All Chapters of Trades And Orgasms: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

I can bury whatever feelings I thought I was beginning to have, bury them deep underneath the shame I feel for letting Poppy talk me into doing something so stupid in the first place. I will follow his rules, attend his events, speak when spoken to; hell I'll even eat food off the list he provides m

I don't hear from Rhodes that night, it's only the next afternoon after I finish my shift at the cafe that I receive a call from him. I'm sitting on the bus on the way back to my apartment when his number flashes on my cracked phone screen. I take a deep breath and answer the call. "Hello," I say,

"I suppose you'll just have to be patient" he shrugs his shoulders as he replies, leading me out of the elevator to the valet area. He releases my hand as he helps me climb into the car he picked me up in yesterday, someone must have brought it around for him after I arrived. I settle back into the

"Did you have fun?" Rhodes asks with a slight twinkle in his eye as I appear by his side, I don't dare look at the screen displaying the total as Rhodes passes over a black card to the woman. He wraps an arm around my shoulder as a bevy of staff take the bags and carry them out of the store, possibl

"What are your plans for dinner?" Rhodes's gentle voice asks me after a moment of silence, his forehead still pressed against mine. He has to bend his head down and I have to stretch on my tippy toes to achieve this position. "Not sure, I'll see what I have in the fridge" it's at this moment when I