Chapter 16
Two hours later, Paulpulled his motorcycle into the shop on his farm, shut it off, and sighed heavily.He waited until Petra dismounted, he thought about the activities of the day and heaved another heavy sigh.
“You okay?”Petra asked with her hand on his shoulder, looking at him in concern.
“Yeah,” he said as he reached up and laid his hand over hers.“You know how your mind runs through things when you ride?”
“Yeah, I figure out any problems, then get into the zone and it all goes away.”
“Yeah, it does the same for me, but not tonight.I kept thinking about what Paula went through, and it had me wondering if there are other women like her.Is Eddie behind it all, or is he part of a ring?Is he in charge of something bigger?Does he know of anything else going on with others like Paula?I can’t seem to shut my brain off on this issue.”
Petra reached down and hugged him tightly.As they entwined, they thought about what he had said.Petra stood back up, and watched as Paul dismounted from the bike, go to the saddlebag to remove the plastic wrapped backpack, but he took it to a room he had installed weeks ago.Once inside, he set the package on the work bench.
“Are you going to go through it tonight?”
“No, I’m going to sleep on it and go at it fresh in the morning.”
“Good.”Petra turned from the doorway and waited for him to join her.He locked up the safe room, and together they made their way to the house.Once inside, they removed their shoes, leather jackets, and Petra headed to the kitchen.“I’m going to get the coffee pot ready for the morning.”
“Okay,” Paul called after her and took his time to join her.“I know it’s still early,” he said as he entered the kitchen and looked at the clock mounted on the wall above the kitchen sink.It was shortly before eight at night.“But I’m going to call it a night.I’m going up to my room for a hot shower, and maybe I can relax enough to fall asleep.”He walked over and kissed the side of her head, then left the room.
Petra watched him go, finished getting the coffee ready for the next morning, and made sure it was programmed to start at six.She walked around to make sure everything was cleaned up, and made her way to her own room.While she showered, she let her mind wander, and came up with a decision.With a grin on her face, she finished, wrapped a towel around her hair, and body, then paid extra attention to applying her favorite body lotion.After that, she towel dried her hair, brushed it, and looked at herself with a critical eye.
She removed the towel, inspected her body, and liked what she saw.With a nod, she donned her silk bathrobe, the one she only wore when she wanted to pamper herself, and walked out of the bathroom, looked at the bed, and walked out of her bedroom.At Paul’s door, she leaned in to listen, and when she didn’t hear the shower, she knocked.
“Yeah,” Paul called out, and Petra drew in a deep breath, let it out slowly, and opened the door.She paused when she saw Paul standing in the middle of his room with only a towel wrapped around his hips.She sucked in her breath as she caught sight of his hard, muscular body.She rubbed her thighs together when she saw his chest hair, and the happy trail that disappeared into the towel.
“What’s up?”Paul asked and it took all his concentration not to get an erection at the sight of her in her silk robe.
“Question,” Petra said, not knowing how else to ask him what she needed to.She always was honest in everything she could do, unless it would get her undercover assignment blown.But she had never lied to Paul since knowing he was one of the good guys.
“Shoot,” Paul said.
“Will you join me in my room tonight?”
Paul stared at her for several minutes, then shook his head as to clear it.“Are you asking what I think you are?Because if we do this, then I will be sleeping in your bed every night.By the time you leave for work tomorrow, all of my things will be in your room.We will be a real couple in every sense of the word.”He watched the expression flit across her face, and tried to withhold his groan when her tongue slipped out and licked her lips.
