26 February, Military Base, City K

Matthew laughed and quickly responded "Well you do not complain at other times."

Lexi, hearing this could not believe him. The children present did not get the double entendra, but it was clear that most of the a.d.u.l.t did, by the looks that were being given to them. All Lexi could do was, in shock respond "Matthew Rong," while turning read in embarrassment.

She then heard Matthew laughing, before he whispered, "You are the one with the dirty mind not me."

Slapping him gently all Lexi could do was say "Go.."

As Matthew took Dominic's hand and walked away all Lexi was able to do was shake her head. Matthew, despite him knowing what she wanted could simply walked away with Dominic motioning for the other children to follow them.

As they reached where the special forces soldiers were, Matthew so the parents could hear said "Children, these men are special soldiers. You cannot ask their names, but when I asked them," that started some laughter, but Matthew ignored them and continued "they agreed to help you have a go on a couple of things in the obstacle course that we just did. We will make sure that you are safe. We also thought that we would help you have a special photo looking as if you had just come down that wall using the ropes. You will not be high off the ground."

Matthew's words drew squeals of joy from the children, who all realised that their photos from here would make them look like real soldiers. Seeing the nod from Matthew, the special forces soldiers quickly divided the children into groups and look them to some simple obstacle in the course.

While the children were out on the obstacle course, three women, who Lexi had no idea who they were, approached her and one said "You husband is really making this a special trip for these children. What does he do here?"

While she knew what his posting was, and his rank Lexi knew she had to play dumb. Neither were to be public knowledge, so she said "I have no idea. All I know is he has an administrative post here on base. But he is focused on maintaining his skills, so I know he joins in things like that to do so, because he says he has no idea if he may be required to go into the field. He has said that even though he has a administrative post it is no excuse to maintain the skills he learnt when he joined the military."

"He is so beautiful. Who exactly is him, and his family?"

Lexi could not believe this woman. Looking at her, it clicked who she was. A well-known actress that was dumped about five or six months ago by her rich husband for a younger mistress. Their split was front page news for weeks, and the existence of their son ensured that she walked out of the marriage with something, and the promise that her ex would pay child support and for their son's education. Rumours were around that she had almost gone through the settlement she received in such a short time and was on the lookout for a new rich husband. No way would she try to latch on to anyone she knew.

"Get those thoughts out of your mind, ladies. My husband will be loyal and as to his family, he has one brother the CEO of the family company. Before you ask, he is engaged. You should know about my family. I have two brothers, both of whom are engaged, so forget it."

"No need to be snappy, we just though you could introduce us, given our children go to school with your son to people in society.."

Lexi knew she was ready to snap so she moved away from these three women. How could they, on a school trip where they were accompanying their children try to find ways to ingrain themselves with rich men. Some people did not accept there were limits. If they were this bold on that point, how soon before they realise her business and try to have her give them pieces simply because they children attend school with Dominic.

As she moved away, Lexi heard the actress say "What a b*tch. We were just asking questions as we know little about her husband and his family."

The woman who spoke to her first added "What is so unusual about that. But then, the Yao family tend to be stuck up, so why would we expect that she would be different from any other member of that family."

The actress responded "True. She needs to learn her place. Despite her being a member of the Yao family, she is only a soldier's wife, and I bet he attended the school on an academic scholarship given he was valedictorian of his graduating class, and his brother is the CEO of a small family company."

Lexi heard enough and turned back. This was going to stop now. It was beyond what is acceptable, even if children were not present. Lexi stalked back and said "You three need to learn some manners. I am entitled to refuse what you wanted me to do. The last thing I want to do is jeopardise relationsh.i.p.s, both personal and business to satisfy your needs. I feel sorry that you were all dumped by your husbands for another woman, but that does not give you any rights to force your way into society. But you want to know, my husband is the brother of the CEO of JL International but he chose a join the military to the opposition of many, including his parents. His parents paid for him to attend the school, he did not rely on a scholarship, but was bright academically. You know my brothers are the CEO and head of the Entertainment Division of Jax Corp. And I know who each of you are, so you can forget about ever getting your hands on a couture dress from LY. There is no way I would allow my brand to be associated with women like you, who have no filter nor any respect for where they are when badmouthing someone."

With that Lexi stormed off.

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