Pursing her lips slightly, Rose held Rolf’s eyes for a long moment. Then she licked her lips and tilted her head, as if in question. “So right now, I’m not plotting how to get you to let me undress you later?” she asked, her eyes still on his, though the innocence in them were slowly fading away.
Rose shifted her leg ever so slightly to give Rolf more room. On evenings like this, she still marvelled about him: In many ways he was so gentle, so innocent, almost naïve, but she also knew that he had a very different side; the fierce side that would fight to protect those he loved and what he believed in. She had seen the brutality when he fought, the determination to get back on his feet, and she had seen the almost predatory look on his face just moments before he pounced on her, either during training or right before sex. Gods, but she loved this man so much! “I do?” she asked, for once genuinely caught by surprise as she reached up and pulled a lock of her hair forward so she could see for herself. He was right; she did have green sparkles in her hair. “I do!” she trilled with a grin, laughing as she looked first down herself, then up at Rolf. “I wonder if the carpet matches the drapes…”