Chapter 350 - Missing you

24 April, Istanbul Turkey, and City K

Lexi sat looking out the window of her hotel suite, trying to figure out the time difference to call Matthew. The buying trip here had proved even more successful than she had anticipated not only with her existing suppliers, but she located two new suppliers for silk and other material, simply through making a wrong turn at one location. Sometimes mistakes were meant to pay off.

Rather than continuing to ponder the time difference she picked up her phone and dialled Matthew.

As his mobile rang, Matthew was ready to kill whoever was calling him, as he had struggled to get comfortable today. The Rehabilitation session had even stretched his pain threshold, but the quicker he did the rehabilitation the sooner he would be returned to active status. As soon as he noticed the caller, those thoughts went straight from his mind.

"Lexi, …" came Matthew's immediate response on answering the phone.

Hearing that he was not angry but sounded as if he had just woken up, Lexi responded "Sorry Matthew, I have been debating for at least ten minutes what time it was back home as I switched my watch and phone to local time…"

Hearing the undercurrents of concern in her voice Matthew said "As long as I am not in the field do not worry about what time you call. I will always be free to take your call…"

Laughing Lexi said, "As if, and as if the same would be reciprocated."

"Madam Industrialist has little time for her poor public servant husband…"

Lexi could not believe Matthew. Poor indeed. That was such a blatant lie. "So says my husband who owns thirty-five percent of one of the largest companies in the country, a huge villa in the most expensive area of town, and on leaving the military will access all the wealth that is associated with his so called little family company…"

"All the better to spoil you with wife."

Matthew's quick retort left Lexi stunned on the other end of the call, unable to say anything for a few seconds. He was always quick to be able to shut her down.

"Do not tell me you called me for phone s*x. That is an absolute poor substitute to having the woman I love with me." Matthew said filling the silence to provoke a response.

"You have a dirty mind Matthew Rong…"

"Takes a person with a dirty mind to know another. Plus, think of it this way, it tells you that I am missing having you beside me." Matthew paused, and said "I had planned to call you tomorrow to see how things were going and let you know about Dominic's time with Richard's parents…"

"He came back quiet as anything?"

"Actually no. He wanted to talk and felt that he could speak to me. While he did not outright say this, just want he said told me Richard's parents are harassing him into saying to the various people the court want him to talk to that he hates you and me and wants to live with them…"

Angrily Lexi spat out "How dare they…"

"Sweetheart, getting angry only plays into their hands. They want you to react and they will argue that we fed him what to say. They are blatantly obvious in their tactic. I told Dominic, that all you and I want for him is to be safe and happy, and whatever is decided as being the best for him to achieve that will be what we want."

"Mmmmm…"

"Is that all you have to say?"

"When did your become so clever?"

"Reading people is part and parcel of the job Lexi, and your ex-in-laws are so easy to read. They want Dominic regardless of what he wants and what is in his best interests. That will bring them undone. But I wanted to let you know Dominic is getting more and more tired, and aching, and bruising from a gentle knock. That is worrying me…"

"Does he seem alright?" Came Lexi's concerned reply.

"Had to tell. The worrying thing is a comment Chester made today when I spoke to him about Phillip's check-up with his oncologist. He said the tiredness and easy bruising reminds him of Phillip before his first diagnosis and each time his cancer has come back. I think he meant it as a throw-away comment but…"

"Something makes you concerned. He has seemed to mask how he really is, through appearing bright and cheerful to everyone." Lexi paused for a few seconds and said "Can you contact his paediatrician and make an appointment for him. Maybe it will pay for him to have a check-up. What is the worst case, we are worried over nothing..."

"No, Lexi that something is wrong. Looking like overprotective parents is something we can deal with, but I do not what to see you worried about a sick son. That is something you do not need…"

"You want to take the weight of the world on your shoulders?"

"For you, I will." Matthew paused and said, "How is the trip going?"

"Surprisingly well. While I feel I have everything I need, there is a couple of stores in a new area that I found that I have I want to go and look at just to make sure that there is not that gem of a fabric that I have missed. It should only take me a few hours and I have a flight booked for tomorrow night."

Matthew quickly said "Perfect. Andrew and Sally have asked for Dominic to spend the night with them Friday, something about wedding planning with her parents. You deserve a romantic treat…"

"I will be utterly exhausted as I have packed so much into my days…"

"Leave it with me, but remember that I love you…"

Matthew ended the call, leaving Lexi sitting there wondering what this man had planned for her.

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