I don't hear from Rhodes that night. It's only the next afternoon, after I finish my shift at the café, 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, hearing slightly muffled voices on the other end before Rhodes's voice comes through the phone.
"Amelia, hi, how are you?" He sounds slightly distracted. I don't know why he's calling me if he is too busy to actually talk to me. I'm still fuming about the conversation that I had with Poppy, knowing that this man is probably just trying to take my virginity. But he's not going to win.
"Hi, I'm alright. How are you?" Not that I really care, asshole.
"I'm fine. How quickly would you be able to meet me at the hotel?" His question throws me a little. I thought he didn't want to babysit me? I'm curious as to what he is wanting from me on such short notice, but I choose not to probe any further.
"I don't know, I'm on the bus at the moment, so maybe around 20 minutes?" I reply.
"Great, Ambrose will meet you in the lobby when you arrive." He hangs up the call after that. The bastard didn't even say goodbye. I honestly can't believe it. I'm absolutely fuming, but I'm debating whether or not I should bring it up with him. Poppy reckons I should wait until something is a big deal so I don't sound like a clingy girlfriend only this far in, but I don't like the way that he is treating me.
Maybe I have to start thinking of him as my boss; hopefully, that will make me a little bit less eager to air all my tiny grievances and will stop some of the thoughts that go through my head when I'm with him. I also can't let him get in my head in that way anymore, because none of it is actually real. If Rhodes actually wanted to be in a relationship with someone, I doubt he would go through all this nonsense. He just wants to use me and throw me away. I wonder if Lory has a special file of virgins and he just gets to pick and choose his fancy.