Chapter 330 - A Rushed Wedding (14)

19 April, Gu Family Villa, City K

Abigail paused and looked directly at Monica before adding "Be happy for me big sister. This is my choice, but I could do with you accompanying dad to my groom."

Monica looked at her, and spotted the pendant on her neck "Dad gave you that?"

Kevin, standing aside, reached in an pulled another jewellery box from his pocket before saying "Your grandmother told me that you were to get this on your wedding day Monica as much as Abigail was to get the one she is wearing. But, given what happened I was not able to carry out that request."

Monica took the proffered jewellery case while looking at her father before saying "Why now?"

"I have made mistakes Monica but now is not the time to discuss it. I will, but I do not want to stop your sister marrying her choice. Shall we."

Monica looked between her father and sister, noticing that Abigail not only had a determined look on her face, she wanted her involvement in the day. Monica moved over and quietly said "You can still walk away if you want."

"No, I am certain on this so stop questioning me, and help me go to my groom." With that Abigail lent over and gave Monica a kiss on the cheek.

Before she pulled back Monica said, "Given you seem certain."

Steven stood on the stage watching the exchange. Based on what he had seen in the week he knew that Monica would have reacted, but Abigail handled this well.

What was even more surprising was his father had gone against his wishes and brought out the family tiara for her to wear. His mother always complained that it was ugly and was the cause of her marriage failing and should be destroyed. With Abigail wearing it he felt some connection with the number of grooms had seen Gu family brides who had walked towards them wearing the same tiara.

The closer Abigail came to him, now escorted by her father and sister, the more something kept telling him he needed to be open to the future. Matthew had been right, sticking on the unattainable potentially had meant he had missed the opportunity for a relationship. But at the same time, he wondered what opportunities that being stuck on the unattainable now created.

As Abigail reached the stage, Monica, and Kevin both kissed Abigail on the cheek before Kevin carefully placed Abigail hand in Steven's. As that happened the two of them looked at each other and seemed lost in their own world as the minister came out and commenced the blessing ceremony.

As the minister said, "You may kiss your bride," Steven lent over and gently kissed Abigail, to a round of applause from those assembled before pulling back and the two of them headed down off the stage to speak to the gathered family and friends.

As Steven and Abigail received the congratulations of everyone present, Ben, Joseph, David, and Matthew stood to one side quietly. Ben said "Boss you know the more we have had contact with David Hwang, the more I agree with your wife there is something about him. It is the eyes, and for some reason they remind me of the eyes of the Devil in those images we believe are him."

"I agree. While we were kidnapped, I got a close look of his eyes. However, I have struggled with reconciling that madman with the tech genius is difficult, despite his connection to the idiot. The interactions I have had with his at society events tells me he is the exact opposite of his cousin in terms of personality. But the problem in going the path we are thinking is that we need incontrovertible evidence that he is the Devil or has a connection to him because of his deep connections to the government."

"Boss, we are not stupid. He has special projects top secret clearance as of the software he has developed that are used by certain areas, including general logistics within the military. That justifies that we need more than our suspicions."

Lexi came close and caught what Ben just finished saying before saying "Come on you four, we are here for a celebration, rather than an opportunity for the four of you talking shop. Plus, you are starting to draw attention."

Matthew turned and looked around and noticed that they had started to draw attention from the other guests standing talking. Lexi was right, they were drawing attention from the other few guests that were present.

Taking her hand, Matthew said "OK." He turned and said quietly "We will talk about this later."

With that the five of them headed to where everyone was standing, talking before the meal was brought out and everyone settled in for the celebration.

While he wanted to carefully watch David Hwang, Matthew knew that it would be too obvious in this small of a group, so he focused on Steven and Abigail. Within a few seconds of observing them, it was clear that then were in a world of their own. That was interesting to him, particularly as of his pre-wedding discussions with Steven, Matthew figured out that Steven was simply doing this to help Abigail out. What had changed for him to look at Abigail as if she were the centre of his universe?

Monica, at the same time was watching her baby sister. Her life had changed so much in the last week, and no matter what she said this was what she wanted she was worried that this was a complete and utter mistake, one that would hurt her physically as well as emotionally. Before she left, she was going to make it absolutely clear to her now brother-in-law that if he hurt her sister he would pay.

Across the room, David Hwang sat watching Abigail oblivious to anyone but the man beside her. While this marriage was a pain, it was not an impediment to his ultimate plan. He had his back up option in Joan Tang, whose father desperately wanted a deal with his company to ensure the failing family company survived. But taking this back-up option had risks in Matthew Rong figuring out who he really was. That just meant he needed to be careful in his interactions with him until they had achieved their goals.

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