Well, not everything. I was stuck in a small town controlled by a violent biker club. Kirk might be retired and Cooper might be Harlow’s buddy, but this place didn’t feel safe to me. With her traumatic past and solid roots in Ellsberg, I didn’t know how long until she could say goodbye to her home and create a new one with me.
The night before, Harlow loosened up. She walked around the room naked, only occasionally getting shy and covering up. We enjoyed the hotel’s pool and hot tub. Checked out the gym too for our morning workouts. I wanted her to think of the hotel as her temporary home.
The normally grumpy Harlow woke with a smile. She turned around in my arms until our chests pressed together.
“Hello, Rafael,” she whispered, staring sleepily at me. “Why are your hard this morning?”
Kissing her forehead then cheeks and finally her lips, I smiled. “I’m glad you agreed to sleep shirtless. Tell me why again?”
Harlow remembered my training exercise from the night before. “I have lovely breasts and they need to be free. I should embrace their beauty and give you a sexy show.”
Glancing down at her plump breasts, I grinned. “Training you is a difficult job, but there are perks.”
“The funny thing is I’m training you too.”
“Oh, I know. It’s another reason I want to wait until we’re at the cabin before I strip down and stretch out. I need to be relaxed so I can stay in control. With you, I can’t be a monster.”
“You won’t be,” she said, pressing against me. “I know you won’t. I trust you. It’s why I can be strong. It’s also why I can be weak. If I fall apart, you’ll help me put everything back together.”
Remaining silent, I feared the day I couldn’t live up to what she saw in me. I wore so many masks over the last few years that I wasn’t sure who the real Rafael was anymore.
Harlow ignored my silence. Her hand skimmed over my hip and rested on my ass.
“Rock hard,” she said, squeezing. “I bet I could bounce a quarter off this butt.”
“I have something else that’s rock hard.”
Harlow gave me a confused look and I nearly lost it. She played the lost little girl role so well.
“Here,” I said softly. “Let me show you.”
My hand moved hers to my cock and she acted shocked. “Oh, is Bob’s cock happy or sad? I can’t remember what hard means?”
Smirking, I nudged Harlow onto her back and kissed her parted lips. She responded easily, not a tense bone in her luscious body. We moved together in a frenzied way, kissing and tasting wildly. Her legs wrapped around my hips while I pressed my hungry cock against her damp panties. The relief we found was muted, yet any pleasure was still perfection with Harlow.
We eventually got out of bed and cleaned up for breakfast. Before heading out the door, I checked my laptop. Harlow stood next to me, taking in the sight of all the camera angles.
“I hid the cameras in the lights in the hallway. I also have one set up near my SUV, so I can see if anyone’s tampered with it.”
“Where did you learn all this?” she asked, leaning against my arm.
“A nerd named Jeffy hooked me up with all this gear. He used to work for the NSA or some government agency like that. Bailed and sold his knowledge to the highest bidder. I learned enough to protect my ass and hunt the men I was paid to catch. Don’t know for sure, but I heard a few pissed Columbians killed him. Just as likely that he faked his death.”
I grinned at Harlow who stared with her big eyes. “Jeffy faked his death as often as I claimed to be retiring.”
“I’m not good with computers.”
“They're not that complicated,” I said, sliding my gun into baggy shorts. “Guys like Jeffy do the hard part then teach guys like me how to push the buttons. If I can do it, so can you.”
We left the hotel room and headed downstairs for breakfast. The hotel buffet provided use with a dozen options. I made myself two waffles, needing to carbo load before my next workout. Harlow went smaller with a tiny cinnamon roll and yogurt.
“You’ll starve,” I warned as we sat down to eat.
“I’m saving room for the barbecue. Planning to pig out actually. Raven makes a pretty damn perfect Cole slaw she learned from Jodi then tweaked. She’s lucky Jodi doesn’t cut her for messing with the recipe though.”
"What did you do while I was gone?"
"Whined, pissed, and moaned."
"You fight at the Thunderdome?"
"No. I think I'm done with that."
"Good."
"I'm not stopping for you."
Smiling, I studied her face. "Then why?"
"I used to be angry a lot and fighting made me feel better. With you around, I'm not really angry anymore. So I'm not stopping for you, but I am stopping because of you."
"We bring out the best in each other. Isn't that what love is supposed to do?"
Harlow watched me in a weird way. “We're changing. Maybe you could change enough to want to stay in Ellsberg."
“I’m a big man,” I said, stretching to emphasize my point. “I need to live in a big city in a big state.”
“What’s so great about Houston besides its size?” she asked about the city I mentioned the night before.