Chapter 179: What a wonderful day with the Captain
Captain Rhys Thatcher was having one of the best days of his whole life. In fact, he wasn’t sure if anything would ever be able to top the last 24 hours.
It had started quite rough, if he was honest with himself. He’d been in a foul mood, and it had only gotten worse the longer he had spent away from his adorable Mr. Woods.
He had hated that he hadn’t had time to speak with him, let alone hold his hand in the two weeks that the two of them had been running around each other. Rhys had been kicking himself, frustrated since he was supposed to be seducing his pair, leading him down the road of debauchery at his own hand, and instead, he was stuck in useless meetings with people who spent half of their time blowing smoke up each other’s ass, and the other half getting shit done.
It was an endless cycle of getting a glimpse of Mr. Woods, and then having to be whisked away by the next task. It almost would have been better if he hadn’t seen him at all, since then he wouldn’t remember what he was missing.
It was especially harsh on him since it seemed like Mr. Woods had been completely fine. The man hadn’t a hair out of place every time he saw him. He was so professional, and didn’t appear as if a giant crack was forming inside of him. Not like Rhys.
So he pretended to be fine, pretended to be the perfect Esper, the perfect Captain, even as it felt like his heart was ripping out of his chest and his fingers itched to hold Mr. Woods.
He was on his last fucking nerve when Pamela brought up the calendar photoshoot. He had been ready to snap her head off, until he remembered.
It was Mr. Woods first appearance in the Guild, and he was an important person to the Guild.
Everyone would want a photo of him, and as a Captain, it was his duty to oversee something so important.
A dark, almost Villain-like smile crossed his face, and Rhys had put his head down to get his plan put in place. He wanted the rest of the afternoon off after the photoshoot, so that meant he had to push everyone hard until that day, get everything done, and give himself a break.
He also wanted the time to actually seduce Mr. Woods like he had intended. Maybe the night of the photoshoot the two of them could go out to dinner, spend some time away from the Guild building. Mr. Woods liked eating out in the past, and Rhys had liked to watch him glow from the inside out as he tried new things.