Chapter 320 - A Rushed Wedding (4)

19 April, LY Studio, City K

Steven laughed before saying "Typical, you cannot wait for anything Lexi."

"Unlike you who moves too slowly."

Shaking his head Steven said "It was not meant to be. Sally is happy, and that is all anyone wants for their friends."

"What a change in attitude," was Lexi's sarcastic reply.

"Your husband finally got through to me and made me realise that I was wallowing in the past."

"Thank goodness someone did. I was ready to kill you, but I think Matthew might do the better job and hide the body."

"Are you threatening me with him?"

"If it works, absolutely. Just because you are my friend does not mean that you can do whatever you want…"

"I get it Lexi. If you get too annoyed Matthew will kill me. To him, your happiness is the most important thing."

"I wonder…"

"Stop thinking too hard about it. Somethings in the worst of circ.u.mstances the right thing happened."

"True."

Abigail standing there thought about the rumours that had been abound in society that she had heard was that Steven had feelings for Sally Nang, but never made a move. Added to that was the new rumour that he wanted to break up Sally's marriage to Lexi's brother Andrew. Damn was he using her as a shield.

Before Steven could respond, Abigail put her hand on Steven's arm and whispered in his ear "We need to talk."

Steven felt a rush of relief. Was Abigail going to back out? He could only hope. He led Abigail away slightly and said quietly enough for Lexi not to hear "Abigail, do you want to back out?"

With a short sharp shake of her head, firmly knowing that at this moment backing out was the last thing she wanted. Following Steven's lead Abigail said quietly "Things did not come together until just then, so I want an honest answer. You are not using me to hide how you feel about Sally Nang and your intentions towards her marriage to Andrew Yao?"

Somewhat shocked, Steven tried not to show his surprise at the question and the accusatorial tone Abigail used. In the last week, he had firmly given up on any thoughts of Sally, realising that all he would do was set himself up for ongoing heartbreak after having taken on board Matthew's words. That is what made, despite his reluctance to marry Abigail, this something he could deal with it a marriage happened as he knew there would be an out if he fell in love with someone.

"Abigail, no," came the sharp but quiet response. "Matthew Rong and I had a discussion last weekend, and having processed what he had said and recognised that I was wasting my life focusing on the unattainable rather than being open to a life is why I was distracted and crashed into you." Steven knew that this was not strictly the whole truth but close enough to it. He had not immediately processed everything Matthew had said but recognised that he was right in having wasted years on the unattainable, hence his distraction and crash into Abigail on leaving the event.

Looking directly at him, Abigail said "That better be the truth, or you will pay for lying to me."

"Spoken like a true wife already."

"Steven, you and I both know why we are agreeing to this marriage. However, as I have made it clear we need to convince everyone, most importantly my mother, that while there is a business aspect to this marriage there is something more to it. If we cannot my mother will use that and what we are trying to achieve will be for nothing, but we will be trapped in this marriage for a period. At my age, that is something that I do not want, and I suspect that you do not want."

Stunned. Steven looked at Abigail before saying "Abigail, as I have said this marriage is your choice. You can back out."

"I cannot as that will let her win, and that is the one thing that I am not willing to do. But, at the same time I do not want to be humiliated by you and at least a willingness to let what will happen in this marriage happen. As I remember from the few weddings ceremonies I have attended, the words spoken talk about marriage being a commitment of two people to the exclusion of all others. Can you…?"

"Abigail, I will do that. As I just said to Lexi, what her husband said last week sunk in. I cannot reach for the unattainable, and that realisation was what I was focused on hence I crashed into you because I was not paying attention. I have moved on from that, but I cannot say that this marriage will be anything other than what we have agreed to, a business marriage with a public presentation of affection. If anything over the last week has told you anything I want to help and protect you, but who knows what that will be in the future. But I will be honest to your face if things change in the future, I will tell you firstly, rather than humiliate you through you finding out in public."

Seeing the honesty on Steven's face Abigail responded, "That I can accept, but as I have said previously all I am asking is that you give this marriage a chance of success. Whether this marriage survives or not then will be up to us."

Steven nodded, and looked directly at Abigail. However, before he could respond Lexi who had been standing to the side, watching the intense but quiet conversation finally had enough and said loudly "Hey Steven, someone would think that you are marrying the girl. I know at least one soldier who would kill you for that, and I suspect that my husband will have to be deal with the mess…"

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