Tonight had been a little unexpected, even for her.
“So, er, the shower is there,” Klaus said.
“Right.” Poppy nibbled on her lip. They had just brought each other to orgasm, and now it was awkward between them. Shouldn’t they understand each other a little better now?
“I … do you want…”
“What?” Poppy asked.
He looked at the shower and shook his head. “Never mind.”
“Do you want to share a shower?”
“Yeah, if you want to. I, we both could totally get clean together.”
“Naked?” Poppy asked.
“Yes, if that is what you want. We both could get completely naked and get in the shower together.”
“Is it me or is this a little strange?”
He held his hand out, and the other was on his hip. “It’s not strange, but I don’t want to do or say anything that would spoil this moment for us. That was incredible, and I would like very much like to do it again.”
“Yeah, er, me too.”
“Good. That’s good that you want me to help bring you to orgasm.”
Poppy chuckled. “Would you like me to help you, you know, bring you to orgasm?”
“I’d like that, very much,” he said. “This is insane, right?”
“It is a little. We’re both old enough and we’re, well, mated.”
“Yeah, we are. We’re not officially, and no one knows about it.”
“So we should see each other naked. Do what other mates do,” Poppy said. “Don’t you think?”
He nodded. “Yeah, of course.” He pulled his shirt off over his head, and Poppy kicked off her sneakers and then grabbed the hem of her dress.
“We’re going to have to wash these,” she said.
“Yeah, of course, we are.”
She dropped the dress and looked toward him to find him … naked. She still had on her bra and panties.
Klaus was big and muscular. There were a few tattoos up and down his arms, and one on his chest.
Reaching behind her back, she flicked the catch of her bra, took it off, and then wriggled out of her panties. She doubted she looked sexy doing this.
With her underwear now on the floor, she looked at Klaus. His gaze was on her body, and she quickly slid her hands across her chest.
This was the first time she’d been naked in front of him, apart from the night when she realized they were … mated. That didn’t count. She’d been too busy reeling from the fact he was going to be her mate. Poppy had been a little unprepared for that night.
Klaus stepped toward her and took her hands, moving them down. “Don’t hide from me. Never hide from me.”
“Do you hate what you see?” she asked.
“No, I don’t hate what I see. In fact, Poppy, you need to know that I like what I see. Very much like.”