's attention is focused on the phone.

Throughout the night a bunch of pictures had been taken of her and Mecca, and along with it came negative comments.

"Da!" Mecca smiled as Knowledge scooped her up.

"What's wrong?" He asked as Amber looked up.

She shook her head and stood up as a lady made her way towards them.

"We need you in the conference room soon.."

Knowledge nodded before turning to Amber.

"Ight I gotta get changed and shit, go wit Tahj for me." He said pointing to a man.

Amber internally rolled her eyes.

"Who's he?"

"That's my new assistant." He told her.

Amber was really getting tired of being put off on someone.

"Okay."

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"Awesome first night Knowledge, what are you hoping to see as we go I go into the season?" An interviewer asked.

"Uh tonight was good, and I'm just hoping to see the whole team win off and on the court." He answered, hurriedly as he was ready to be finished.

"We see you have your daughter.. along with her mother. How's that going?"

"Any other questions about the game?" He asked glancing at the clock on the wall.

"Over here! How would you rate your overall game tonight?"

"I'd say 9.5, always room for improvement."

"Your daughter looks to be two, how is being a young parent-"

"If there are no further questions about the game, Mr. Ali is done for the night. Thank you." Someone called out before signaling Knowledge off the stage.

Knowledge blew out a breath as he left the room and walked through the tunnels to collect his stuff.

Meanwhile, Amber and Mecca were eating Chic Fil A with Tahj in a random room.

"Sooo how long have you worked for Knowledge?" Amber asked.

"Just a month, I've been helping him with his Nike stuff." Tahj told her.

Amber nodded as she took a sip from her milkshake.

"It feels like he has someone for everything." She joked.

Tahj nodded "He does but it's necessary, everyone got they eye on Knowledge meaning everyone wants him to be apart of whatever they got going on, keeping him busy."

Amber knew just how busy Knowledge had continually gotten over the months. Somehow he still made time for them.

"Aye y'all ready?" Knowledge asked as he tiredly stumbled into the room.

"Mhm." Amber sounded as she collected her and Mecca's things.

"The cars already waiting for y'all, good night." Tahj waved as Amber began walking in front of Knowledge.

"I'll see you tomorrow?" Knowledge called to Tahj.

"Nah bruh, your schedule clear."

Knowledge nodded and sped up a little to be beside Amber.

"Wassup beautiful." He said smiling down at her.

"Hi." She slightly blushed.

"You had fun?"

She nodded "Yea Mecca was really excited the whole time."

The two looked at a worn out Mecca who was struggling to keep walking.

Knowledge chuckled as he picked her up, with that same tired expression on his face.

Soon they made it into the Cadillac SUV, placing Mecca in the third row and the two seating themselves in the second.

Amber playfully rolled her eyes as Knowledge immediately rested his body on her and moved her hand to his hair.

"Are you okay?" Amber asked him.

"Mhm.. just tired baby." He spoke in a rough voice.

Amber felt bad as she knew he was dealing with a lot at the moment with every aspect of his career and life.

"I love you." She told him as he closed his eyes.

"I love you too shawty."