Chapter 24. John Boss (Brain Control Enterprises)

My heart wasn't in the code.

It might seem like a strange thing to think, for someone who doesn't know coding as well as I do. But software is just like art to the people who understand it. It requires creativity, a way to look at the problem and see a solution, an elegance in its efficiency and execution. Good code is, I would argue, as artistic as a painting or a famous old book.

Only today my art was crap.

I pushed back from the desk and rubbed my hand across my face. I was having a hard time working on the Morrison project. My mind was elsewhere.

The strangest thing about this morning had been how not strange it had been. Waking up next to McKenzie instead of Barbara felt normal, like this was how things were supposed to be. I'd risen before 6 o'clock, as was becoming the norm, and I listened to my BDE recording. I'd decided to try shifting my daily self-hypnosis to the beginning of the day instead of the end, and I had been rewarded with a surge of energy and rejuvenation that felt almost as good as a fresh cup of coffee. It vitalized me through my run, and I extended the distance today even though I hadn't intended to.

No word from Barbara.

McKenzie seemed to think that she would come around. She acted certain of it, in fact, but I couldn't help but have doubts. My wife was still hung up on the idea of her daughter and her husband being together. Hell, I should have been hung up on it.

As long as I'd been an adult, as long as I'd been aware of things like kinks and fetishes and taboos, "incest" had been a dirty word on the edge of my radar. Only now, it didn't seem so dirty. It seemed rational, a normal reaction to attraction between a father and his stepdaughter. When I tried to consider Barbara's perspective in a rational light, I ran into a mental block that couldn't take her seriously. Like how an atheist might think of God as an outdated fantasy. Or how a city slick would look at a rural farmer and think them quaint.

I am a Man. A Man does what he pleases. A Man takes who he wishes. A Man thinks for himself.

I shook my head and clicked away from my coding IDE. I'd come back to it in a moment, once I'd cleared my head.

I was going to go to my mini fridge and grab a sports drink — McKenzie had convinced me last week to swap out my standard-issue Redbulls for something less heavy on the caffeine and more heavy on the electrolytes — when I saw that I had a new email.

I didn't want to check, on the off chance it was Allison with another outrageous demand, but I gamely sighed and sat back down. Allison wouldn't bother emailing me, anyhow, I decided. If she wanted to retaliate for my outburst yesterday she would strut in here looking distractingly sexualized and do it in person.

I clicked the desktop app and pulled up my work email, scanning the New Mail column.

RE: A Curious Customer.

I stopped short.

My eyes flickered to the door of the office and then back to the computer. It was BDE. They'd finally gotten back to me.

I was strangely nervous, and I pondered it as I slowly pushed back from the desk and fetched a Gatorade from my fridge. Unscrewing the top, I took a long draw of the bright red liquid.

It's nothing to worry about, John, I told myself. But actually interacting with the company who had changed my life so radically... It felt daunting.

I considered the bolded subject line for several long seconds. Then, I quickly moved my mouse across the screen and clicked. There was no fanfare, no jump scare, no anything. Just the normal execution of an everyday function.

My eyes scanned down the email quickly.

RE: A Curious Customer

Dear John,

I am delighted to hear that you have been seeing results. Our products are designed to change lives, but even so they require hard work and dedication on behalf of our customers. It is always a pleasure to speak with someone who is willing to put in that effort. Your success motivates me to continue my work.

Any questions you have about side effects or changes you may be seeing, please send them my way. We spend much of our time and energy in research, development and testing. But there is always the chance that 'in the field' our products encounter circumstances which alter your individual experience.

Sincerest regards,

Oliver King

CEO and Founder, Brain Development Enterprises

Wait... I paused and reread the final byline. CEO? I blinked. It couldn't be... I kept scrolling down and there was a headshot at the end of the email. It was an image of a face I recognized. Mr. Silver Fox. In my surprise, I almost didn't notice the postscript at the very bottom of the letter.

P.S. I am always interested to hear the exploits of men who find our products life changing. Will you have time this week to hop on a video call to tell me your story? I am currently out of the country but will make myself available anytime.

I shook my head and sat back. "Damn..." I muttered softly, then scratched my jaw. "Wow..." I wondered what kind of company let their founder answer routine customer service emails. Was I just lucky? Or did the man truly care that much about his clients that he answered them personally?

I found the idea inspiring.

I rested my fingers on the keyboard, then pulled them back. Suddenly, nervousness swept over me again. I felt like I had just seen a celebrity walk into the restaurant where I was having dinner and was considering asking them for an autograph.

Did I have the courage to respond?

I am a Man. I am the Master of my emotions. I am the Master of my actions.

Of course I have the courage, I told myself firmly. I clicked the backwards-swooping "Reply" arrow.

Dear Mr. King...

Thank you for your personal reply.

I paused, then typed out:

Here are the side effects I have noticed after several weeks of consistent use of both the cologne and recordings:

My sweat seems to have a similar effect to your BDE cologne. Women find the scent irresistible. My voice has also developed a strange, hypnotic ability. When I focus in a certain way, it makes them seemingly unable to disobey my instructions.

I am, of course, not upset by these results. At the same time, I wanted to reach out in case there were more side effects I should be made aware of. I'm sure that my personal experience and experimentation are much less thorough than your own testing and research.

In response to your postscript, I am living in the City. Depending on your time difference, I would be thrilled to talk to you any time in the evening after 6 o'clock — when I get off work.

Thank you again, and I look forward to your reply,

John

I hit Send, and then wondered a second later whether my email sounded insane. Maybe I was an anomaly, an edge case. What if the BDE products really were just meant for self-confidence and I was the 1 in 10 million freak for whom it did something truly weird and extraordinary?

I blew out a breath and shook my head. Well, nothing I could do about it now. If I was insane, Mr. King would just have to deal with it. I snorted. If the man was anything like his ads and recordings indicated, he would be more interested than not in my strange results.

I closed my Email app and clicked back to my coding environment. I took a deep breath, and started to work.

* * *

It was near the end of the day when Allison dropped by my office.

I didn't notice her until I glanced up and realized she was standing in my doorway, watching me thoughtfully. I had no idea how long she'd been there.

I raised my eyebrows. "What's up, Allison?"

She nodded slowly, thoughtfully, then said, "How's the Morrison project coming?"

I'd had a meeting with my team earlier in the afternoon. To my excitement they'd been making amazing progress, even with the new deadline. In the past two weeks, their productivity had skyrocketed and I'd even noticed improvements in the quality of the work they'd been outputting. I felt a glow of pride.

"Excellent," I said with a slight smile. "I can take back the doubts that I had yesterday. We were ahead of schedule, so even with the revised deadline we'll be able to have something ready for you by the end of the week."

I wasn't sure if Allison was disappointed or merely surprised at the news, but her eyebrows rose fractionally and she pursed her red, Cupid's Bow lips. "That's good," she said after a moment, but didn't leave.

I tried to ignore her and get back into the flow of my work, but she stood watching me for another long moment before I looked up again. "Is there something else I can help you with?" I asked.

"I'm not sure," Allison said pensively. She crossed the room on her high heels and I took in today's outfit. She was wearing a tight-fitting white blouse that strained across her ample tits, with a tan pencil skirt that clung to her legs and, I knew, probably looked fantastic on her round ass. A delicate gold chain hung around her throat and dipped distractingly down into the valley of her cleavage.

I glanced away before she could notice where I'd been looking.

My boss circled my desk and gestured at the screen with her chin. "Is this what you've been working on?"

"Yes," I answered, turning back to the screen and scrolling up through today's work.

"What do you have?"

I nodded, half to her and half to myself, focusing, and started to explain. Despite her looks, which might have led people to assume she was just an office ornament, Allison was smart. I still believed she had gotten her promotion because she was better at... well, "office politics" than I was, but she was a more than decent software engineer. Once upon a time, not too long ago, we'd both led teams just like mine. All that to say that she was able to pick up the thread of my explanation easily, asking intelligent questions as she leaned over behind me to see where I pointed out relevant chunks of code.

She was close behind me. I could smell her perfume, something sweet and reminiscent of dessert, and I felt her weight on the back of my leather swivel chair. She took a deep breath and blew it out slowly.

"Hmm..." she muttered softly. She sounded off, somehow, but I didn't think to question it.

Despite my newly-minted confidence, explaining my code had always intimidated me. So I was focused on my explanation rather than the half-murmured sighs she gave as she agreed with my projections and commentary.

After a moment, she pushed herself up, her hand brushing against my back as she stood. "Ahem... well," she muttered, and when I glanced up I saw that her eyebrows were furrowed with concentration and her full mouth was pressed in a hard line. "That's very good." She pressed her skirt down against her thighs and then nodded again. "Very good..." She blinked and then coughed, pushing herself away and walking back around my desk.

I let my gaze slide down her back, from her blonde hair to the rounded hemispheres of her ass as she strutted from the room without looking back. She seemed in a hurry now, like she had somewhere to be. Or like she was trying her hardest to get away from me as quickly as possible.

Does she dislike me that much? I wondered.

It took my puzzled mind several minutes to realize what must have happened. By then, Allison was back in her office at the other end of the floor.

Getting so close to me, Allison had inadvertently caught the scent of my cologne, just like I'd smelled her perfume. It had twisted up into her mind, distracting and confusing her. That was probably why she'd left in such a hurry, because she was feeling strange and didn't know why. The only reason she'd been able to shrug off the effects, I guessed, was that I hadn't given her any instructions or commands.

I leaned back in my chair, tapping one finger thoughtfully against my cheek. I wondered if the cologne had had a similar effect on Allison as it had on Barbara and McKenzie and Adrianna. If it had made her feel all hot and bothered and horny.

The thought of it coiled, hot and hard, in my stomach, and my dick responded. I bit my lip, imagining Allison in the women's bathroom, eyes clenched shut and lips pressed tightly together as she muffled the sounds of her playing with herself, her thoughts devoted to me and my pleasure.

I hadn't thought before about the use of my new influence outside of my home. But now...

My mind's eye summoned up an image of Allison, her blue eyes glazed and blank, her full lips parted in a gasp. Her round tits were on display for me as she knelt between my legs, moaning wantonly while her fingers slid in and out of her drenched pussy.

There are real possibilities here.

I realized I was getting hard, an evident bulge in my slacks that was only hidden by my broad wooden desk. I glanced around guiltily, even though I was in my own office and separated from the other workers.

Time enough to think about that later, I decided. Once my home life had been dealt with.

As I walked out around 5 o'clock, I glanced back and noticed that Allison was watching me through the glass walls of her new office. There was something in her expression as she glanced away, and it sent a cold little shiver down my back. Not fear or worry, but a slight concern. Something wasn't right... I just didn't have the mental bandwidth to puzzle it out.

If only I had, I would have been less surprised when things turned out the way they did.

* * *

McKenzie greeted me at home in loungewear, a pair of loose shorts that left bare miles of tan thigh and an oversized dress shirt belonging to yours truly. It had only been half buttoned, exposing a glimpse of her flat stomach and the upper swell of her perky breasts. Her hair was dark with moisture, which made me think she had showered recently.

"What did you get up to today, Kenz?" I put my keys in the bowl and the briefcase containing my laptop and some pads of legal paper on the floor. I opened my arms and smiled.

My stepdaughter grinned back and strode happily into them.

"Mmm, Daddy..." she murmured into my chest, taking in a long breath. She relaxed in my arms, and I could tell that she had gotten a good lungful of my potent cologne.

"I missed you," she said softly, then glanced up into my face. "That's what I got up to." Her hazel eyes sparkled mischievously and her hands moved softly against my sides. She winked and her hands slid lower.

I groaned softly as she stroked up my thighs, her breath on my neck. "Anything else?" I muttered, smiling.

"I got my workout in," she said, her fingers gently stroking across the growing bulge behind my zipper.

"Uh-huh..."

"And I planned a little surprise for you."

I raised my eyebrows, then gasped softly as she undid my belt and zipper, her fingers sliding down beneath the fabric. "What... oh... what's the surprise?"

She kissed my throat, the scent of her shampoo drifting up into my nose. Her eyes had a sheen I now recognized, a sign that her will was leaving her, her body reacting primally to the scent of her Man. "It wouldn't be much of a surprise if I told you, would it?" Her tongue came out to wet her lips, and my length hardened against her palm through the fabric of my boxers.

I swallowed, my throat suddenly dry as lust rose in my chest. "Mmm... Yeah," I said, my thoughts jumbling. "That, ahh... makes sense."

"You don't have any other plans tonight, I hope?" she asked, gracefully sliding down to her knees.

My hand fell instinctively onto her head, tangling in her damp hair. Her chestnut locks were soft between my fingers. "No..." My cock sprang free as she slowly tugged down my pants and underwear, her breath warm on the sensitive skin. My balls ached, and I realized that I'd been getting worked up at the office, thinking about what I would do to Allison if I wasn't worried about sexual harassment charges.

"Good," she murmured, her hand curling around my girth and gently sliding the head of my manhood across her cheek.

I groaned, her teasing winding me up.

My stepdaughter's lips brushed over the tip of my length, her tongue flicking and catching a bead of precum. She shivered, lashes fluttering at the taste. She drew back, stroking slowly as her gaze fixated on my cock.

My free hand fell back against the entryway table for support. "God you're so fucking hot..." I muttered. I could feel it rising through my belly, unclenching, the lust that had been building ever since I saw Allison in that tight blouse and pencil skirt. Ever since I'd realized that the power I wielded at home could be transformed into power at work.

"Thank you, Daddy..." McKenzie whispered, her voice gentle and slow. Her mouth gently kissed down my shaft and back up, her hazel gaze cloudy.

Then she leaned forward and took me between her pillowy lips.

I groaned again, her hot, wet mouth perfect around my throbbing cock. Fuck...

The teen slowly lowered her head between my legs and then back up, still teasing me even though inch after inch of my pulsing length was disappearing into her tight throat.

My fingers curled in her hair. I was going to take control, to fuck that pretty little face, to use that mouth like—

The doorbell rang, loud and close, and my head jerked up in surprise.

"What the hell?" I gasped, stepping back and away from my stepdaughter, a line of her saliva swinging free from her pink lips.

At my feet, McKenzie blinked and her eyes suddenly cleared, her face as shocked as mine. She shook her head, glancing between me and the door. "Are you expecting—?"

"No," I said swiftly, wondering if a random delivery by the mailman had interrupted the post-office blowjob I so evidently needed. "You?"

My stepdaughter shook her head again and swiftly stood, her hand rising to wipe moisture from her cheek.

I fumbled with my throbbing manhood, stumbling as I leaned down and tugged at my pants. My belt clinked and I forced myself back into my boxers.

The doorbell rang a second time, then there were several firm knocks at the door.

I took a long, slow breath, trying to calm myself. My aching length pressed hard against my slacks and I clenched and released several fists before glancing back to the door.

McKenzie suppressed a giggle now as her eyes flickered from my face to my crotch and back up. "I'll get the door," she said cheerily, biting her lip as a smile curled across her mouth.

"Don't you—" I started to say, but she was already striding forward and reaching for the nob.

I swore softly and stepped behind the entry table, hoping the frail barrier would hide my obvious arousal as she pulled the door open.

I blinked. It wasn't a mailman. In fact, it wasn't someone I recognized. Standing in the doorway with his hand raised to knock once again was a tall teenager around McKenzie's age, his sandy blonde hair swept sideways in a Bieber-ish manner and his face furrowed in concentrated calm.

"McKenzie?" he asked in surprise, his eyes widening and glancing nervously between her and me. His eyebrows furrowed as he saw me, evidently not knowing who I was.

I could see my stepdaughter's shoulders tighten. Then, an instant before she spoke, I realized who this must be. "Lucas," she said. "What are you doing here?"

McKenzie's ex jerked his head back to look her in the face, and I saw his eyes give her an up and down. He took in her loungewear and the dress shirt that obviously belonged to a man. "Hi..." he said numbly, and I saw his feet shuffle in a sudden, awkward manner. "Can we... um..." his eyes slid back at me. "Can we talk?"

My stepdaughter glanced over her shoulder as though checking for my approval, but I was caught off guard. I shrugged helplessly, hoping against hope that my pulsing erection was hidden.

This was awkward.

McKenzie took a deep breath, then nodded, blowing out the air. She jerked her head. "On the porch," she muttered. She didn't close the door as she followed him across the wooden deck, where I saw him turn and lean on the railing.

She stood several feet away, leaning as well, and I was grateful she'd managed to get them both facing away from me. I glanced down, realized my fly was undone, and zipped it up quickly. Close call.

"Who's that?" I heard the suppressed frustration and half-formed accusation in Lucas's voice.

"Lucas..." McKenzie's voice sounded almost gentle. "Why are you here?"

"Because I needed to talk to you!" His tone was low but emphatic. "You've been ignoring me, you blocked my number, and I have no idea why! I even texted your mom, but she didn't have any idea what was going on. She said that I would have to talk to you to figure it out."

I frowned, slightly. Thanks, Barb, I thought, realizing that my wife had inadvertently interrupted my sexcapades with her daughter. She would probably be pleased to know it, I thought.

I wondered for a moment, what I should be doing in this situation. Did I leave? Did I stay? Did I go out and join them? Bountiful confidence aside, it wasn't like I knew the answers to all awkward situations. I decided to wait a minute, to see if McKenzie needed my help. Lucas didn't seem like he was going to try something, he looked more nervous than anything, but you could never tell with teenage boys amped up on hormones.

"I broke up with you," McKenzie said slowly, and I could hear the struggle in her voice. I could only see half of her through the doorway as she shifted uncomfortably against the railing. I tried to ignore how good her ass looked in those shorts. "I'm sorry, but I did. I know I was rude about it, but..." she hesitated. "A lot has been going on, and I needed some space."

Lucas glanced over his shoulder at me, then back at her. The glimpse I caught of his face was a frown of confusion and upset. "Is this him?" he asked. "Is this the more mature guy you told your friends about?"

McKenzie snorted. "That's my stepdad, goofus," she shook her head and laughed, teasing him gently, trying to ease the tension. "You never got a chance to meet him. He works a lot."

Huh, I thought. I wondered whether that was the real reason. Or maybe I just hadn't been important enough to McKenzie's life to merit an introduction. I could tell Lucas was still suspicious, but her reassurance was evidently enough. I almost chuckled softly. The idea of her being with me was so taboo that it was actually a valid deflection.

"Then who is it? Is it someone I know? Why did you ignore me for more than a week?" Lucas's voice trembled with emotion, and I knew that he was building up to an outbreak of sadness. I eyed him up and down from behind. He looked fit, probably an athlete of some kind. He was wearing a pair of jeans that looked worn in but might have been bought that way. His tee shirt had album art on the back and the name of a band I didn't recognize.

Teen drama, I thought, glad I didn't have to deal with it anymore.

McKenzie shrugged. "It's not any of your business anymore, Lucas," she muttered. "I'm sorry..." I could tell she felt helpless, like she didn't want to hurt the guy's feelings anymore but didn't know how to get rid of him.

As I realized it, I felt a surge of protectiveness well up inside of me. My inner Alpha Male had decided it was time for the Man of the House to step in.

"Lucas, right?" I said, drawing both of their attention back to the doorway. Mercifully, my arousal had drained away as I had watched their interaction, and I strode onto the deck erection-free. I held out my hand for a shake, making him turn around and instinctively hold out his own in reply.

I shook it firmly. "I'm John," I told the teenager. "Like Kenz said, I'm her stepfather."

"Nice to meet you, sir," he mumbled, glancing away from my eyes.

I was standing a little to the side, between him and McKenzie, so the three of us made a rough triangle on the deck. "I want to tell you, Lucas," I continued, "that McKenzie is telling you the truth. I wouldn't say anything but it's obvious you have a lot of feelings for my daughter." The words flowed smoothly from my lips, in a tone that was somewhere between reassuring and stern. "There's been a lot of drama here at home and McKenzie got caught up in it." I'm only a little taller than average, but he was a little shorter than average, so I had to bend closer to look into his eyes. "She's sorry that she was so insensitive about your breakup. She was just telling me yesterday how bad she felt about treating you so poorly."

Lucas glanced at McKenzie and she nodded, trying to look like a torn-up teenage girl. It wasn't that hard. McKenzie, as I knew, could be a caring and sensitive person. She hadn't handled her breakup well, and she did feel remorseful. But I wasn't going to let Lucas get in the way of things moving forward.

"That said," and I let my hand drop on Lucas's shoulder.

He jerked at the contact and looked up into my face.

"I think it's best if you go now and let her be."

The teenager swallowed, his eyes dropping once again away from mine and to my shirtfront. He seemed indecisive for a second, like he was ready to leave, but suddenly his eyes sharpened.

He'd noticed something.

Lucas shifted back, leaning against the railing and glancing between me and McKenzie. "Is that his shirt?" he asked, staring hard at my stepdaughter.

McKenzie looked confused for a second, then glanced down. The dress shirt I wore was obviously the same style and brand as the one she had thrown on. It was impossible for her to hide the guilty look that flashed across her face. She tried to cover it up, words stumbling as she said, "Yeah, but—"

Her ex's body tensed and his head snapped back to me. "It is you!"

I frowned, not saying anything, but the teenager babbled on, his eyes widening.

"It all makes sense! The mature older guy, the problems at home..."

"Lucas—" she tried to say.

"You're screwing your stepdad!" I couldn't have said what pushed him over the edge. Maybe it was the thought of losing his girlfriend, maybe it was the simmering resentment he'd been harboring towards the man McKenzie had supposedly broken up with him over, or maybe it was just the testosterone roaring through his system looking for a fight.

"Leave her be." I had had just about enough of the judgement, but I would have been willing to let it go. Except that when I spoke, Lucas's face screwed up vengefully and he decided that then was the best moment to take a swing at me.

One of his hands curled into a fist and he pushed himself off the railing with the other. The fist swung up at me in a hard, looping punch. And then, in the instant before he knocked me back, something even more surprising happened.

My body responded, my arm rising to deflect the blow sideways so it collided with my meaty shoulder and not my exposed jaw. My other arm moved as well, shooting forward as my hand clamped down on his shirt front. I grunted at the pain of his blow but I wasn't really thinking about it. Something else was controlling me, the inner Alpha Male who had made the executive decision that now was the time to protect his household.

Lucas's eyes bugged out and his mouth parted in a strangled gasp of surprise as I spun and threw him back against the house. His breath flew out of his body in a whoomph of air and he gaped, breathless as I took a single stride toward him.

My own fist cocked back and then powered forward.

Wham!

Lucas flinched, his eyes snapping closed, as my knuckles slammed into the wood an inch from his ear.

McKenzie had barely had time to gasp in shock and spring forward, her hands on my shoulders as she tried to pull me back. "Don't hurt him!" she cried softly, tugging at me.

But I wasn't hurting him. Just warning him.

"Get out of here, boy." My voice had the resonant timbre that it got when I was channeling my deep, primal ability to command. "You are done with my family."

I released Lucas's shirt and he stumbled past me on trembling legs. I stepped aside to let him go.

He shot one, terrified, look over his shoulder as he tripped down the stairs, and then he was heading for the silver Mercedes parked on the curb. He fumbled in his pocket for his keys. Then, without looking back, the engine roared to life and he whipped away at speed.

McKenzie watched mutely as I shook my hand, time seeming to click back into place and the pain of my hand making itself known as a throbbing ache across my knuckles.

"Ow," I said dully.

My stepdaughter glanced from where she'd watched her ex-boyfriend's car spin around the corner and into my face. She was still stunned. "What did you...?" she mumbled.

I shook my head. "I didn't hurt him," I said, sounding more confident then I felt. My own head was spinning as well, my brain confused at what my body had just done. "I could tell he wasn't going to let you go easily, no matter how nice you were. And then he decided to try and come after me..." I trailed off and shrugged. "I had to take care of business."

McKenzie sagged down into the rocking chair, which rolled back and forth several times. "I've never seen that side of you before..." she said quietly. When her eyes looked up at me, there was a mixture of confusion and awe in her hazel gaze. "I didn't know you could be so..." She hesitated, looking for the right word. "Aggressive."

My eyebrows jerked upward. "You're not mad?" I asked mildly. "You seemed a little upset when you thought I was going to hurt him."

My stepdaughter swallowed. "Alright," she nodded. "So maybe you were a bit intense..." The tightness around her mouth eased and her lips twitched into a little smile. "But you were in control the whole time. I know that now."

I nodded, not letting the confusion show in my face. The truth was, I hadn't been in control. But some part of me had, and that part of me had saved me from being sucker punched by an angry, upset teenager.

Just another question to ask Mr. Silver Fox when I get him on the phone, I thought.

I blew out a breath and shook my head. "So..." I said, trying to smile and glancing down at my reddening knuckles. "Can we get inside and take care of my hand?"

McKenzie nodded, her expression clearing. "We'll get you some frozen peas or something." She bit her lip, then glanced up at me again as she walked past. She put her hand on my arm. "I'm sorry you had to deal with that, Dad," she said. "Thank you for taking care of me."

I nodded. "Of course, angel."

She smiled and walked into the house.

It didn't strike me until a moment later, as I followed, that she'd called me 'Dad.' Not 'John,' which was how she'd referred to me when her mother was around. Not 'Daddy,' which she used when she was feeling frisky and teasing and sexy. Just 'Dad.' I wondered what it meant as I followed her into the house.

I smiled, watching her taut ass sway back and forth as she led the way toward the kitchen. I think I liked it.

* * *

The next time the doorbell rang, I started up on the couch. I'd been dozing, lounging with my head in McKenzie's lap while she read a book, but my daughter just gave me a mysterious smirk and shook her head.

"Nothing to worry about, Daddy," she told me. "Just that surprise I was telling you about."

I watched her bounce playfully up from the cushions and head for the front door, wondering. I heard the door open and there was a soft, excited giggling. Then, some more muffled sounds in the entryway.

"All good, sweetheart?" I called softly.

"Close your eyes, Daddy," McKenzie called back, her voice teasing.

I sighed, sitting up. I had changed from my work clothes into a more relaxed outfit. I used to wear sweats and ragged old tees around the house, but at some point McKenzie had gone shopping and gotten me several pairs of sleek, comfortable lounge pants. They clung to my legs and hips in the right ways, making me feel stylish even when I was being lazy. Maybe, once I was in better shape, I might go shirtless around the house. But, for now, I was still wearing an old tee shirt that hung loose from my shoulders and over my diminishing belly.

I closed my eyes. "Alright!" I said loudly. "They're closed."

I heard giggling. Then, the sounds of feet coming in from the entry. They came to a stop in front of the couch.

"Alright, Daddy," McKenzie murmured. "Open..."

I opened my eyes. Then blinked, stunned. My body reacted immediately, my cock starting to swell.

McKenzie stood in front of me. But she wasn't alone. Adrianna was here as well. And both of them were totally, fantastically naked.

They stood next to each other, my stepdaughter's tanned figure next to the busty Latina's darker caramel skin. Their eyes, hazel and green, were on me expectantly, teasingly, hungrily.

"Surprise," Adrianna said softly, the gorgeous 20-year-old's full lips turning up in a smirk. "Happy to see me?"

I blinked again and nodded mutely.

McKenzie bit her lip, eyes shining. "I know how stressed out you've been, Daddy," she murmured, sidling behind Adrianna and letting her fingers trail across her friend's shoulders. The Latina sighed and her lashes fluttered at my stepdaughter's touch. "I thought that together, the two of us," she reached around and her hands came up to cup Adrianna's big, round tits. "We might be able to help." She squeezed gently, her fingers sinking into the darker girl's breasts, and the Latina moaned gently, her lips parting.

My body felt electrified by the sudden sight, the two gorgeous babes making me forget the troubles that were plaguing me. Allison's confrontational behavior at work, Lucas's ill-timed arrival and even Barbara's departure the previous night were all wiped from my mind.

I wanted these two. Now. And I would have them.

I am the Man of the House. I am the Master of the House. The Master deserves to be served. The Master deserves to be pleasured.

"Yes..." I muttered, my eyes roaming over their gorgeous bodies. I could see that both of them were already glistening with arousal, their inner thighs wet with dripping desire. Just the thought of serving me was turning them on like nothing else.

One of McKenzie's hands slid down Adrianna's stomach, her other continuing to gently knead and massage her friend's breasts. "And I thought," she added in a husky, sexy murmur, "that you might like to have a little show before we start."

Her fingers slid between Adrianna's thighs and the Latina moaned, head falling back onto McKenzie's shoulder as the younger girl gently began to play with her clit.

"Ohmygod..." the busty 20-year-old groaned, her own hands moving. One of them slid under McKenzie's and gently inserted a finger into her own, dripping snatch, the other covering her free breast and tugging, twisting her brown nipple. "Please say yes, Master... Your slutty little stepdaughter is turning me on so much..."

My eyes were round as saucers and my dick was straining against the cloth of my lounge pants. "Yes..." My reply was its own hoarse whisper.

"Yesss..." Adrianna moaned, her body beginning to move slowly, sensually, her hips moving in time with a silent music as my stepdaughter played with her for my pleasure.

"Yes," McKenzie murmured in her ear, her teeth gently catching at the Latina's earlobe. "Show my Daddy what a horny slut you are for him... Show him how turned on you get when he watches you... Show him what you wish he would do to you..."

Her green eyes glittering with an inner fire, Adrianna spread her legs further apart, her body still grinding back against McKenzie's naked figure. A second finger joined her first, vanishing as it slid in and out of her tight cunt.

I was hard as steel now but I was stuck in place, almost unable to move, entranced by the sight before me.

My stepdaughter's gaze was on me now, her tongue darting out to wet her pink lips as she played with her friend's body, a private show for my eyes only. "Do you like what you see, Daddy?" she asked.

I nodded and felt my hands move almost of their own accord, tugging at the hem of my tee shirt and pulling it over my head.

"Oh, no, Daddy..." McKenzie murmured, a smile turning up her mouth. "I don't want you to do anything..." Her lips brushed close to Adrianna's ear. "Open your eyes, lover... Do you see your Master?"

Adrianna's green orbs fluttered open, glazed and lustful. They locked onto me. "Yes..." she moaned, her fingers moving slowly in and out.

"And you can see that he wants you, can't you?"

"Yes..." Her eyes fixated on the bulge between my legs.

"I think you should do something about that..."

Adrianna nodded helplessly, overcome with wanton arousal, her body sliding away from McKenzie's grip as my teenage stepdaughter stepped back and watched.

"Crawl," McKenzie murmured. "Like a good little slave..."

Her friend fell to her hands and knees, eyes still locked on my straining erection, obeying the younger woman's instructions without question, her round ass up in the air, swaying back and forth as she crawled slowly toward me.

Behind her, McKenzie approached me from the other side, sidling around the back of the couch. "Close your eyes again, Daddy..." she whispered, her fingertips trailing over the back of the sofa and then across my bare shoulders. Her head dipped and her breath brushed across my bare skin. "And let us take all your stresses and worries away..."

I closed my eyes, felt my stepdaughter's fingers slowly sink into my shoulders, releasing tension that I hadn't even noticed in the thick muscles. "Good, Daddy..." McKenzie's voice was hot and full of promise. "Now, will you let your slave suck your big, thick cock?"

I nodded silently, relaxing into the sensations.

I felt Adrianna crawl between my legs, gently tugging at the waistband of my lounge pants. I pushed off the couch, just an inch or two, to allow her to pull my pants and boxers down and away, felt my straining manhood stand straight up like a flagpole.

"Now," and I could tell McKenzie's words were directed at her horny, lusting friend. "Suck your Master's cock..."

I groaned softly as the curvy Latina obeyed, felt her full lips wrap around the head and then slide slowly into her mouth. Her tongue circled the sensitive tip, teasing me, moaning as she tasted the precum that was dripping down my skin.

She took me deeper, and I felt her long, black hair brush against my legs, a strangely erotic sensation. I could feel the head of my length reach the entrance to her throat and then the tight confines beyond, hot and constricting pleasurably around me. One of her hands reached up to fondle my balls, gently squeezing and playing with them in her slim fingers. I'd never had a blowjob like this before, with my eyes closed and my whole body assaulted by sensations.

I loved it.

Suddenly, I felt McKenzie's hands leave my shoulders, and then I felt the sofa shift as her weight joined me on the cushions.

"Eyes still closed, Daddy..." she murmured, and her lips brushed softy over both of my eyelids before lowering to my mouth. She threw one leg across my lap and straddled me, up on her knees, Adrianna's head continuing to bob up and down beneath her.

My hands slid up my stepdaughter's smooth thighs and rested on her hips as I kissed her hungrily, pulling her into me and feeling her bare breasts flattening against my chest. Her nipples were hard against my skin, her arousal buzzing through her body. I could feel the tension in the room, the electric desire flowing like a tangible force, pulling the three of us together. Closer and closer and closer together.

My cock throbbed in Adrianna's mouth, aching for release, but I wasn't ready just yet. I still had to take the reins of pleasure.

I slipped my fingers down McKenzie's thigh. Even with my eyes closed I knew her body so well that I didn't hesitate as I brushed my fingers across her clit.

My stepdaughter shuddered at the contact, moaning and kissing me harder. Her tongue slipped between her lips and into my mouth, dancing with mine. I kissed back, my fingers descending lower, across her slick entrance and then sliding inside of her.

I felt her sigh and tighten around me, her inner muscles clamping down around the digit. I grinned into the kiss, pulled back my finger, and then slid two in together.

McKenzie moaned, and between my legs I felt a matching moan from Adrianna vibrate up through my throbbing length. I began to finger fuck my stepdaughter as her friend blew me, moving in time with the Latina's lips as her mouth bobbed up and down on my pulsing shaft.

"Yesss, Daddy..." McKenzie hissed, breaking free of the kiss as her head fell forward. Her hair brushed across my chest, across my bare skin. "Ohmygodyesss..."

I shifted my hips and pushed deeper into Adrianna's mouth, feeling the Latina's cheeks hollow around me as she sucked. Her lips were soft and perfect around my shaft, wanton and willing.

But I wanted more. "I want to fuck you," I whispered in my stepdaughter's ear, and I felt her writhe against me with pleasure at my words. "I want you to ride my cock... I want to make you cum all over me..."

Adrianna evidently heard my words and she pulled back, her lips sealing around the mushroom head of my length and sucking gently.

I moaned softly as she released me from her mouth, then felt her hands on my shaft, moving me into position. "Ready?" I groaned, and felt McKenzie's weight shift back over my lap. I felt her slick entrance part around me, felt the heat rolling out over my manhood like a furnace.

"Yes, Daddy..." she murmured, and the imagined image of my sexy stepdaughter waiting for my cock, eyes wide and innocent, was almost too much to handle.

"Good," I grunted. Then I thrust upward, the backs of my legs leaving the couch as I powered into my stepdaughter's tight pussy.

Fuck... With my eyes closed, it was like all of my senses were focused around my dick, the clenching inner walls of McKenzie's snatch, the heat of her desire and arousal, the slick wetness of her desire making me slide deeper and deeper into her core.

She gasped as I entered her, then gasped again and moaned as I pulled back and filled her up again. She began to ride me, and I felt her round, perky breasts fall against my face. She leaned forward and I felt her weight shift again as she used one hand to steady herself on the back of the couch.

"Suck my tits, Daddy..." she murmured, and I felt one of her hard nipples press against my parted lips.

I closed my mouth around it and sucked, my tongue swirling across the tight pleasure nub.

"Ohfuckyesss..." My stepdaughter writhed as I pounded inside of her lithe, teenage body, riding my shaft as we began to move in tandem. She knew me well, knew my rhythm, and even with my eyes closed the vision in front of me was breathtaking.

I could smell her conditioner, coconut and vanilla, as her hair swept across my throat. I could hear her soft moans and gasps with every thrust, every time I plunged up inside of her. Her skin was hot beneath my fingers, my hands tightening on her slim hips and then circling around to squeeze her bouncing ass.

"Yesss..." Adrianna's voice this time, and I could tell the gorgeous Latina was playing with herself, getting off watching her Master fuck her friend.

McKenzie's body clenched around me, almost too tight, her body unable to handle the sensations assaulting her. "Ohmygod Daddy..." she gasped. "I'm gonna cum..."

I didn't slow, filling her up so full I felt my cock press against her deepest walls. Then pulling back and doing it again. And again.

My stepdaughter collapsed forward, her head in my shoulder as she came, crying out. "Yes yes yesss!" Her voice was in my ear and my eyes flew open, the light dazzling my eyes. My cock was held tight in her pussy, her inner muscles milking me for all they were worth, but I still had another prize to take.

"Off you get," I grunted, and McKenzie slowly slid sideways, lifting one of her legs and allowing me to slide free of her body before she fell sideways into the cushions, her body shivering with the aftershocks of pleasure. I saw one slim hand tighten and then relax in the cushions and she sighed, lashes fluttering with bliss.

Then, my own gaze fastened on Adrianna.

The caramel-skinned goddess knelt at my feet, one hand buried between her thighs while her lust-glazed green eyes met mine.

"Do you want me?" I growled, my voice low and commanding. It almost wasn't a question.

"Yes, Master," she gasped, her lips parted.

"Good." I shoved the coffee table out of the way with one foot, magazines and McKenzie's book scattering. Pushing off the sofa I knelt in front of Adrianna and my hands went to her shoulders. I stared into her eyes, knowing what she wanted.

"Please, Master..." she whispered, eyes flickering to my swaying length between my thighs.

"Obey..." The word spun through the air and struck her with almost visible force, her head swaying back and her eyes going instantly blank. There was no resistance, no will, no desire to do anything but accept my command.

"Yes, Master..." the busty Latina murmured, her lips curling in the slightest of smiles as her will to resist drifted from her mind.

"Good girl..." I murmured, and then my hands were on her shoulders and I was bearing her down onto the rug. Her round tits bounced as she fell and I lowered my head, fastening on one brown nipple.

Adrianna gasped, spreading her legs as I took myself by the base of my length and lined up with her hot, drenched entrance. "Please, Master..."

"You're mine..." I grunted as I slid inside of her, her tight snatch the same and yet different from my stepdaughter's.

"Yes..." The gorgeous Latina moaned softly. "Yours..." She wanted this. Wanted to be taken. Wanted to be ordered around and told how to be, who to be. For me.

"Your body is mine..."

"Yesss..." I felt her spasm with pleasure. "My body is yours..."

"Your mind is mine..."

"My mind is yours..."

"You have no will..." I pistoned inside of her, my legs and ass clenching as I moved, my balls slapping against her skin.

"No will..." she agreed, green eyes vacant and staring into nothing.

"You'll fuck me whenever I want..."

"Whenever you want..."

"You'll fuck McKenzie whenever I want..."

"Yesss..." The idea lit up the pleasure centers of her brain, making her writhe beneath me. "I'll fuck McKenzie whenever you want..."

"You'll fuck anyone I please..."

She groaned and her back arched, offering her body up to me as I pounded into her core. "Anyone you please, Master..."

"All you want is to obey..."

"All I want is to..." Her breath was coming faster now, shorter, her hips moving up to meet my every thrust.

"All you want is to obey."

"Obey!" she cried out, her arms coming up to grip my sides as she came, her fingers tight and raking across my back.

I came as well, burying myself to the hilt in her tight body, my cock twitching and pulsing and erupting. Sticky white seed spurted from the tip of my length and deep into her womb, splashing across her inner walls as I groaned and my arms tensed and trembled, holding me up. I collapsed and rolled off of her, my vision hazy for a moment as pleasure washed over me, wave after wave. "Fuck..." I groaned, my body feeling wrung out. I felt my cock wilting onto my stomach, the last few spurts of cum landing on my belly.

I was too tired to care, too blurred with blissful warmth and heat and relaxation. "Wow..." My chest gently slowed down, my heartbeat easing into a more comfortable rhythm. "Wow."

"Adrianna..." McKenzie purred, rolling from the couch onto her hands and knees. She gently crawled between us and kissed her friend's cheek. "Feeling good?"

The Latina beauty blinked and her eyes cleared, then a happy smile spread across her full mouth. "Ohmygod..." she breathed. "So good..."

My stepdaughter's hazel eyes turned to me. "Feeling good?" she repeated.

I grinned. "So good," I agreed.

The teenager nodded contentedly. "A good surprise then," she murmured.

I reached out and she snuggled against my chest, kissing me on the cheek and the tip of the nose and the lips. "A very good surprise."

We lay sprawled on the rug for a timeless moment that seemed to pass ever so slowly, our bodies full of relaxed, happy bliss. And for that long, drawn-out second it seemed like everything would work out for the best.