Chapter 50 - Welcome back Matthew (1)

27 December, Matthews villa and travelling to Club TJ's, City K

Matthew walked out and slipped into the back of the car next to Phillip, for the trip to Club TJ's. "Damn little brother, how easily you can slip from Military Colonel to normal citizen."

"Phillip do not stress me out. Being in the military is my job, just as much as being the CEO of JT International is your job. Do not make anything more of it than that. Can you promise me that you will not make too much of a fuss about things? I need to relax, and it will be good to catch up with people. Just leave it at that, please."

"Fine" came an almost sulky reply from Phillip.

"Now where is your fiancé? I thought Chester would be spending every moment he could with you?"

"That b*tch, being Chester's ex-wife through connections found out that we were engaged and is making trouble already. She showed up and caused trouble in front of Dominic who Chester and Lexi have been calming down. Chester is on his way, but Lexi will be a little late."

"She came demanding more money, despite the prenuptial agreement that she signed before they married, and that the courts upheld despite her fighting it in court for five times the payoff. She lost that fight, but she views that I was the cause of their marriage break-up and now wants more money and was not worried about the distress she caused to Dominic."

"She caused enough harm to Dominic when while she and Chester were married. Lexi when she left made sure Chester had watertight guardianship of Dominic without mention of her, and those papers made it clear it was until she was able to cope. That b*tch tried even to overturn Lexi's clear decisions regarding Dominic and that was for money as well. The worst thing is it has taken until the last couple of months for Chester and I to rebuild our relationship because of the damage she has done."

"As you know we are lucky that our relationship has just been decriminalised, but the legal changes mean that we cannot marry here. He already has asked me to travel to somewhere that we can legally marry, get married there and return here were given the laws here the state will recognise our marriage."

"Go for it. You have let eight years pass you by without having the love of your live by your side. Now that you have gotten engaged, I do not want you two to waste any more time. I suspect that having Chester beside you will make your cancer fight easier."

"Little brother, when did you get so smart."

"I always was, you just did not want to see it. Now tell me about this Club."

"Club TJ's has two distinct areas. It has the general admission/public area, that is simply a nightclub. It also has private rooms. The private rooms are a mix between a restaurant, meeting room, and night club/bar. The only rules with the private rooms is that no illegal activities are allowed in them, and if you are caught that ends your ability to use the private rooms."

"When I spoke to Chester before Andrew has arranged for a meal, and then we can do what we like. Last time we were there we ended up having friendly games of poker, but on other occasions we have joined in karaoke, and others just danced. It simply depends on what everyone decides."

"So, who is going to be there?"

"Chester, Andrew and Lexi Yao, Paul Gu, Steven Hou, John Nang, Rachael Wen, Joan Tang, as well as you and I are all confirmed. Knowing Andrew, he will ensure that he catered for fifteen people minimum arriving."

"One thing bother's me. Why is Andrew, not Chester the head of Jax Corp?"

"Chester's interest was in the Entertainment Division and made it clear that he would prefer to be the head of that division, rather than the CEO of the whole company. Chester loves what he is doing. Andrew although had to be persuaded to take on the CEO role. However even he would have to admit, is a better CEO than Chester would be."

"I always thought that Andrew would run like anything from the company. He hated it as we were growing up, but how we have all changed as we have grown up."

"Yeah, who would have thought that by baby brother would make a career in the military and within a decade have moved from an enlisted soldier to a Colonel. I would not be surprised if some time in the future, you are promoted to a General."