HIS AFRICAN QUEEN (DSD SERIES SPINOFF)

USE ME

There’s a knock on the door followed by the words ‘Room Service’ that gets Tanya off her ass and to the door in a nanosecond.

She has been cooped up in her room watching Real House Wives of Atlanta since Louis walked her back to her hotel room, which was two hours ago.

She opens the door with a smile, her body covered in a white robe and her stomach rumbles as the aroma of the food hits her nose.

“Come in,” she beams at the young man in a jade green vest, white dress shirt and black pants and shoes.

“Thank you,” he says pushing the trolley into the room and Tanya goes to close the door behind HIM, only to have a hand stop it from closing.

She’s taken back momentarily by the action and that gives her uninvited guest the chance to make their way into the room.

He stands before her in casual clothing, a black T-shirt, blue, ripped jeans shorts and grey Converses on his feet. His blue eyes take her in, one hand clutching a large brown envelope and the other running through his hair.

“Tanya,” Alexander greets and Tanya feels her irritation rising.

“Leave, Alexander,” she says walking away from him towards the trolley, where the young man stands awkwardly watching the couple.

Oh, he’s to get a tip… Tanya thinks before taking a detour.

Tanya moves towards her purse on the nightstand before pulling a five-dollar tip, only to frown when she turns around to find the young man thanking Alexander for the tip before exiting the room and closing the door behind him.

Tanya glares at Alexander. “You pay for the room and my food, the least you do is make me tip the staff.”

“I’m the reason you’re here so it is only natural I pay,” Alexander replies and Tanya nods, a small smile on her lips.

It’s the first time someone she’s been with hasn’t asked her to split the expense, especially with such large expenses. Even at the lunch with Louis, she had tipped the waiter though Louis had protested saying he was the one that asked her out so he was to pay all expenses.

Tanya returns the money to her purse and walks towards the trolley, removing the covering. Sweet and sour chicken, mashed potatoes and black peas and rice. She digs into her food effectively ignoring Alexander as he makes his way beside her on the bed.

“I’ll wait until you’ve finished eating,” he says from beside her and even though she is not one to share food, the manners her mother instilled in her makes her offer some to him but he declines much to her joy.

It’s minutes later when Tanya looks away from the trolley in front of her that she finds Alexander lying on the duvet, the envelope in his lap and decides to hear out the reason for his visit. If it’s not worth her time, she’ll just kick him out.

“Why are you here, Alexander?” Tanya asks after gulping down some water.

Receiving no answer, she looks back and pauses as she finds her husband silently snoring on her bed, passed out from exhaustion. Tanya takes the time to observe him.

His brows are furrowed, his face pinched and his lips are pulled in a grimace. Looking at him now, she notices things she had failed to when he just came into the room. His eyes have bags, stress lines are on his forehead and he looks pale, almost sick.

Alexander is a handsome man and though being 7 years older than Tanya, he looks almost like a child as he curls up into a ball, snoring. Giggling, Tanya grabs her phone and takes a photo before placing a clean sheet over him, taking the envelope from his grasp.

Moving closer to her nightstand, Tanya decides to open the envelope wanting to see what Alexander had for her. Maybe it is the divorce papers but what isn’t plausible, those would take a month or two.

She tears into the envelope, reading the papers and her breath stops as she reads the words.

 California School of Performing Arts

STUDENT NAME: TANEISH RHODE T.

Her eyes blur over the other personal details on the papers, stopping when they find what they are looking for.

REASON FOR EXPLOSION: ARSON

***

Alexander awakes to find himself curled up on a bed that isn’t his in a dimly lit room. He stretches trying to remember what happened before he fell asleep and as his memory becomes clearer he finds himself looking around for Tanya. He had come to her suite to talk to her.

Sitting up, he looks around the room drowned in moonlight. Movement at the balcony area alerts him and he finds himself walking towards the open balcony doors.

The faint orange glow at the end of a cigarette is what catches his attention, then the woman puffing smoke from her lips with a solemn look on her face.

“You smoke,” Alexander says taking a seat on the cold tiled floor beside her and Tanya jumps, hissing under her breath as the ash from the blunt drops on her robe.

“Don’t sneak up on me like that,” she says rolling her eyes, taking another drag from the cigar and Alexander watches as her dark, ebony skin soaks up the moonlight.

Her dark eyes sparkle, reflecting the lights around them and her hair looks glossy. She looks captivating 

“So, you know,” she says tries to say nonchalantly but Alexander hears the heaviness in her voice.

“Know what?” he asks leaning against the concrete wall, watching her.

Tanya reaches over to her left grabbing the papers and passes them to Alexander.

“Oh, that,” he says as he grasps the document in his hands.

“Yeah, that.” Tanya chuckles humouressly, puffing out a ring of smoke.

It’s obvious these papers bring her distress and based on what’s written on it, he understands why nut something tells him there is more to the story.

“Funny how the same tool used to create such a disaster is what I turn to now,” she states gazing out at the starry sky.

“Tanya,” Alexander whispers as he sees a single tear side down her cheek and she sniffles before putting out the cigar on the floor.

“I didn’t do it,” she whispers pulling her knees to her chest. “I was just out with my friends when it happened. Jaxon, my boyfriend at the time, was tasked with closing up the studio and he invited us there to chill.”

Alexander watches as more tears pour from her eyes and he moves closer, placing his arm around her and pulling her to his chest.

“They started to smoke, saying it relieved the stress of college and they coax me into trying it,” she says a tremble in her voice. “If only I wasn’t so weak to peer pressure… I don’t know how they managed to do it but the next thing I know there’s a fire spreading from the long curtains in the room. Being the soberest one there I tried to put the fire out while my so call friends laughed, high as a kite.”

Tanya sniffles cuddling closer to Alexander’s warmth. “They ran when they finally noticed the fire was getting out of hand. I left a seconds after them when my efforts of stopping the fire proved futile. We got caught that night and the Firefighters were able to stop the fire from spreading but the studio was lost.”

Alexander rubs her arm as she told her story, wishing he could stop her tears.

“They turned on me,” she sniffles with a chuckle. “My friends all blamed me and no matter how I denied, one believed me. I mean it was their words against mine and who was I? A black foreigner in their prestigious school.”

She scoffs pulling away from Alexander, wiping her tears. “They kicked me out of the school instead of pressing charges and I was to be deported. I went looking for Jaxon that day and gave him a piece of my mind. Do you know what he said to me? That his dream was more important than mine and that I should face reality, someone of my race wouldn’t strive in this industry and I should be thanking him for saving me the embarrassment.”

Alexander’s fists clench as he listens to Tanya’s humourless chuckles. All her dreams were taken away because of one mistake, one she wasn’t even guilty of.

“I beat his white ass so bad that day,” she giggles and this one is genuine. “Then I decided that I wasn’t going to stay and get deported. I ran and with help from a very helpful family, I made it to Nevada. Sad, I know…”

“It’s not sad, Tanya, it’s unfair. That fucker and his friends should have been held accountable for their actions,” Alexander states, gritting his teeth. “They shouldn’t be excelling in life while you suffer for their mistake.”

Tanya shrugs. “Life is unfair…”

The heaviness in her voice and the sorrowful look in her eyes made Alexander yearn to make her forget he had even brought up those documents but then again had he not, he wouldn’t have known the truth.

“I haven’t spoken to my parents in two years. I lost my phone in a street robbery within my first week in Las Vegas and when I tried to call via payphone a week later, I was told the number is no longer in use,” she continues with a frown.

“What’s their names?” Alexander asks and she whips her head towards him.

“I-I couldn’t… I lost my one chance, I’m a disgrace…” she stutters shaking her head and Alexander moves until he is kneeling before her, hands cupping her face.

“You are not a disgrace, Tanya. You were cheated of your dream. Regardless, your parents love you, I’m sure they would love to hear from you and they would be proud of you for surviving in this strange country when it was easier to just pack up and go home.”

She chuckles. “I don’t think my church-loving, Jamaican parents would be proud of their daughter shaking her ass in skimpy clothing for money.”

Alexander chuckles. “You dance in beautiful and graceful ways that keep your audience captivated and you keep all that skimpy clothing on throughout. It’s not as bad as I have made it look in my moments of anger, so I think they will be happy to know you’ve been independently providing for yourself...”

She smiles as he uses his thumb to wipe away the wet trails on her cheeks.

“Plus, you can always throw in you’re now married to an insanely awesome guy with Greek God looks,” Alexander winks and Tanya laughs.

“Claudette and Dacosta Rhode would murder me if they knew I got married without them at the service…Worse it wasn’t even in a church like they would’ve loved…”

Alexander smiles at her, happy that her mood is improving. “Well, I’m sure they’ll understand the reason for the rush when they meet me.”

This statement causes Tanya to stare at him in confusion. “When?”

Alexander mentally chaste himself, here he is getting too close to Tanya when he knows he can’t be with her. He wants to stop but he finds it hard to do, she’s so beautiful inside and out…he can’t help falling for her regardless of the dangers his infatuation may cause.

“Hmm,” he says not offering an answer as he stares into her eyes, captivated.

He isn’t sure who moved first but the next thing he knows they are kissing.

The taste of smoke is still on her tongue but it doesn’t bother Alexander. The feel of her soft lips on his and her hands slipping to his shoulders makes the heat in his body rise. He pushes closer to her, his hands trailing down her neck to her collar bone and then her heaving chest where her bountiful breast lies. He palms them, groaning at how good they feel in his palms.

“Wait,” Tanya says pulling back and Alexander groans. “We can’t do this…”

She pushes him away and he leans back against the balcony rails, looking at her.

Swollen, pouty lips and a wild, passionate look in her eyes, Tanya looks ready for ravishing so why is she holding back?

“You have a fiancée and I’m really emotional right now. I don’t want to use you and you have P—”

“I am not with Priscella now, therefore, in no way are we cheating and as for the second reason, I don’t mind being used by you Tanya,” he states bluntly watching her with hungry eyes. “We are in this situation so, why not use it for both our benefits? I like you, Tanya, I lust after you and I will never be unfaithful to you. I am your husband so use me as you see fit.”

Alexander watches as Tanya digests his words and when she makes her way towards him straddling his lap, he knows what choice she made.

“I like you too Alexander and my body reacts to you in very naughty ways…so please don’t make me regret this. I don’t want to be one of the girls…”

“You aren’t,” Alexander whispers, caressing her waist. “You are the only woman I want and I will dedicate my time to show you that...”

Tanya gasps as Alexander kisses her lips heatedly, caressing her body and igniting her desire. His kiss is rough, passionate and he devours her in need. The need to be reunited with the goddess-like body she has under her robe.

Alexander grabs the s***h of her robe and pulls it, sliding it off her shoulders causing Tanya’s nibbles to pebble in the cool air.

Fuck, she’s naked…Alexander groans internally as his hands cup her breasts.

He pulls back, looking at her beautiful breasts and he wastes no time taking a dark n****e between his lips, sucking.

“Alexander!” Tanya moans, gripping his hair and grinding on his lap.

Alexander kisses and nibbles her breasts causing Tanya to squirm on top of him and cream between her thighs. Reaching down towards his shorts, Tanya fiddles with his belt before pulling down his shorts and underpants in one go.

She wants him now and she’s not going to wait.

She grabs his c**k palming it and Alexander groans, pulsing in her hand which causes her stomach to clench deliciously. Tanya lifts her hips, positioning him beneath her before rubbing his blunt tip on her c**t, sending shivers through both their bodies.

Alexander licks and pulls on her n*****s, clutching her ass in his hand moving her hips against his lubricated tip. She is so f*****g wet for him.

Tanya glides down his rod, gasping and whimpering as his girth and length stretch her.

“f**k!” she screams as she rises slowly only to drop onto him fast, taking all he had to offer.

Alexander juts, groaning against her breasts as her tight p***y swallows him with a vice grip. When her hips start to move, Alexander pushes up meeting her halfway causing her inside to quiver and clench. His balls feel taut as he powers into her and he can’t fight the warmness that flutters in his chest as the reunite with each rough thrust.

He grabs her by the neck, pulling her lips onto his devouring her cries. He pounds into her making her shake as her cunt clutches against his pulsing c**k.

“f**k, Tanya!” Alexander groans, wrapping his arm around her waist powering into her.

Tanya is so overwhelmed by the pleasure he causes her that all she can do is clutch onto him screaming as her body coils and builds striving for a sweet release.

Alexander’s heart hammers against his chest as his balls tighten a warning of his incoming release. He wants Tanya to get off first, he wants her to milk him into a release so he releases her neck reaching between them pinching her swollen c**t and it happens.

Tanya cries out as her orgasm hits her full force and Alexander explodes, her p***y walls clenching as he coats her with his seed.

They come down from their high a minute later and they sit there staring into each other’s eyes.

They may not know it now but there is no way any of them would walk away from this marriage without a gaping hole in their chest…for they have begun to bond, something deeper than just s*x.