Chapter 20
As much as Anaya loved coming to Tigga’s vacation house in the past, she dreaded being there with him and his family now. The four-hour drive from New Orleans to Destin was just awful. Tigga basically ignored her and only talked to their kids. When the kids went to sleep, he turned up his music and acted like she wasn’t even there. Things only got worse when they pulled up to the gas station halfway through their trip and Tessa pulled in behind them. Anaya was livid when she saw that Tessa’s uppity friend, Keller, was with them. She didn’t really know much about Keller, but she didn’t really like her. Keller acted like she was better than everyone else the few times that they were in each other’s company, and Anaya just couldn’t get with that. It also infuriated her that Tigga didn’t say more than two words to her, but he couldn’t seem to shut up when he saw Keller. He was smiling in her face like she was the one who gave birth to three of his kids. When they arrived at the vacation house, he dropped their bags at the door to give Keller a grand tour of the place. Everybody was all smiles, but Anaya was ready for war.
“Is she Tessa’s guest or yours?” Anaya questioned once she and Tigga were alone. Tessa, her mother, and Keller had taken the kids on the strip to get ice cream while the two of them stayed behind.
“What room do you want to sleep in, so I can know which one to put my stuff in?” Tigga asked, ignoring her question.
“So, you’re sleeping in the same room with me now?” Anaya asked, sounding hopeful.
“No, I just want to know where you’re sleeping, so I don’t put my stuff in the same room,” he replied, shooting down all hope of them being intimate. Anaya shouldn’t have been surprise since they hadn’t had sex in months.
“Take whatever room you want. It’s your house,” Anaya snapped in irritation.
“Cool,” Tigga said as he went to the smaller of the two remaining rooms. The place had five bedrooms, but Keller, Tessa, and his mother had already claimed the other three. Since he was sure that his girls would probably want to sleep with their mother, he gave Anaya the room with the king-size bed inside.
“So, you’re just gonna ignore my question?” Anaya asked as she followed behind him.
“That shouldn’t be nothing new,” Tigga responded.
“What shouldn’t be nothing new?” Anaya questioned.
“Me ignoring you is nothing new. I’m grown.  I don’t have to explain anything to anybody.” He shrugged nonchalantly.
“It must be true, seeing as how you’re not denying it.”
“I already told you what the deal is with that. I don’t have to say shit to you and nobody else. And we’re not together anyway. Why does it matter who I’m with or what I do?”
“So, you are with that bitch? Or is it somebody else? It’s a reason why you wanna move out all of a sudden,” Anaya said.
“All of a sudden?” Tigga questioned as he raised his voice in anger. “I was supposed to be gone three years ago, but you got pregnant with Amari. I still planned to leave, but you were sick throughout the entire pregnancy and couldn’t work. You should be thanking God for our daughters because they’re the only reason why I stayed as long as I did.”
“Don’t say I got pregnant with Amari, like you weren’t the one who got me pregnant!” Anaya yelled.
“I took responsibility for my role in it all by staying with your ass longer than I wanted to. That’s why I made sure that shit didn’t happen again.”
“How could it happen when you barely touch me?” Anaya yelled.
“That’s why I barely touch you. I made sure to strap up every time I did though,” Tigga replied.
“Once every other month ain’t enough to get me pregnant anyway. And that’s if I’m lucky.”
“If you get it that much, then you are lucky. I don’t need no more ‘my birth control ain’t working problems’,” Tigga replied sarcastically.
“Do you regret your daughter or something? Why do you always have to bring that shit up?” Anaya questioned angrily.
“Because your ass trapped me, that’s why. You knew I wanted out, but you made sure I stayed just a little bit longer. I don’t regret my daughter at all. I just regret that her birth forced me to be somewhere that I really didn’t want to be.”
“I was on birth control, but you know why they weren’t effective at the time. I was on antibiotics and it weakened my birth control pills!” Anaya yelled as angry tears spilled from her eyes.
Tigga was unmoved. He knew that Anaya would cry at the drop of a dime when she was called out on her bullshit. He wasn’t faulting her for getting pregnant because he was just as responsible as she was. It was the timing of the pregnancy that raised the red flags for him.
“Nah, I only know what you told me. Shit sounded like a lie back then and it still sounds like a lie now,” Tigga said honestly.
“Fuck you, Tigga!” Anaya cried, right as everyone walked back inside. They all heard the yelling when they first walked up, but to see Anaya crying had them all wondering what had happened.
“Is everything alright?” Christy asked them both.
Anaya turned around and stormed off into the bedroom and slammed the door behind her. Thankfully, the children didn’t seem to notice the tension in the room, as they sat down and colored in the books that their grandmother had just purchased for them.
“Hold them down for me, ma. I need to go smoke,” Tigga said as he walked out of the back door and onto the beach.
The vacation property was in an area that was highly frequented by tourists. It was on a strip with other vacation homes that he and the other owners rented out when they weren’t occupying them. Tigga was happy that the properties close to his weren’t being used so that he could have the entire back beach area all to himself. In recent years, he had an enclosed hot tub installed and that was where Tessa and his mother spent most of their time. He was so stressed out that he felt like he needed to strip down and let the hot water relax him. Since he was on the beach alone, he decided to take a walk and smoke his troubles away instead.
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“Y’all can go on ahead and go to the hot tub without me. I don’t know where Tigga went off to and Anaya is sleeping,” Christy said to her daughter and Keller. Tigga had been gone for over two hours, but Christy didn’t want to bother him. Anaya had cried herself to sleep, so she left her alone too.
“I don’t want to leave you in here with the kids when I know you really wanna get in the hot tub too,” Tessa replied.
“Girl, I’m fine. They’ve already eaten and taken their baths, so I’ll probably go ahead and put them to bed. And you already know how I am. If I can’t sleep, I’ll be in the hot tub at three in the morning,” Christy chuckled. Tessa laughed with her because that was true. Many mornings, they woke up and found Christy in the hot tub with a good book or a glass of wine. She preferred to be in there alone anyway, so that was nothing new.
“Are you sure mama?” Tessa asked.
“I’m positive. Go show Keller why we like to come here all the time,” she replied.
“Okay, I’m tired from driving anyway, so I won’t be in there long. I’m going to bed early tonight. Let’s go change and head downstairs Keller,” Tessa said to her friend.
They both retreated to their rooms and changed into their bathing suits. Keller emerged from the room a short time later with her hot pink and orange Tory Burch halter two-piece, with the matching slippers. She loved the ensemble that Kia had purchased for her last birthday present. She snapped a quick selfie and sent it to her sister, letting her know that she was finally wearing it.
“You look cute,” Keller complimented Tessa when she walked out wearing her all-black, mesh one-piece bathing suit. Tessa was thick, but she was very toned and shapely.
“Thanks boo, so do you,” she replied while throwing Keller one of the huge beach towels that she packed for the trip.
They both went down the back stairs and headed to the hot tub. There was another hot tub and pool that all the guests could share, but Tessa was happy that Tigga had his own private one. She was also happy that the other properties hadn’t been rented and they could have the pool all to themselves. It was a good thing that Tigga had his hot tub enclosed inside a gazebo, so they didn’t have to worry about seeing anyone or anyone seeing them.
“Oh, my God, Tessa. This water feels so good,” Keller purred in satisfaction once she stepped into the oversized hot tub.
“I told you, girl. Let me turn on the jets,” Tessa replied while pressing a few buttons on the side of the tub.
“I swear, I needed this outing and this hot tub. You can leave me here until morning,” Keller said, making her friend laugh.
Keller closed her eyes and relaxed her entire body. The hot water had her feeling right and she didn’t ever want the moment to end. She and Tessa became lost in their own thoughts, as the quietness of the small room engulfed them both. It stayed that way for over an hour until Tessa finally spoke.
“I think I’ve had enough. I’m going in,” Tessa spoke up.
“Aww man, why? We just got in here,” Keller whined.
“It’s been about an hour, but that’s good enough for me. I was in here falling asleep. But, you don’t have to rush. Stay as long as you want to,” Tessa replied.
“Okay, I’ll be done in a little while. It’s dark and I don’t want to be out here too long.”
“You’re fine girl. It’s only four properties on this part of the beach and we’re the only ones here. I might come back after I take a little nap,” Tessa said.
“Okay,” Keller said as she closed her eyes and drifted off into another word. She wasn’t sleepy, but she was most definitely relaxed. She texted back and forth with Kia for a while, waiting for Tessa to return. When almost another hour went by, she had a feeling that her girl wasn’t coming back. A call to her cellphone proved that because she was half asleep when she answered. Keller decided to call it a night and finally got out of the tub.
She got excited when she heard someone pressing the keypad to gain access to the room. She thought that Tessa had changed her mind, until Tigga’s sexy ass walked in. Keller had to force her mouth closed when she saw him standing there shirtless, with a pair of swimming trunks on. Just then, she wanted to kick herself for still dealing with Leo’s tall, skinny ass, instead of him. Tigga wasn’t overly buffed, but he had a nice, toned body. Tattoos covered both of his arms, but he didn’t have many on his chest and back. 
“Damn,” Tigga said when he saw Keller standing there in her bathing suit. “You don’t have to leave because of me.”
“I wasn’t, I’ve been in here for a while. I was going back up to talk to Tessa,” she replied.
“You can forget about her. I just left from up there and everybody is sleep. Well, everybody except for my mama.”
“Oh,” Keller replied while still walking towards the door.
“Stay and chill with me for a while,” Tigga requested while lightly grabbing her arm.
“Okay,” she replied without giving it a second thought.
Tigga watched as Keller lowered her sexy frame back into the water, before he got in with her. He walked the beach for a few hours to clear his head and he was feeling much better. Anaya wasn’t even worth the headache that she had given him earlier that day.
“I take it that you like the hot water,” Tigga said when he saw Keller close her eyes and lean her head back on the side of the tub.
“Yes, I wish I could stay in here forever,” Keller replied with her eyes shut tight.
“I’ll make a note of that when I get ready to buy my house,” Tigga replied.
“Why?” she questioned.
“Because you’ll be coming to visit me,” he said like that was a known fact.
Keller only smiled, but she didn’t reply. She looked so pretty to him with her damp hair pulled back into a loose ponytail. The steam was rising from her skin, making her look like a super model. Tigga watched her for about thirty minutes straight before he decided to walk over to her. Keller’s eyes snapped open when he pulled her smaller body closer to his. Tigga saw that she was about to protest, but he covered her mouth with his before she had a chance to say anything. Keller felt weird kissing him, knowing that Anaya and his family weren’t too far away. She tried to break the kiss, but he wouldn’t let her go. Any thoughts of stopping him vanished when Tigga picked her up and placed her on the side of the hot tub. In no time at all, he yanked off her swim suit bottoms and ran his tongue up and down her folds.
“Ooh, shit,” Keller moaned softly, as Tigga dipped his tongue in and out of her opening. He started out teasing her at first, but he was giving her the business soon after. Keller had her fist in her mouth, trying her best to keep from being too loud. They were dead wrong for what they were doing, but it felt too good for her to stop him. Tigga was trying to mark his territory and he was doing a damn good job at it. He had Keller’s legs pushed back up to her ears, while he went to work on her kitty. It didn’t take long before her legs started shaking and her center was crying tears of joy.
Tigga seemed satisfied with his handiwork, as he wiped his mouth and smiled confidently. He didn’t know it, but Keller was just getting started. She wasn’t like Kia when it came to oral sex. It satisfied her, but it wasn’t enough. That was only foreplay, as far as she was concerned. Once Keller came down from her oral high, she eased her body back into the warm water and pushed Tigga against the side of the tub.
“What you doing girl?” Tigga asked when Keller removed his boxers and trunks. He only went down on her because he didn’t think that she would let him hit it. The way that she was stroking his erection let him know that she wanted it all.
“What does it look like?” Keller smirked as she wrapped her body around his and pushed his stiffness inside of her.
“Fuck!” Tigga hissed as his head fell back in pleasure. Keller was riding him nice and slow, just how he liked it. He tried to remain silent, but it was almost impossible. She had him sounding like a bad R & B soundtrack, but he didn’t give a damn.
“Shh,” Keller said, trying to get him to be quiet. She didn’t know it, but Tigga hadn’t had sex in a minute. She was nice and tight, making his months of going without well worth it.
“Shit, wait Keller. You gotta chill ma,” Tigga said when Keller started sucking on his neck right by his ear. She had found his spot without even knowing it. She was going to turn him into a five-minute man if she kept doing that.
“Shut up,” Keller demanded as she quickened her pace and continue to kiss and lick on his neck and ear.
She was kind of aggressive and that turned him on even more. Tigga couldn’t let her punk him like that, so he decided to regain control of the situation. He grabbed Keller’s hips to slow her pace, right before he began to drill into her at a rapid pace. The hot water from the tub was splashing all over, as he pounded into Keller like a man on a mission. She had her hands wrapped snuggly around his neck while he gave her long deep strokes.
“You’re gonna make me cum!” Keller screamed as Tigga hit her spot over and over again.
“That’s what I’m supposed to do,” Tigga replied as he kept grinding into her.
“Mmm,” Keller moaned in his ear. “Don’t stop. I’m cumming.”
It looked like Keller was convulsing, the way her eyes rolled behind her head and her entire body shook. Tigga was almost there himself when he felt her muscles tightening around his dick like she had it in a chokehold. He wanted to keep going, but he couldn’t hold out any longer. Once Keller’s body stopped trembling, he pulled out of her and shot a load of semen right into the bubbling hot water.
“Fuck!” Tigga grunted loudly, as he released everything that he’d been holding in for the past few months of going without. He and Keller held on to each other for a while, trying to catch their breath.
“You do know that your mama is planning on coming in here sometime tonight, right?” Keller asked him, as she watched his babies floating around in the hot water.
“Shit, let me drain this water out right quick,” Tigga said as he hopped out of the tub and put his clothes back on. Keller followed his lead and assisted him with the task. Once all the water had run out, Tigga used some kind of spray and a brush to clean the bottom of the tub. When that was done, he used the detachable hose to wash the residue away.
“How long will it take for it to fill up?” Keller asked.
“About an hour or two,” he replied while staring at her.
“What? Why are you looking at me like that?” she asked.
“Come to my room for a little while,” he requested.
“You can’t be serious,” Keller blurted out.
“Yes I am. Why you say that?”
“Because, your girlfriend and your kids are here, that’s why.”
“My ex-girlfriend and my kids are asleep. It’s a little after ten now, so come around eleven. I’ll be done with my shower and stuff by then,” he said as he kissed her lips and opened the door for her to walk out.
Keller ran back into the house and straight up the stairs to Tessa’s room. Her friend was knocked out, but she really didn’t care. She needed somebody to talk to and it was too late to call Kia.
“Tessa, get up,” Keller said while gently shaking her arm. 
“Hmm,” Tessa hummed incoherently.
“Wake up, I need to talk to you,” Keller begged.
“What’s wrong?” Tessa mumbled.
“Everything is wrong. I’m a hoe,” Keller answered.
“It’s okay, most of my friends are,” Tessa replied.
“Tessa, I’m serious. I fucked your brother. I’m a straight up hoe and he probably thinks so too.”
“Oh, my God! You and Tigga slept together? When?” Tessa questioned with her eyes wide open.
“Not too long ago in the hot tub. Now, he wants me to come to his room for a little while,” Keller revealed.
“Are you going?” Tessa yawned.
“You think I should?” Keller asked her.
“It don’t matter what I think. You and Tigga are grown. Besides, I can see it in your eyes. You’re going, no matter what I say,” Tessa laughed.
“Do you think I’m a hoe for giving it up so fast? I hope he doesn’t think so.”
“Girl, stop talking crazy. You are not a hoe. Tigga likes you and you like him. He wouldn’t be asking you to come to his room if he thought less of you. Why does it matter how long it took y’all to have sex? Obviously, he liked it and he wants some more of it,” Tessa smirked.
“I’m going to bed,” Keller said as she stretched and walked to the door.
“Yeah right. Y’all just keep it down, so nobody will hear y’all,” Tessa teased right before Keller walked out of her room.
Keller walked down the hall to her own room and stripped out of her wet bathing suit. After taking a quick shower, she threw on a pair of leggings and a tank. She laid down for a while, debating if she should go to Tigga’s room or not. She knew that they were playing with fire, but she was really feeling him. Not to mention, their quickie in the hot tub had her feigning for more. Just when she decided that she wanted to go, the doubt started to creep in. Tigga hadn’t tried to call or text, so maybe he’d changed his mind about her coming to his room. Maybe he decided to hook up with his baby mama instead. Although Keller had no right to be, she found herself getting jealous. It had been over an hour since they went their separate ways and Tigga didn’t seem to be worried about her.
Keller eased out of her room and down the long hall towards the room that Anaya and her kids were occupying. She didn’t hear any movements or voices, but that didn’t mean anything to her. Tigga and his mother’s room were on the other side of the huge house, along with the kitchen and sitting room. Keller tried to be as quiet as she possibly could but, obviously, she wasn’t quiet enough. As soon as she was passing by Tigga’s room, his door flew open and he pulled her inside.
“It’s about time. I was just about to come get your ass,” he said as he planted a kiss on her lips. Once she was safely inside, Tigga locked the door and started stripping Keller out of her clothes. She didn’t have to wonder any longer. The way that he was pulling her out of her clothes showed her that he definitely wanted her in his bed. Keller just didn’t know for how long.