"I hear from him every now and then. I used to get birthday cards every few years, a Christmas card once, but that was it. After he left, my mum she um, she kind of fell apart. Throughout everything we went through as a family my mum adored him and when he left she was never the same" "It started o
Just as I had suspected not a rom-com, but we did get pizza. It's not the sort of pizza I'm used to though; not greasy and heavy, making you feel ill immediately after eating. It's lighter, fancier, made especially for us by the kitchen downstairs, perks of living in a hotel I suppose. I laugh the
I undress in the low lighting of Rhodes's en-suite, there's a large control panel on the wall beside the door where you can adjust the brightness of the lights. There's like twelve different settings, who knew there needed to be that many. Once the slip is on I realise what Poppy was talking about,
His hand snaking around my waist to my lower back to pull me flush against his chest. My heart rate picks up significantly as he begins to roll his hips upwards slow and deliberate. "Here" I pant out gently. "Right here, please sir" I'm immediately cut off as his lips are pressed against mine in a
Ambrose drops me off at the University ten minutes before my lecture starts, leaving me with plenty of time to get myself a coffee and get a good seat at the back for Poppy and I. Once Rhodes came back to bed last night I slept like a baby, but he left quite early in the morning to go to a meeting a
"I'm so going to fail this test next week" Poppy groans as we park the car outside the dentists office. "You will be totally fine, I'm the one that has to catch up from the lecture and readings I missed while I was in Paris. I felt so lost in class today" I mumble in response as I climb out of the
His name pops up onto the screen quickly and I have an immediate dilemma about answering it; I can't leave the room and abandon Poppy as her mouth is currently being filled with bleach or something, but I don't want both her and the dentist to hear our conversation. I opt to answer it, but talk quie
"So you're not in love with him?" She shakes her head at my question. "I'm more in love with the idea of him. But the idea of him and the actual him are two very different people. We just don't have that spark, that energy you know?" She asks hopeful. I shrug my shoulders, I guess I've heard of tha
"Wanna give one a go?" I suggest to her with a small grin."Might be a bit premature, don't think Max is the marriage type quiet yet" She responds with a quiet giggle, then catches herself as we all stop and gape at her. She hasn't mentioned Max in that context in a very long time. Behind Poppy, Fra
"It's stunning sweetheart, absolutely stunning" My mum comments excitedly as I allow my hands to rest at my sides, my reflection making my heart race quickly. I'm wearing a wedding dress. Maybe not the wedding dress, but a wedding dress none the less. It all seems insane to think that I had spent th
Fran, Bianca and now Sarah are at the racks, perhaps browsing for me or for Fran, who recently moved to London and is flat hunting with her boyfriend Zayn."They have wedding dresses at charity shops? I can't tell if that's bleak or romantic" Poppy comments quietly to me as I sit down beside her."
"You are referred to as exactly what you are, a man, while I am referred to as my relationship to you, a wife. Like the only identifiable thing about me is that now I am your wife but you still get to be a man in your own right" I explain. It's something that's always irked me while watching TV show
"You forget we had sex in a bookstore?" Rhode leans in close and murmurs to me, heat rising on my cheeks instantly. One of my wilder moments I would say."Did not forget that, but I'd rather not have to explain that story to, well anyone" I say with an embarrassed giggle. I definitely told at least
"Please, take it" He states in a soft tone that makes butterflies flit around my stomach. "When?" He adds with a little more urgency."How about, before the years end?" I suggest. It's early October now so going into the colder England months, it's not exactly going to be extraordinary weather but t
"Thank you" I mumble against his lips, brushing my nose against his. His hand lingers on my hip as I come down off of my tiptoes, the wind blowing some of my hair into my face."I'll support you either way, it's up to you" He softly states, his eyes never leaving mine as his hand leaves my hip and t
"Hey, you remember yesterday when we had the family over for lunch?" I say just as we approach the small coffee stand near the fountain at the centre of the park. It's run by a father and son out of a truck that normally attracts a large crowd of locals but today seems a little isolated, supposed we
"To be honest, I feel anxious about taking her out on my own" Rhode states honestly as we wait at the corner for our crosswalk light to turn green. It's a surprising admission that immediately gets my attention."You've never mentioned anything like that" I express as I put a hand on his arm while h