Chapter 48: Shamelessly

Katherine went directly to the bathroom and took of her clothes off before she got under the shower and closed her eyes while the cold water drenched her entire body. She was indeed feeling hot and she knew Xander could help her but she's still just not ready to take that step right now. She could touch him if he wants but to allow him to touch her is a completely different matter to her. She's just too shy for all that.

She grabbed the soft sponge and before she began washing her body with the sponge she looked down at herself, "Should I just allow him to help me release just this one time..?" she couldn't help but consider Xander's offer.

Her eyes widened and she gasped, she used her palm to abruptly close her mouth. "Oh my gosh Kath you're so corrupted right now." she chastised herself inwardly. "it's all that shameless perverts fault, he's the one that's corrupting my pure and innocent maiden's heart!" She seethe through her gritted teeth as she picked up the soft sponge and the soap and quickly finished taking her bath.

Katherine got dressed in a lilac colored pajamas and sat in front of the mirror to do her night time skincare routine, as she picked up the vitamin C serum and was about to apply it on her face, the door was suddenly pushed open and the glorious half naked body of Xander emerged.

The bottle of the serum fell down from her hand but thank God the floor had a very thick and soft carpet so it didn't break. She peeked at Xander's naked torso through the mirror while he was contemplating which t-shirt to wear. She wasn't satisfied with just looking at him through the mirror so she turned her head around and continued to shamelessly drool at his perfect large torso while applying her serums.

Xander could feel Katherine ogling at him but he pretended to be unaware and pretended to be looking for a shirt to wear. He was about to get ready in his previous room on the second floor but decided to tease Katherine so he strutted to their master bedroom wearing only a white towel that was covering just his body and stopped slightly below his knees. Now that he could feel Katherine shamelessly staring at him he decided it was definitely worth the risk.

Even though they shared the same room Katherine and Xander would always change in the walk-in closet that was just two steps away from the bathroom door, so they never saw each other's body without clothes. After thinking how slow the pace of their relationship was, Xander decided to be the one that will take their relationship to next level.

He decided to seduce Katherine and make her want him so much that she would get over her shyness and allow him to at least have a taste of her delicious self and then slowly he could train her to be ready for when they consummate their marriage.

Xander dropped the shirt he was about to wear and slowly sauntered toward Katherine. "Like what you see?" He teased with a mischievous grin on his gorgeous face. Katherine kept the moisturizing cream on the table and stood up until she was just two feet away from Xander, "Yes, I definitely like what I see." She shamelessly uttered and winked before she ran to the bed and covered her whole body with the quilt.

At first Xander was shocked by Katherine's shameless reaction, he definitely was not expecting her to react that way at all. He thought when he walks in the room half naked she would freak out and demand he gets dressed immediately, but that didn't happen and instead she was shamelessly ogling at him the entire time he was pretending to look for the most comfortable shirt to wear.

He decided to tease her further and this time he was sure she was going to blush, stammer and turn her head away, but instead he was mind blown when she shamelessly admitted to liking the sight of his naked torso and even winked at him. "Is this how you want to play kitten?" He mumbled under his breath with an evil grin on his face before he wore his pajama pants and went under the quilt with his torso still naked.

Katherine who was unaware of Xander's naughty plan was busy giggling under the blanket when she felt him slid under it too and without warning he yanked her to his chest and wrapped his arms around her giving her no space to escape. "W-what — why are you still n-naked?" even though she teased him earlier about liking his naked torso, well it wasn't just a tease because she truly loved the sight of his half naked form and she would love it more if he was completely naked — seriously Katherine? Get yourself together Kath!

Anyways she wasn't expecting him to just shamelessly come under the blanket half naked. Surely he wasn't planning on sleeping like that without a shirt right? "S-stop hugging me and go wear a shirt" She mumbled.

"Didn't you say you like me without a shirt on? Well your wish is my command. I will sleep without a shirt on tonight and if you want I can sleep without both my shirt and pant on tonight and all the other nights that we are going to share." Another shameless declaration from the demon lord himself.

Katherine slightly pulled her head away from his embrace to look into Xander's eyes. "You are kidding me right? I never said that you should sleep without a shirt on! And don't you dare attempt sleeping without a pant on because I will kick you out of this bed, no, I will kick you out of this room altogether." Even though she was threatening him Xander could see the way her face had turned red and she was trying to sound harsh but she only sounded so damn cute and adorable to him.

"Alright Alright, there's no need for you to be this damn cute my love. I will do whatever you ask, and even if you do want to see me naked just remember that all you have to do is ask and I will gladly oblige." Xander continued to tease her, he chuckled when Katherine boldly bit his bare shoulder. Their relationship was truly progressing and he was extremely happy about it.

Katherine nuzzled her head in Xander's shoulder to hide her embarrassment, she could feel her heart swell with happiness at the sound of Xander's chuckles, no doubt seeing him happy made her happy, having Xander by her side is the best thing that had ever happened to her. She was grateful that Xander didn't allow her to push him away, she felt blessed to have a man like Xander as her husband.

She was busy in her trance that she didn't notice that Xander had stopped chuckling now and the peaceful atmosphere had changed to a chilly one. She snapped out of her stupor when Xander called her name.

"Katherine" said Xander in a serious tone, the warmth in his voice was completely gone.

"Hm" she answered while shifting her body even more closer to Xander because she suddenly now felt cold.

"Don't ever apologize to me or to anyone for not telling us about the experiments that was conducted on you, don't ever think that I would hate you because I swear to you Katherine that I will never, and don't you dare blame yourself for the horrible things that you went through. Don't doubt yourself and don't doubt my love for you."

His voice was cold and authoritative yet caring at the same time, like an emperor commanding his most loyal warrior to take care of their injuries.

Even though Xander's tone was cold and demanding, Katherine could feel the concern that laced his voice. He was willing to accept her, all of her and he made sure she knows that.

"Okay Xander. I understand, from now on I will try my best to not do that. But you must understand that having self doubt is something that is rooted deep within me ever since I was young because I never felt important or loved, and it only intensified when the BEPBU got me. I can't get rid of it all at once but I'm willing to take it one step at a time."

Xander hugged her tighter and buried his head in the crook of her neck. "I'm fine with baby steps, it's better than no step at all. And as long as you are willing to move then I will be there to take each and every step with you my beloved Katherine." She smiled at his words and then closed her eyes. And with that said, the room fell into a comfortable silence until the loving couple finally fell asleep in each other's arms.

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