Chapter 387 - All my friends are getting married (2)

10 May, LY Studio, City K

Lexi though could not stop herself and started to chuckle looking at Sally. "If you could see yourself."

Sally shot a look of disgust at Lexi, before pulling the cushion from behind her and throwing it towards Lexi, who just shook her head.

"Joan, Mr Hwang, do not mind my sister-in-law, she just decided that she needed to be my shadow today."

"What is it?"

Lexi paused. She remembered that she had not had the time to meet Joan and tell her about Dominic. She could use that to explain why Sally was here, and not have to talk about the real situation with someone she did not know in the room. "I had gone to your family home to catch up with you, but your father refused to tell me where you were…"

"That leech. You know him…"

"His money hungry ways, and his secretary mistresses. You mean he has not changed since our childhood."

"Absolutely. And my brothers are similar. I have been for years working so hard to keep the company afloat despite everything they do, but their misogynistic views…"

"Women have two roles, wife and mother or someone who fits into a meaningless role in the work environment. Joan, after university when you came to Paris and told me what you were doing, I could not believe your decision. Why work for people like that?"

"My mother and sisters. The company was bleeding money even then, and I wanted my sisters to have choices. If I did not, the company would not have survived more than a year or so, and my little sisters would not have choices. But" Joan looked to David Hwang, smiled and he leant over and kissed her gently.

After David Hwang pulled back, Joan said "As I was about to say, if I had not done so, I would not have met David."

David Hwang said "We met, by chance around eighteen months ago, when I accompanied my sales team to pitch for a system upgrade. I accompanied them as a minor team member and Joan made an impression on me. Unlike many senior executives at those pitch meetings, she made the effort to deal with the minor team members, greeting us as if we were the most important people there. That told me something. But I was not able to do much, as busines kept me away from here for some time, but I reached out."

"But I am cautious, as I have built my business up through my hard work, and found out about Joan's father and brothers, so when I reached out we conducted a significant portion of our relationship on line to shield it from them. But being cautious meant that when my business moved here, while I pursued Joan, I wanted to hide things from her father to protect her and our relationship, because what I had learnt meant that all he would do is demand money. And before you ask, Abigail Mo wanted someone who could shield her from her mother, so in some respects we both used each other. She for that shield, and me to protect my relationship with Joan. But in the end what was meant to be…"

Sally wrinkled her nose. Something did not feel right, but on observing that Joan seemed happy, Sally decided that she would not say a thing.

Joan looked at Lexi and said, "You have something to say?"

"I do. Dominic has not been well for a while, and I recently took him to the paediatrician just for a check-up…"

"Is he alright?"

Lexi shook her head, almost on the verge of tears and Sally quickly said "Hopefully he will be. He was diagnosed with Leukemia. The best treatment that has been determined is a bone marrow transplant, but luckily an appropriate match has been located quickly."

Joan wanted to say something, but David had warned her about certain behaviours today, ensuring she realised that if she broke his rules there would be consequences when they returned to his villa. Even though she cared for her friends, it boiled down to what she had with David and them, and in that case, she would choose David. She had obtained her marriage certificate and was committed to him regardless of anything. And being honest with herself what they got up to s.e.x.u.a.lly was the types of things she liked. Exciting, full of fun and adventure, pushing the boundaries and most importantly out of the boundaries of normal.

Joan turned towards David, looking for his cue on how he wanted her to react, feeling a vibrations from the balls he inserted earlier. That little reward told her all she needed to know about how he felt about her behaviour so far. He was pleased and would ensure that she could be pleasured to a point.

David Hwang, listening, stopped his instinctive reaction about it being deserved. In this situation it was not appropriate. However, he knew he needed Joan's friends on side to ensure when his final attack that would destroy the state was launched, he had his cover in place to survive. "Is there anything Joan and I can do?"

Lexi shook her head. If Joan had said that, she knew it would have been heartfelt, but there was just something about David Hwang. It felt insincere from someone, who still even now reminded her of those animals. "Everything is fine. We just must wait for the bone marrow transplant, and if we are realistic, as a family we can cope with the situation, as we have already gotten used to it."

Internally David felt relief. Helping was the last thing he wanted to do, as it would be a distraction for Matthew Rong and his friends, making Robert's part of the strike much easier.

Joan, was feeling guilty, quietly said "If designing my dress is too much, I." Joan paused and shook her head, said "No, we can go elsewhere. There is still enough time."

the title for this chapter was inspire by the Australian Band Skyhooks song by the same name.

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