26 April, City Centre, City K

As Matthew handed Lexi her bouquet, the first of the two cabins for everyone else arrived.?Paul watched as Andrew, Sally, Chester, Phillip, Steven, and Rachael climbed in.?Despite the last few weeks, there was no way he wanted to share to close of a space with Andrew and Sally.

Matthew noticed as he watched them leave the conflicting emotions crossing his face.?Yes, he had made decisions to move on and he seemed close to Abigail, he had still not given up on the past.?He better not hurt Abigail, or the problems it would cause.

Lexi quietly said "Matthew..?"

Shaking his head, Matthew said "Interesting.?I would have thought everyone would have pushed Andrew, Sally, Paul and Abigail into the same cabin.."

"Our friends are too kind to Abigail.?She deserves security and despite everything I still believe Paul has not totally moved on from the past.?Just.."

"Like me you do not want to see her hurt."?Matthew turned back and looked at Lexi, leaning down to gently kiss her before saying "Apologies.?I was distracted for a minute.."

"If I remember it rightly, just before we climbed on to the Ferris Wheel at the amus.e.m.e.nt park, you were distracted.."

"I had the right to be.?I was ensuring that I was not obvious while I has us last onto the wheel, so I could give you that kiss and the rose."

"In other words, history is repeating itself."

"No Lexi.?I do not have to worry about being caught kissing you and giving you flowers."

Before Lexi could retort, they were signalled to climb into the cabin for them.?As they entered. Lexi noticed the bouquet of roses sitting on the table, and drinks secured in a container on the bench.?As she moved in and the door was shut, Lexi looked at Matthew and said, "How many roses?"

"I wanted to express messages with the flowers I gave you tonight, but.."

"Too many options so you figured roses were simple and then you learnt about the messages different single stems in a bouquet send?"

"How..?"

Shaking her head, Lexi said "Did you forget my career.?I know about the language of flowers and used that with my break-out collection.?The most popular design had ninety-nine roses on it, and men flocked to order the design for the special woman in their lives.."

Lexi looked closer at the bouquet on the table and quietly said "Ninety-Nine roses?"

Matthew nodded saying "I could not think of another way to say the words easily.?And the bouquet I gave you before we boarded has twenty-seven roses.."

Lexi blushed.?Matthew was, with the flowers saying the two things she wondered if she would ever hear from her spouse.?How much he loved her and that he would love her forever.?This man, with two simple gestures told her that whatever happened things would always be alright.?She wanted to talk about Dominic's parentage but looking at Matthew something was still holding her back.

After helping Lexi sit down, Matthew moved and selected a bottle of Champagne.?Given his restrictions the Wheel staff ensured that the drinks were opened to allow him to easily pour them drinks throughout the night, and he carefully poured a glass for both Lexi and himself, making sure to hand her a drink before taking his and sitting down.?As the wheel was slowly moving, Matthew turned, raised his glass and said "A toast to my lovely wife.?Someone who deserves the best always."

Blushing, Lexi dropped her eyes.?His care and concern made her feel ashamed that even now she could not be totally honest.

Matthew seeing that she had dropped her eyes, placed his glass on the table, and carefully lifted her head saying "Lexi, what is it?"

Taking a couple of deep breaths, Lexi calmed herself down before saying "Dominic.."

"I wanted to ask you about something, but I did not push."

"What?"

"Why is Richard's name not on his birth certificate??And more importantly, would you agree to me adopting him??While biologically he is not my son, I view him as that and I want to world to know that he is mine, regardless of his birth and that he will be as important as any children we might have in the future."

Matthew placed his glass down, and reached over and gently placed his hand on he stomach, before quietly adding "I wish he was mine as I could have seen you grow with the ultimate expression of out relationship.?That was not meant to be, but hopefully it will be in the future."?Matthew then leant over and gently kissed Lexi before pulling back and adding "History repeats itself."

Lexi realised that the cabin has stopped, and they were at the top of the wheel's motion.?Matthew then moved and placed in front of her a baby pink rose.?That caused her to blush, remembering the past.?When he kissed her on the Ferris Wheel at the amus.e.m.e.nt park, he handed her a baby pink coloured rose.

"You remember?"

"I do," and tears started rolling down her face.

Seeing the tears, concerned Matthew said, "I did not mean to hurt you."

"You did not, they are tears of happiness, that the past promises are now slowly coming true."?Lexi leant over as the Cabin started slowly moving again and gently kissed Matthew before saying "Thank you."

"Lexi, sweetheart, there is no need to thank me, just knowing that you are happy and this means something to you is all I need."

Seeing the seriousness on his face, Lexi, laughed a little before saying "But the last thing that the big brave general would want known is how romantic and sentimental he can be towards his wife.."

Shaking his head Matthew said, "I think those around me already know, and those that did not would have figured things out with what happened at the Nang Foundation event."

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