Chapter 129 - Argument at Dinner (1)

6 January, Yao Family Villa, City K

Climbing out of the car at her family villa for the dinner she had previously agreed to be hostess for Andrew and Chester, Lexi stormed in ignoring Matthew, with Dominic trailling behind her. Given what they had done, there Lexi was not happy with cooperating with her brothers. They had sold her out, but she showed them just enough respect with greeting them before she stormed upstairs to her old suite.

Dominic seeing his mother walk away tugged on Matthew's hand. Matthew, crouching down to look at Dominic in the eye could see the sad, but somewhat confused expression on his face. He quietly said "Daddy Matthew, Mummy is annoyed with you. You better go and apologise for whatever you did."

Matthew, in observing Dominic, realised that not only was he cute and well behaved, but he was concerned about his mother. In that moment, he wished that this wonderful child was not Richard's son but his son. He, was even more determined that he would adopt Dominic and have him legally recognised as his son, than he had been the other day when he had spoken to the family lawyers about the process to do that. He needed this little boy to be his legally, even though he would never biologically be his son. But that desire was the cause of Lexi's current attitude. He believed that Lexi would love the fact that he wanted the world to see that Dominic was loved and would never be differentiated from any child they may have, but she screamed and said that that would only occur over her dead body.

Matthew, while maintaining eye contact with Dominic quietly said "I will Dominic. But do not worry.

Your mummy is annoyed with me as I spoke to my lawyers, without her knowing, about what I would have to do to adopt you legally not only to tell everyone that we are a real family and that you are my son, but for you to know that whatever the future brings, you will be as important to your mummy and I, as any brothers or sisters that may come along in the future. I should have told your mummy what I was doing before I spoke to someone."

Seeing the smile on Dominic's face when he mentioned him becoming his son, legally Matthew knew that it was the right step. He gathered Dominic into his arms for a hug, before looking up seeing Andrew, Phillip and Chester watching them.

"Now your uncles over there want you to go with them. I will go and talk to your mummy."

"Ok Dad." With that Dominic walked over to Andrew, which Phillip and Chester watched.

Andrew taking Dominic's hand said, "Dominic how about we go any watch some cartoons, while we let your Uncle Phillip and Uncle Chester sit down before we join them."

Matthew quickly walked up the stairs and headed towards Lexi's suite, before opening the door. Surprisingly little had changed over the years in the room. He was right that Lexi had come here and she was sitting in the lounge area, looking angry. Shutting the door, Matthew headed over and sat down on a chair before saying "Lexi that was childish and you upset Dominic."

The mention of Dominic's name was enough for Lexi. How dare Matthew jeopardise Dominic. Richard was exerting his control over her and Dominic from beyond the grave, in terms of what she could do. Unless she wanted everything to be exposed and tarnish her parents, who despite what they did when she was pregnant with Dominic did care for her, she was stuck by Richard's will.

Shooting Matthew a look of pure venom, which she noticed made him slightly real backwards she spat out "How dare you. You have no right. Dominic is my child, and you want to make all these plans without me. You arrogant …"

"Brat, bastard, a*sehole. Come on Lexi, this is getting tired. All you have done is accuse me of being like this. We are a.d.u.l.ts. You have a child coming up eight years of age, and your behaviour is worse than his. What in the world did I do wrong?"

"You want me to list them." Lexi started to increase her voice "Well you better have time. You abandoned me when I was seventeen to pursue your military career, opening me up to the marriage my parents arranged. Your actions damn well led to the hell I lived with for months until Richard was killed. It caused me to be so fragile that on his death I could not cope with the idea of being a single parent to Dominic let alone everything else that caused that I had to leave my child, and before you say anything I love him so much, to allow me to heal from the harm your selfishness caused. Finally, when I have healed and am back to be a full-time parent to my son, you get me dragged into whatever happened last week. That led to a forced marriage, which your actions led me to believe was simply a fake, but which I find out is legal. Consequently you, in your own apparent actions to 'save' me r*ped me. Then you tell me when we are safe and I am being checked out in hospital, that I am legally married to you and lay out restriction upon restriction on me. Then you tell me that I have no ability to divorce you unless you consent. The total arrogance. I am a person with rights, and you cannot do that. Now you become even more arrogant and without consulting me start to take steps to adopt my son…" Lexi simply shook her head before reaching over and slapping Matthew's face.

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