Page 53 of Bullied Mate

“Yeah, I did.”

“Did you … mean that?” she asked.

“I love you, Poppy,” he said.

“But how can you … know that? How can you be so sure?” she asked.

He took her hand and placed it on his heart. “I know. I can feel it. Whenever I’m around you, you’re all I think about. All I want.”

Poppy had tears in her eyes.

“Don’t cry,” he said. “And I know you don’t feel it back.”

“Klaus, you don’t know what I feel.”

“I know I want to do everything I can to make it right. For this mating to work.”

“You want our mating to work?”

“Yeah, I do. I think we can make this work.”

Poppy pulled away from him, and he saw her flinch as she eased off his dick.

He was soft, but feeling her pussy around his cock, he began to get hard again. She got to her feet and took several steps, then stopped, turning toward him.

“You … ugh, this is … yes, Klaus, I have feelings for you. I think … no, I know I … love you.” She put her hand to her head and groaned.

“What’s the matter?”

“Saying those words, it is the best feeling as well as the hardest feeling in the world, Klaus. I loved that we’re mated. I love the fact that we just had sex. I love that we’re both each other’s firsts. That is a whole lot of things to love.” She pressed her lips together.

“But?”

“But, I also … I don’t … our past complicates matters,” she said. “And I hate that. I hate our past. I hate that we’re at this point. All I want to do is forget about it.” She put her hands over her face. “I don’t know what I think anymore.”

Klaus got to his feet and went to her, pulling her in his arms. “I love you, Poppy. I’m not going anywhere, and I’m willing to do whatever it takes to make you realize that I’m in this for the long haul. You’re never getting rid of me.”

He kissed her.

Poppy moaned, and then their bodies were flush together, only this time was so much better than all of the other times before because this time, they were naked.

No clothes between them. Nothing to keep them apart.

Poppy walked him back, and he only stopped when a tree blocked their path. He couldn’t take his hands off her ass.

“I want you,” she said.

Klaus spun them around so that her back was against the tree. Using his grip on her butt, he lifted her, and Poppy wrapped her legs around his waist.

Gripping his cock, he found her entrance, and then, staring into her eyes, he sank her down onto his length, feeling her cunt wrap around him. She was so wet.

He didn’t know how they were going to hide their scents from each other, but it didn’t matter. He refused to worry about it.

Poppy was in his arms, on his cock.

His dad had once told him that when he found his mate, he’d know what to do. Sex, pleasure, it would be second nature to him. Rocking inside his mate, feeling her tight heat surrounding him, he knew his father had been right.

He held her against the tree, and reaching between them, he stroked her clit. She was fire in his arms, burning brighter than ever before.

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