"Yes."

"No, I'm not."

"Don't you like her?"

"It's not that, exactly, Dad," she replied, turning her face away from his to keep him from seeing the effect his cock was having on her. "I mean, she's nice and all, and she is a beautiful woman, but I don't see why we need her, that's all."

"I need her, Princess," he replied after a moment. "After your mother died I didn't think I could ever love again, and I didn't have anything to do with a woman for a long time, but I'm still a young man, basically, and I still have needs and desires that have to be fulfilled, and Susan does that for me, and a lot more."

"If it's just a matter of… sex," she began, surprised at her own bluntness.

"No, it's not just that," he replied with a short laugh. "If it were just sex, I could take care of that without getting married. No, it's more than that. It's companionship, the sharing of things, and love."

"What… what if I said I didn't want you to marry her, that I was totally against it? Would you still marry her?"

He was silent for a moment as he thought about this and she knew she was putting him on the spot, forcing him to possibly choose between his daughter and the woman he now loved.

"I don't know, sweetheart," he answered softly. "I would never do anything to intentionally make you unhappy, or to hurt you, and you know that. But I do have to look out for my own life as well."

"After all, you will be leaving home soon, either in your career, or starting a life of your own, a family of your own with a man you love, and that will leave me sitting here alone."

"I would never leave you alone, Daddy," she told him, looking up into his eyes. "I love you and I just want you to be happy. But… well, couldn't you put off marrying Susan for a while? Like, until after I graduate from college? That's only two more years, and if you two really love each other, it won't be all that long."