Chapter 238 - A Las Vegas Wedding (2)

16 March, Las Vegas, United States

Just over two hours later, Matthew knocked again on the door of Chester and Phillip's suite. As it opened, the two of them spotted Chester, partially dressed, saying "You two better get in here. We need you Lexi, to deal with Dominic who is having a meltdown because one of the buttons came off his shirt. Matthew, you better get that lot under control as they are stressing my fiancé out too much…"

"And that is the last thing you want. Fine, leave them with me, and you better finish getting ready while Lexi deals with Dominic."

Matthew lent over and said "Do not tell me I am overbearing today. The Grooms are the most important people today, and they need us to separately deal with things."

"Just you wait. Matthew, I will deal with you for dictating what I do."

"Whatever Lexi, but do not upset Chester and Phillip today."

"Fine, but remember I will get payback…"

Matthew whispered in her ear "If that is tied up with our bedroom activities you can get all the payback you want."

With that Matthew quickly turned and headed towards where Andrew, Sally, John, Paul and Steven were waiting. As he arrived, he said "What is it?"

"As if you care, you whimped out of last night," responded Paul.

"Paul, unlike you Lexi and I had a child to be responsible for, when we let the babysitter go. One of us had to stay sober so that if there was a problem, we could deal with it. You just dared Lexi…"

"So, you could have joined in."

"Stop whining, you know it does not make you look good."

"So what, I think we have a whimpy soldier with us. Cannot handle his drink at all…"

"You really want to go there Steven. You have no idea what I can do. But unlike the two of you, not only do I have control I know my limits and respect the situation."

"So, that means you cannot handle your alcohol like always," retorted Steven.

John, standing there could not believe this. He had already heard the rumours as to the amount of alcohol certain members of the Special Forces had been known to consume. It would not be a far stretch to conclude that Matthew had been around Australian, American and British soldiers, if they were anything like their citizens who caused trouble, could consume a significant amount of alcohol, and Matthew would have learnt to keep up with them.

Matthew, however, quickly responded "This is not the place for this. You really want to see what I can do; we will have a…"

"Paul, Steven," came a sharp voice from the doorway "You conned me into drinking, now you want to do the same to my husband. It is no wonder most women in our social group want little to do with you…"

"Stop spreading lies Lexi," responded Paul. "They…"

Echoing voices added "Love you because you are the heir to the Gu Group and Steven as he is the Vice-CEO of the group. How many times have we heard the two of you say that" came Andrew, Sally and John drawing a round of laughter.

Paul responded, "You can talk John, women steer clear of you."

"Me, I am just a humble public servant. It is you the rich businessmen that they want."

"Public servant? Ha! Stop telling lies to yourself brother. You forget, you and I are dad's heirs, and will inherit his interest in Nang Enterprises."

John shot a look at Matthew, and said "Do not say anything, Matthew. You forget what you own, even if it is in a trust…"

Throwing his hands up Matthew said, "I did not say a word." This drew another round of laughter from everyone.

Lexi, moved in "Let me just remind the lot of you, you ruin this wedding, I will have the knives…"

"Try your scissors sister, when to you ever use a knife other than to eat?"

"Forget about that darling brother, your nephew wants his Uncle Andrew, rather than his mother or step-father let alone anyone else. The last thing we want is to ruin this wedding, so forget about arguing with my husband, and come with me…"

"Do not threaten me Lexi…"

"Stow it, Andrew, it was not a threat. Your sister was asking for your help with your nephew, who is worried about messing up. Go help her, otherwise you know she will run the other way when I want her to design my wedding dress when with my parents, we decide on our wedding day."

Andrew seeing the look on Sally's face knew better than to argue with her. With everything he had gone through to pursue her, and eventually get her to agree to marry him, the last thing he wanted to do is upset her. He moved across, and after giving her a kiss on the cheek said, "Yes Dear," before turning and following Lexi out of the room.

Just after Andrew exited Paul turned to Sally and said "You have him controlled…"

"Grow up Paul. I do not control him as he does not me. He respects what I have to say, not because we love each other, but because he respects my opinion. Your problem is that you cannot accept that like Matthew he is not up for all your antics all the time." With that Sally turned and stormed out of the room, slamming the door behind her.

"She is right Paul, grow up. Lexi was right the last thing any of us want to do is ruin today for Chester and Phillip. We all know what they have been through, not only for their relationship to be recognised but with Phillip's cancer battles. And all you want to do is seem to provoke an argument. Well…" angrily said John.

"He is right Paul," came Steven. "Leave your feelings behind today for them."

"I do not know why she picked him, not me," came an anguished response from Paul.

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