The smile on your face lets me know that you need me, there's a truth in your eyes saying you'll never leave me

Mary could admit it- she was a little nervous about tonight.

Nick was coming back after a date with Augmented Synthetic Humanoid Assassin.

Last time, his date with Augmented Synthetic Humanoid Assassin had gone well, and gotten her nice and worked-up, and as a result, they had basically ignored her dinner and started fucking before she even had time to bring out her food.

She didn’t want that to happen! Not this time! So she started cooking extra early. Those two would have a nice meal together if it killed her!

…Which it very well might have, if not for the protective barrier Dakota established that prevented **** from happening.

Hopefully it wouldn’t come to that, though.

“Are you sure this is a good idea?” Holly rolled her eyes as she watched the potatoes boil. “I mean, Augmented Synthetic Humanoid Assassin just got another transformation that’s designed to make her horny… I think that if you try and push it too far, well…”

She shrugged.

Mary sighed. “I know what you’re trying to do,” she griped. “You just want to see Nick and Augmented Synthetic Humanoid Assassin rip each other’s clothes off!”

Holly grinned from ear to ear. “And you don’t?”

“No!” Mary’s mouth twisted into a frown as her cheeks reddened. She could admit that, yes, a part of her found the idea very tantalizing. But she wasn’t going to let that get to her. She was concerned with Nick’s health and wellbeing first and foremost, after all. “They should take time to rest and forge a strong and deep emotional connection! Holly, you know full well that true love is about the bonds you share with others!”

Holly looked a little guilty. For about a microsecond. “You don’t think that they have a real bond together?” She asked stubbornly.

Mary wasn’t going to let that get to her. “I do think they do,” she said pointedly. “But it would be stronger if they didn’t just let their physical desires get the better of each other! …At least not until they have a full stomach.”

“Ah. So you’re just upset that last time they chose to fuck each other’s brains out on the floor before dinner was even served. That they had a taste of each other before they had a taste of your delicious cooking. That he had her pie, before he had your-” Holly cackled.

“Watch your tongue!” Mary snapped, placing her hands on her hips and puffing up her cheeks. “Holly!”

Holly was too busy giggling her butt off to pay attention to her friend.

Mary sighed and went back to check on the steaks. Thankfully she knew how Nick liked his, and as for Augmented Synthetic Humanoid Assassin, well, she figured that the trained killer would be fine with a little bit of blood (maybe even prefer it) so she left hers rare.

Dinner was just about ready to go when the couple came sauntering into the room. And just as Mary suspected, Augmented Synthetic Humanoid Assassin was all over her husband, clinging to him like a barnacle and pressing her breasts into his side as she wrapped around his arm, nuzzling into his cheek like a pig sniffing for truffles.

“Ahem!” She loudly cleared her throat as Augmented Synthetic Humanoid Assassin was pulling Nick towards the bed, drawing the assassin’s attention. She looked up at Mary and frowned, clearly not happy that she was being distracted.

“Oh, M-Mary,” Nick stammered. “Hey, uh… Augmented Synthetic Humanoid Assassin and I, we’re back, so…”

“Yes, I can see that,” Mary said, crossing her arms over her chest. “And were you two planning to sneak away to bed without even having a bite to eat.”

“No! Of course not!” Nick awkwardly protested. “…Well, I mean… I’ve been kind of putting it off all day, so… we were planning to just get a quickie in… I mean…”

Nick knew how much his wife hated being lied to, so he was trying to be as honest as possible. But it was hard to sort his thoughts when even he hadn’t been sure how things would go once they got back into the Master’s Suite.

As for Augmented Synthetic Humanoid Assassin, she clearly just wanted Mary to go away and stop being annoying.

“You two can have all the intercourse you choose, after dinner,” Mary said, firmly putting her foot down. “This time, I’m going to have you share a nice meal together. After that, if you want to, well… get involved, I won’t try to interfere. Alright?”

Augmented Synthetic Humanoid Assassin didn’t look happy about that option. She puffed up her cheeks and scowled, and crossed her arms over her chest.

Nick winced, and gave her a sheepish smile. “Well, uh… I know it’s a bit much, but… are you okay with that?” He asked. “Mary’s food really is pretty good.”

With a silent sigh on her lips, Augmented Synthetic Humanoid Assassin turned and looked up at Nick, doing a good impression of a wounded puppy. It made him wince. After all, he’d been putting off the two of them for so long, making her wait even longer, that would be…

…

…Actually, that would be kind of fair.

“Okay, we’ll do it,” Nick said, a little more firmly. Augmented Synthetic Humanoid Assassin’s mouth fell open, and she gave Nick a look like she had been stabbed in the back.

Nick shrugged. “What? It’s just dinner. And Mary worked really hard on it! And besides- if you wanted to do more together, why did you leave me the way you did in the changing room, hmm?”

Yep, he wasn’t to blame for this. Augmented Synthetic Humanoid Assassin had her chance to get him where she wanted him, and she hadn’t taken it. She’d preferred to tease him instead? Well, two could play at that game, then.

So even as he felt her glare burning two holes in him, he thought that fair was fair.

“Don’t worry, after dinner, I’m all yours,” Nick promised. He could use a good meal to get his strength back up, anyway.

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“Nice to see you’re enjoying my cooking, after having to be dragged kicking and screaming to the dinner table,” Mary said sarcastically as she looked down at the small pool of blood that was all that remained of Augmented Synthetic Humanoid Assassin’s steak and potatoes. She’d even devoured the cup of green beans and carrot slices on the side, which neither Mary nor Holly had predicted.

“She’s like a human vacuum cleaner,” Holly murmured under her breath. “Maybe Dyson was one of the companies involved in her creation.”

Augmented Synthetic Humanoid Assassin leaned back in her chair with a satisfied grin on her face. She patted her stomach tenderly, basking in resplendent repose.

“…So why is she wearing a bathing suit?” Holly asked cheekily now that they’d finished their food. She was dying to know. “Does that have something to do with this ‘changing room’ I’ve been hearing so much about? Hmm?”

Mary glanced at Holly, giving her a warning look. Holly looked back at her with a playful expression of her own, and sparks began to fly between the two of them. They were engaged in a secret war over how Nick would be spending his time tonight, and Mary had the upper hand for the moment.

Augmented Synthetic Humanoid Assassin was clearly on Holly’s side, though; once her enhanced metabolism finished digesting the food, she was already up and ready to go, eyeing up Nick with the same hungry gleam in her eyes that she’d had when Mary gave her that steak.

Nick didn’t mind. He was happy to keep his word now that they’d shared another nice meal. Even Mary couldn’t be upset with this turn of events; Augmented Synthetic Humanoid Assassin had been utterly delighted with everything she’d made, and had silently requested seconds and thirds and fourths.

“I’m so glad you’re a fan of my cooking!” Mary gushed, fawning over the assassin a little. “There’s nothing better than cooking food for someone who really appreciates it! Thank you so much, Augmented Synthetic Humanoid Assassin!”

The trained killer looked at Mary with an expression that was a mixture of shock and suspicion. She wasn’t used to getting praise for something as banal as eating.

“Oh, and that reminds me, it’s time for dessert!” Mary said, rushing into the kitchen. Augmented Synthetic Humanoid Assassin ignored her. She turned back to Nick and licked her lips, letting him know just what she wanted to eat for her “dessert”.

Nick braced himself for a flying tackle that would make a tiger proud. But before Augmented Synthetic Humanoid Assassin could pounce, Mary returned with something in her hands that completely changed the situation.

Augmented Synthetic Humanoid Assassin’s eyes widened and her mouth fell open. She began to salivate as she gazed hungrily upon the delicious mountain of ice cream piled up high on the fancy bowl Mary set down in front of her.

“I put all my culinary talents into this gem!” Mary boasted proudly, wiping her forehead as if she’d actually been sweating in the kitchen. “A dozen different flavors all picked out specifically to be complementary to each other when they melt. The ice cream is piled up on a raft made of caramelized bananas, and that’s chocolate fudge and caramel sauce drizzled over everything, along with marrionberry syrup as well. Diced cherries scattered across, along with three different types of nut, and-”

“We get it, you really worked hard,” Holly said, rolling her eyes. “Can we eat it already!? I’m starving!”

“Yours is in the kitchen,” Mary replied. “And Nick, I’ll bring yours out shortly. But this one is just for Augmented Synthetic Humanoid Assassin.”

To Mary’s surprise, the assassin actually managed to tear her eyes off of the frozen art piece to look at Mary in shock, her mouth dropping open. She pointed at herself, as if she couldn’t believe it could possibly be true.

Mary nodded. It absolutely was.

“I thought, well… you’ve got so much food to pick from here, and there are the restaurants, of course… what could I do that would be special? Since your favorite food is ice cream, I mean,” Mary said bashfully. “So hey- a fancy sundae, maybe… maybe you’d be fond of that, huh? …I sure hope you like it…”

Augmented Synthetic Humanoid Assassin nodded her head rapidly and her eyes flashed with ravenous desire. But before she dug into her treat she hopped to her feet and lunged at Mary. For a fraction of a second the redhead’s survival instincts kicked in and made her think she was about to die, but no- Augmented Synthetic Humanoid Assassin pulled her in for a big old hug, lifting her clean off the ground and spinning her around in her arms.

“Okay, okay, you like it! I’m glad!” Mary laughed, playfully pushing against the other woman’s shoulders. “Now could you put me down? Nick! Tell her to put me down!”

Nah, Nick was cool with this. He watched the whole exchange, trying not to cry. Augmented Synthetic Humanoid Assassin had lived such a lonely life up until this point, that something as simple as an ice cream sundae made especially for her was probably one of the best presents she’d ever received.

Mary was asking for this, really. She should have known better if she didn’t want to be bowled over like that.

The redhead giggled her heart out, squirming and finally managing to free herself from Augmented Synthetic Humanoid Assassin’s tight embrace.

“Okay! Okay. You need to eat it!” Mary said, jamming a shiny spoon into Augmented Synthetic Humanoid Assassin’s hand. “Or else it’s going to melt!”

Augmented Synthetic Humanoid Assassin’s eyes widened and she shook her head quickly. That was the last thing she wanted!

All thoughts about sex with Nick flew out the window as the ravenous assassin attacked the mountain of ice cream, much to Mary’s delight. Nothing felt better than seeing someone truly enjoy the food you prepared them from the bottom of their heart.

Holly glanced fiercely at Mary. “You win this round,” her eyes seemed to say.

Mary returned her gaze with a smug, triumphant smirk.

“So honey,” Nick said playfully, “Don’t I get any ice cream?”

Mary playfully swatted him on the back of his head.

“Coming right up,” she hummed, sashaying back to the kitchen where she returned a few seconds later with a matching bowl in her hands. She set it down in front of Nick, who reacted in surprise.

“This is… uh…”

“You wanted the same thing, right?” Mary teased him. “And you know anything I make is going to be delicious.”

Nick couldn’t argue with that. But his eyes had been bigger than his stomach on this one. “I, uh… this is a little more than I expected,” he admitted, averting his eyes. There was more ice cream than he could ever imagine eating in a single sitting.

And Augmented Synthetic Humanoid Assassin was almost finished with hers. Stupid artificial metabolism!

Nick decided to put his concerns aside, and took out a spoon. He stuck it into the sundae and scooped up a chunk of chocolate with shavings of fudge embedded in it, and swallowed. The cold kiss of the ice cream on his tongue made his eyes bulge in surprise, and before he knew it he had already swallowed the bite and was going for a second.

“…Did you make this yourself?” He asked, trying to keep from talking with his mouth full. Amelia certainly wouldn’t approve.

Mary blinked, then she snickered and rolled her eyes. “Yes, Nick,” she said sarcastically. “I milked the cows myself and churned the milk into ice cream, then I infused it with the flavors. …Come on now, even I’m not all that.”

“Well, you definitely have the milk for it,” Holly pointed out.

Mary looked at her in shock.

“Are… are you serious?” She shook her head, aghast. “No! I would never put my milk in the ice cream! Do you have any idea how unsanitary that would be!?”

Holly rolled her eyes. “Oh please, are we really concerned about sanitation right now? If it’s sexy, it’s sexy! And besides, I’m dying to see what Augmented Synthetic Humanoid Assassin’s perspective of Nick’s ideal wife would be.”

Nick gulped. He really wasn’t.

“We don’t even know if it would work or not!” Mary pointed out. “I mean, if my milk is processed like that, would the effects even… have an effect?”

She wasn’t the best at wording things, but it was all she could think of.

“If you ask me, I think it’s worth testing out!” Holly said cheekily.

Mary just shook her head and grimaced.

While the two of them bickered, Nick decided to keep eating his sundae. If he wanted to finish it off before it melted (yeah, good luck with that) he would need to work fast.

But he knew he wouldn’t even get halfway through it before his stomach burst. So he made sure to get as much of a taste of everything Mary had for him as he could. The bananas, the different flavors, the assortment of glazes and drizzles, it was all so good, part of him wished he really could finish off the whole thing.

Just a pipe dream. He wasn’t Augmented Synthetic Humanoid Assassin- she’d already finished hers off, and was looking enviously at Nick’s.

He had to smile at her **** innocence.

“Okay, fine,” he said, laughing and shaking his head. He pushed the sundae over to her. “If you want it, you can have the rest. No way will I be able to finish this whole thing, after all.”

Augmented Synthetic Humanoid Assassin’s eyes widened in surprise, and she looked at Nick, touched. She pulled the bowl over to her and began to dig in, finishing off the rest of the sundae rather fast. Nick gazed in admiration as she devoured it, and she sat back in her seat with a face covered in chocolate sauce and a dazed expression on her face.

The swimsuit she was wearing really highlighted her slender figure. Nick had to wonder where she put all that ice cream away.

“Wipe your face,” Nick said, offering her a napkin.

As she cleaned herself up, Nick looked over at Mary. “Thank you for- Oh.”

“All I’m saying is that you could make a milkshake or two to test it out.”

“No.”

“Butter for some rolls?”

“I’ll butter your roll if you keep talking,” Mary said, not at all happy with how much her body was reacting to the things Holly was suggesting. The part of her that burned with desire was telling her that the little perverted gremlin’s ideas had some merit.

But she had a firm enough grasp of her morals to not poison the food she was serving to others.

The two women were so occupied with their little squabble that Nick actually found himself being ignored by his own wife. That was a surprise.

He turned and looked across the table at Augmented Synthetic Humanoid Assassin, who had finished cleaning up and now looked like she was hungry for an entirely different kind of dessert. And without Mary to distract her with more ice cream, there was nothing to blunt or derail her desires.

Nick smiled. That worked just fine for him. “So, uh… you want to move this over there?” He asked, nodding over to the bed.

Augmented Synthetic Humanoid Assassin’s eyes widened and she nodded excitedly. Hopping to her feet she followed Nick cheerfully to the bed, where they could get things started.

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Meanwhile, in the Romance Suite, Vivian Carrington was having quite a night.

“Phew, after that morning of excitement, it looked like things were settling down,” Vivian said, fanning her flushed face. She was very lightly dressed compared to her usual outfits, wearing only an unbuttoned collar shirt.

That was rather necessary because the current state of her body was somewhat enflamed.

She didn’t mind the occasional spikes of pleasure, though, not when she could use it to elicit sympathy from Octavia. “Water, please?” She asked her butler cutely, batting her eyelashes.

Octavia diligently went to retrieve some bottled water for Vivian (Filico- only the best for the heiress) and in the meantime, Vivian pulled open her shirt even more. Her breasts were getting incredibly sensitive.

“I don’t know what you’re up to, Nick, but I hope you’re having fun,” she said, smiling in amusement as she fanned herself again.