"Thank you" Amelia's words bring me out of my angry thoughts. I turn the corner and steal a glance at her as she watches the world go by outside the window. I then look down at the short skirt that she's chosen to wear today, and I can't help the images of pulling her into the backseat and fucking h
"Don't you think maybe she should be with someone who she has a little more in common with? Someone who isn't with her just because she's young and pretty" He barks back with a new hint of aggression. I bet that's what he thinks of Amelia, that she's just some pretty little doll that he'll get to pl
"You're seriously quitting?" Luke asks with a slight hiss, surprising me as I leave my boss' office having just told her that I'm quitting my job at the bookstore. She took it surprisingly well, I guess maybe she saw it coming as I'd talked to her about my full workload coming next semester. I suppr
I manage to waste the rest of my shift in the back room, slowly packaging up the books ready for delivery and going over the inventory from the previous shift. I hear the bell chime a few more times as customers come and go, hopefully they'll be keeping Luke busy. I check the clock, five minutes lef
Now that's not exactly how it went with my situation but that's what I'd always hoped it would become. "Well sure that's traditional, but your relationship isn't traditional. You can't expect to just fall into a traditional partnership when everything has been very...non-traditional" She doesn't sa
He squares his shoulders and looks back up at me before speaking in a gravelly voice. "I made sure he knew that there would be consequences if he overstayed his welcome in your life" "What kind of consequences?" I say through nearly gritted teeth. He's reluctant, not because he's ashamed but more l
"You're saying you're going to keep threatening to ruin people on my behalf?" I ask slightly confused. He shrugs and nods his head, taking out some cutlery from the drawers and sliding some towards me before pushing the fork through his, collecting some food onto it. "If I need to" He says before
But what if being with him in his world turns us both into egotistical, money hungry monsters? "I was trying to help" He says in a tone that is void of all emotion despite the words he's saying. I take a big gulp of wine as he speaks before I let out a small laugh. "Oh what a load of bullshit! You
"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