Chapter 518 - The Formal Ceremony (1)

31 May, Military Base, City K

After Matthew had settled her into a comfortable seat on the stage, Lexi started to look around. Despite all the runway shows she had, and all the attention as a child at Jax Corp events, the prospect of sitting here with Matthew and the other Generals and their wives terrified her. They were visible to every lower ranked officer, enlisted soldiers and the family members invited. She had agonised for almost two hours at the Villa, trying to find the right outfit, even to the point she had Karen drag a dozen sets of clothes from the ready-to wear collection to the Villa. It was a struggle balancing out each thought going through her mind as to what to wear for this ceremony.

Most of the senior officer's present knew exactly who he was, the so-called Jax Corp heiress; wife to one of the heirs of JL International; an internationally renowned designer, but also a wife of a soldier and a mother of a child. Whatever she chose then had to consider her injuries, which was not an easy task, despite providing a design opportunity for the staff. Just yesterday, she had to laugh when a junior designer came and pitched an idea for the wounded collection, which was designed to consider leg and arm injuries, but with the idea that half the profits went to a children's charity helping children who lost limbs in war zones. It only took two minutes after the end of the presentation for everyone to agree. The problem was that everything was only a design concept, there was no pieces that she could wear.

As she was looking through her wardrobe, the only thing she knew was that she had to wear something she designed, or at least part of LY collection. The women present who knew exactly who she was would expect that. The problem was, what to wear? The constant tossing up was only solved when Matthew, resplendent in his formal uniform, having come back from picking Dominic up at school and changed into it, walked in. He took one look at everything spread across their suite and the first thing he could do was shake his head, before moving over and picking up a long black skirt from her couture range, with her trademark embroidery prominent on the front left-hand bottom of the skirt, rather than being more hidden as in most of her other couture pieces, and teemed it with a simple floral cotton wide sleeve top, picking a cream lightweight jacket, the cream tone matching that in the top.

As he handed them to her, he said "Sometime, you have too many options. This works, and I know it shows of your design skills without seeming to be too expensive to intimidate everyone present."

All she could do was say, "The skirt is my couture range…"

"Who cares about that Lexi. The simplicity of it does not scream expensive clothes. But it works given your injuries and shows off the top and the jacket. Now, get moving as we have to get going in the next fifteen minutes."Find authorized novels in , faster updates, better experience, Please click /book/the-soldier-husband_15095783406874805/the-formal-ceremony-(1)_50784851170738879 for visiting.

Lexi shook herself from her thoughts and looked back towards Matthew, who was talking with three other generals and an older Major. One she knew was General Man, but the other two were officers she had not met. There was something about one of the General's that for some reason reminded her of Bronwyn.

Dominic was standing close to Monica, seeming to talk to her. For some reason, since their discussion the other day, he wanted to talk to her about something and was engaged in deep conversation with her. At least he was occupied and not the sulky child he was on the trip here. That was a blessing, as this would, in the end be a boring ceremony for him. He would be expected to sit there, behave and not be the child he was for the length of the ceremony.

As she looked around, she noticed others coming in. Bronwyn accompanied by John both, in their formal uniforms. Lexi observed Bronwyn scanning the room and the moment Lexi observed her see one of the other general's a brief scowl crossed her face and she tensed up. John turned in the direction Bronwyn was looking, and then reacted dragged her to the other side of the room. Shortly afterwards, Phillip, Chester, Andrew, and Sally entered as a group, before being guided by some soldiers towards the seats, that she knew from Matthew's advice was reserved for family members. After seeing them sit down, Lexi looked towards the entry and was surprised to see Paul and Abigail entering, with her father trailing behind them

It took a few seconds for Lexi to realise why Abigail and her father would be present, but it then clicked. Ben, Joseph, and David's promotions were being formally recognised today. That also explained Jessica's parents walking just after Paul and Abigail dragging her father with them, while leaving Paul and Abigail standing there.

The very next moment, Lexi was shocked as she observed Abigail reach up, gentle kiss Paul, and pull back. However, before she could move away, Paul grabbed her hand, and gently tugged her back to him, giving her a gentle kiss, before lifting the hand he had taken and turning it over and kissing the palm, and as he pulled back with a sweet gentle smile on his face. Abigail looked back at him and it seemed that they were lost looking into each other's eyes. Their connection was only disturbed when Monica walked over and waved her hands in between them, breaking the eye connection that they had.

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