Chapter 240 - A Las Vegas Wedding (4)

16 March, Las Vegas, United States

Having dressed down Matthew, John, Paul and Steven, Lexi turned and started walking away. As she reached outside the door, she left a hand on her shoulder and heard Steven say "Lexi, where is Andrew?"

"With Dominic, in the second bedroom. Why?"

"I need to have a quick talk with him alone, can you take Dominic."

"Is this about Paul and his feelings for Sally?"

"How did you know?"

"I had been standing outside the room for a few minutes and heard what you were discussing. What do you want to talk to him about?"

"This is Las Vegas…"

"The place where people can easily get married. You better not be suggesting he and Sally get married. Sally's parents will set a lynch mob out on you, and I want to have the chance to design my sister-in-law's wedding dress."

"It would be no different to them getting their formal marriage certificate and then having a ceremony later if they were at home Lexi. Knowing the Nang's, they will want the biggest, best wedding for their daughter and that takes time. When it boils down to it, it could take six to twelve months for a wedding like that to be organised. You heard Paul. His heart is breaking, and we both know him well enough to know that he will continue to fight for what he thinks he wants until the last minute. He has not done so to date, but that is simply because he has been in shock for the last month of so since Andrew and Sally announced their engagement, In the end, that is not fair to Andrew and Sally, let alone him and it will ruin everyone's friendsh.i.p.s. We will all have to take sides."

"But it ruins things for Andrew and Sally."

"Lexi be realistic. Even if you had not heard that conversation, I believe that you knew that from observation he had feelings for Sally. I am in a unique position, I have observed him for many years, both as his friend and a colleague. He has this idealised image of Sally, and that is not the truth. It is that image that he loves, and views should be his not anyone else's. Until now, he has been in shock about the announcement and how John found Sally and Andrew and not figured out what to do. The kindest thing for him is that they slip away at some time and quietly get married."

Holding up his hands, to stop Lexi speaking, Steven continued "And before you say I am only thinking of him, I am not. Andrew and Sally do not deserve him trying to undermine their relationship until their wedding ceremony, because that is what he otherwise would do, now that he has gotten over the initial shock. For everything, there is a line that Paul will not cross. He will not interfere in someone's marriage. Even if they do that, Sally parents will not let her and Andrew escape from having a formal wedding ceremony as they will want to be parents of the bride."

"Just as long as you do not force them to do it. Come on, I will take Dominic to give you a few minutes to talk to Andrew and Sally before we have to head to the chapel for Chester and Phillip's wedding."

As they headed to the second bedroom, Dominic opened the door and came running out saying "Mummy, Uncle Andrew and Aunty Sally are playing kissy face"

Steven looked at Lexi and said, "Where did he get that from?"

"Andrew only has himself to blame, when he said it about Chester and Phillip."

Laughing, Steven said "Serves him right. I will go have a talk to Andrew. Just let us know when we are ready to head."

Nodding, Lexi led Dominic away while Steven headed into the room where Andrew and Sally where, shutting the door behind him.

As he shut the door, Steven turned to Andrew and Sally, who while not kissing were wrapped in each other's arms, staring into each other's eyes. Loudly Steen said "You two…"

"You can talk Steven…"

"Do not go there Andrew. Yes, you walked in on her and I a couple of times, but the woman I wanted to marry a few years ago decided developing a career was more important than a supportive relationship. As time has gone on, I have realised that it really was infatuation, rather than true love like you two."

"Thank god, you know she married a 60-year-old man for his money in the capital."

"I heard, but I do not care. But my life is not what I came in to talk to you about."

Andrew looked at Sally and then at Steven, before saying "Paul?"

"Yes."

Sally quietly said, "I have known for years he has been infatuated with me, but always told him that I was not interested in any relationship with him other than friendship."

"He is out there, I think." Shaking his head Steven said "No I know, plotting trying to interfere with your relationship to prevent your marriage. That you two do not need, and it puts the rest of us in the situation where we will ultimately have to choose between friends."

'It will not come to that…" trailed off Sally.

"It will. Do not feel you have to do this, but how about later tonight you disappear from the reception and quietly go through the processes you need to do to legally get married here. You can still have the full-blown formal wedding, but let Paul know you are married. We all know, given what happened with his parents, he will not cross the line of interfering in someone's marriage. He will be forced to move on, and no one will have to choose." Pausing for a few seconds Steven added "I will let you think about it, however it is your decision. I just do not want to see friendsh.i.p.s ruined."

Steven turned and left the room quickly shutting the door behind him. When it was closed, Sally turned to Andrew and quietly said, "He is right. If we do not address the Paul problem, it will end up getting worse and causing our family and friends to take sides plus cause business problems. How about we do it after midnight, so our wedding anniversary is not the same as Phillip and Chester's?"

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