This is one of those stories contains elements that could fit into any number of categories, but it is first and foremost a romance story. The first part is told in the third person followed by first person accounts. As in many of my stories, the ending is hinted on fairly early on, but as usual, there is a twist. CM.
Anthony Albrecht had it all. He had power, he had wealth and he had connections, powerful connections. But there was one thing that Anthony Albrecht didn't have, and that had haunted him for much of his life, he didn't have family, his family tree started with him. Anthony Albrecht was the adopted son of William Albrecht, a wealthy and influential industrialist, and owner of Albrecht Mentone Pty Ltd, one of the country's largest and most successful Engineering companies, whose fortunes were made by the mining boom. Albrecht Mentone made infrastructure equipment for the mining industry. If it was dug from the ground, Albrecht Mentone provided the shovels and dump trucks, if it was transported to the port by train, Albrecht Mentone laid the tracks and provided the rolling stock, if it was loaded on to ships by conveyors, Albrecht Mentone supplied and installed the conveyors.
The one thing that William Albrecht was unable to produce was a son and heir, so he and his wife Mary, adopted an infant son and named him Anthony.
The circumstances of Anthony's birth were kept from him throughout his childhood and youth. He was enrolled in the best private school on the day that the negotiations for his adoption were finalised, and through his school years he made many friends. His parents made sure of that, by inviting only the children from the best families to his birthday parties and encouraging return invitations from their parents.
He graduated high school with distinction and went to University from where he graduated with a B Eng, (Hons) and entered the family business. It was then that his parents told him that he was adopted. They broke the news in such a way that he was not devastated by it, in fact he was made to feel special, as a chosen son. The three of them agreed that this news would be kept between them and only ever divulged on a 'need to know' basis. Because he was unaware of his circumstances to that point, it could not be called a secret, therefore it was at that point in his life that the secret of Anthony Albrecht was born.
His progress to his current position as CEO of Albrecht Mentone was a long and involved one, it wasn't handed to him on a platter, he had to work for it. He started on the workshop floor, loading the raw steel bars and sheets into the various machines. From there he learned to set them up and then to programme them. Once he had proven his efficiency on the floor he was moved into the production office where he was involved in production scheduling and raw material acquisition. It was his job to ensure that there was always the right amount of material necessary for the next phase of production, and that each of these phases was carried out as required to fill orders on time.
From the Production office he had moved, at 34 years of age, to the board room where he took over his father's former role as CEO and his father moved to his present role as Chairman of the Board of Directors.
His home life was similarly organised, his laundry was done for him only if he had placed it in the hamper. His meals were prepared for him and served hot at the same time each day. If he was late and hadn't warned the cook that he would be, it sat on the table until his parents had finished their meal and the untouched plate removed. His next meal was served at the next scheduled time and the practice of intra-meal snacking was forbidden. Business discussions were forbidden at the dinner table, they were confined to the period after dinner and were conducted in the living room in the comfort of lounge chairs and soft music. While differences were expressed openly at these times, all decisions were made by William and were final.
His social life revolved around the Country Club where he was a member of the golf team and played off a scratch handicap. The social aspects of the club were not forgotten and Anthony had a close-knit circle of friends, both male and female. He had one friend in particular, Brianna Forbes-Carlton, a very attractive and very desirable young lady with appropriately impeccable breeding. She was his age and also had an Engineering degree, much to her bank manager father's displeasure. She had started at Albrecht Mentone at the same time as Anthony and was now the manager of the Design department, responsible for product design, costing and production scheduling. She and Anthony had worked closely together while he was in the Production Office, and this close relationship still remained between them. As these things inevitably do, Anthony and Brianna's relationship progressed to include a personal one that existed at the Country Club and beyond, to the point where they were in discussions with their parents about the possibilities of jointly purchasing a house where they would live after they had married.
This was where his perfect life began to unravel. We pick up Anthony's life at this point:
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"Anthony," Brianna asked me as we drove towards a dinner engagement at her parents' house.
"Yes my dear?"
"Don't take this the wrong way, but Mummy and Daddy have asked me to broach the subject of you having a medical. It's a formality really, just to be sure that we are totally compatible, and to be sure that we are able to have perfectly normal children when the time comes."
"I understand, and I agree, I wouldn't want us to have a child that has any genetic defects."
"They will probably mention it over dinner and I thought that I should warn you."
"Thank you for that." we drove on in silence, my mind digesting the implications of this news, what if they wanted my parents' medical history as well, how could I explain the blood group anomaly?
"Anthony, you've been going with Brianna for some time now, what are your plans?" Roderick Forbes-Carlton asked as he poured pre-dinner drinks.
"We have discussed our relationship, and have decided that I should ask you for permission to marry her. Now I understand that you have also discussed this with Brianna, and have suggested that any future plans are contingent on my submitting to a full medical examination. I have no problem with that, we both would like, when the time is right, to have children and a full genetic and health screen by both of us would seem to me to be advisable, just to be sure that there will be no hereditary defects. I think that this should happen before we officially announce our engagement, don't you?" My jumping right in and putting this forward was calculated to encourage him to think that I have nothing to hide, and maybe, just maybe, relax his insistence on it. No such luck.
"Good, I'll make an appointment for the both of you with my Doctor, I'm sure that he can fit you in on Monday. If that's okay for you."
"Not a problem, I'll ring my PA tomorrow and she can find space for me whenever you can arrange it. I'll get her to clear it with Brianna's PA as well."
I drove Brianna home, and as usual, I stayed with her. I never felt closer to her than when we were in bed together making love, and tonight was no different from any other night since our first time, literally for both of us. It had happened five months ago that we had realised that the closeness that we felt in each other's company was more than that we were just good friends and work colleagues. Both of us were too engrossed in advancing our careers to realise what our friends told us later had been blindingly obvious to them for simply ages.
Once begun, our love making had become a time where everything else was no longer of importance to us. There was nothing mechanical about it, and coming from two people who were experts at designing and implementing mechanical machinery, it came as a surprise to us that we could allow our feelings to dictate the whole experience. "I love you so much." Brianna whispered as we came down from the high of our simultaneous orgasms. "I can't believe that we've known each other for years and not realised that we were meant to be together."
"We're going to have to make up for lost time." I kissed her lips, her breasts. She pulled my head from a breast and kissed me. I kissed her. "For two people who had never experienced this, we've become something of experts, and it's because we are so in tune with each other that we just know what to do next."
"And what is that?" She asked, reaching for my cock that was regaining its strength.
"This." I rolled on top of her and pushed him into her waiting pussy.
"Oh god that feels so good." Her hips moved with mine, our movements working to increase the pleasure we got from this. Oh god . . . I can't help it, I'm coming!" She arched her back, forcing him deep inside her. I tried to hold back for a little longer but the urgency of her movements made that impossible, and with a grunt I lunged forward and emptied myself inside her for the third time. Life was as near to perfect for us at moments like these.
My parents said nothing on those weekends that I didn't come home, just as they said nothing when Brianna stayed with us for the weekend. They knew that we were lovers and were openly pleased at this situation, actively encouraging our relationship. Brianna didn't live with her parents. "I don't feel comfortable there any more, it's almost as if I'm a stranger to them, well to my mother, Daddy is fine, he and I have a great relationship. And I think Mother is jealous of that. Daddy helped me find an apartment and set me up with everything I needed. Mother has never seen the need to even visit, she probably doesn't even know where it is. I get the impression that theirs is a marriage in name only, and it is only appearances that keep them together. It's been that way for as long as I can remember. Your parents are lovely and I can see how much they love each other."
"Dad, Mum, I need to ask you a question." I sat down at the breakfast table and took a sip of my freshly poured coffee.
"What is it son?" William asked.
"You know that I've been going with Brianna for some time now, and we have given a great deal of thought to our future together?"
