[Note: This is a romance story with some erotic scenes. It is
not
a story with erotic scenes in every chapter. Some chapters have incredible sex scenes, but many others have none.]
Chapter 7: Tuesday
This would be their last evening together.
Harry put on a brave face as Goldie hugged and kissed Harry in the lobby of the Hilton. Goldie must have seen the sadness etched in his face but she chose to ignore it. This time they had dinner first. Harry tried to remember every moment of their time together.
They were in a fancy seafood restaurant. The way Goldie sat there, in the chair, looking so poised, so elegant, she could have been a painting on the wall of Harry's bedroom. She looked so beautiful with her dark blonde hair spilling onto her bare neck and shoulders. Goldie was wearing a dress which showed plenty of skin, Harry noticed. The sides of her breasts looked soft and creamy. He wished he could take another image of her, but was worried she might get offended. He just sat there, drinking her all in.
After dinner Harry took her to Carnegie Hall. They had expensive side balcony seats. Expensive, but very private. Goldie found herself in a small balcony, with only seats for two. She smiled at the implication.
The lights dimmed, and the performance started. Goldie found herself captivated by the music. It was one thing to hear music, but another to actually see the musicians, to see their hands lovingly playing over their instruments, to see the movements of their hands and lips which actually created the music, to see the intense look of concentration on their faces as they created it.
At one point, flutists started to play a beautiful melody.
"That reminds me of you," Harry whispered.
"What?" Goldie asked.
"The music... the softness of your hair," said Harry, gently touching her head.
Goldie turned to Harry and opened her mouth. He leaned forward and they kissed. The music was a wonderful accompaniment as Goldie felt Harry's firm lips against her own.
And then, later, when the cellos were playing, Goldie turned to Harry and said, "They remind me of you, Harry."
Harry looked questioningly at her.
"Rich, wide ranging. Sad. Full of complexity." And then it was her turn to lean over and kiss him.
Later, when the trumpets were playing high pitched, loud notes, rapidfire, Harry said, "That's you again, Goldie. Brash. Loud. Bold. Unafraid."
He took her hand, and they kissed again.
And then Goldie returned the compliment when they heard the French Horns. "So rich... so deep... so masculine...." And her lips found his again. Their hands were all over each other. Harry could feel the warmth of her body. He could smell the richness of her hair. He heard Goldie groaning. Or was it him?
When he pulled back, he started to say, "Goldie, I... I...."
"Yes, Harry?" she said.
Harry remembered the Second Rule of Alexandra. But if he didn't say it, he might never get the chance. He felt like he would explode, if he didn't say it. He had no choice.
"I love you."
She stared into his eyes for a long moment. Harry held his breath. Then she said, "I love you too," she said, and pressed her lips against his again.
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Harry's heart beat heavily in his chest as he walked Goldie back to her hotel, arm and arm. As her high heels clopped against the sidewalk, he willed himself to remember this moment. The moment when he said his sad goodbye to her.
As they walked into the lobby, Harry decided this is where he would go every evening from now on, instead of the wharf. He would come here, and sit in the lobby, because it would remind him of
her
.
Goldie turned around and faced him. "Harry, I had the most wonderful time tonight."
"I did too," Harry practically whispered.
"So tell me you'll say yes. Tell me you'll come to Boston, and work for The Foundation." She had such a pleading look in her blue eyes.
"I... I...."
"Harry, please!"
"I... I'll think about it," said Harry.
She looked at him. They both knew what that meant.
"Perhaps there's a way I can help you think more clearly," she said, and she took him by the arm, and pulled him towards the elevator.
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As he stood in her hotel room, Harry simply stopped and took the opportunity to marvel at his situation as Goldie took off her coat. She removed it slowly, methodically, as if she were savoring the moment. She did it with a certain weight, as if she were stripping off all her clothes, when only her outermost layer was coming off. There was something almost... vulnerable? in her eyes as she completed this simple act.
Harry couldn't believe he was all alone with a very attractive woman in a hotel room. Just standing there, alone in this room, alert to all the possibilities, Harry felt a tremendous crush of intimacy. Never in any of his fantasies had he imagined a scenario like this. He would have to add this to his script of imaginary girlfriends after he and Goldie parted ways.
"Would you like anything to drink, Harry?"
Harry shook his head.
"Here, let me take your coat," said Goldie. The tension was so thick in the room that it could be cut with a vibroblade. He felt her hands on him as she removed his coat and hung it up.