Topher’s game plan was simple enough: pamper James with words of affirmation, be a nice and good little volunteer, wow him with spectacular non-date dates, and eventually get the man to fall head over heels for him until their relationship develops into something more than just s****l. He didn’t have any specific steps in mind, but like how he’d dealt with most things in his life, he was ready to wing it. The only catch, however, was that he couldn’t let James know about his goal and his feelings. After all, they had initially agreed that they would only be engaged in something casual—something that Topher had stupidly and regrettably come up with when that whole thing started. So, he would just have to make his intentions clear without actually making his intentions clear—if that even mad
