The Solider Husband

May-June, 8 years ago, various locations City K

Lexi paused as if she was thinking for a few seconds, again moved against his arousal and said "I know, Matthew. You explained to me that you were away for an intense training block and that you would have limited time, but I missed you so much. Being at the base meant that even when we only had a few hours, that was heaven."

"Lexi, I need to be serious for a few minutes."

Looking at Matthew, Lexi realised that he needed to have a serious discussion with her. That worried her, so with some trepidation she said "What is it Matthew? You are scaring me."

Matthew figured that he should deal with the pleasing thing for them first. "Do you remember the discussions we had about getting married?"

"Yes, but you know we cannot do anything until I turn eighteen."

"I know, but there is something that I could do to protect us, now and in the future until we are able to marry."

Lexi looked at him confused, and Matthew realised that he needed to explain "When everyone disowned me, I listed you as my next of kin, stating that you were my girlfriend. As you know within weeks, I was moved into the officer training program, I was aware that my marriage would have to be approved by those higher up. I submitted the paperwork to obtain approval. Now reach into my left pocket and take out the paper that is there and read it."

Lexi did what Matthew asked, and as she started to read this. She quickly realised that it was formal approval for their marriage from the military. "You are kidding me?"

"Absolutely not Lexi. You know I was serious when I asked you about marrying me, and now we can do so when we are ready. No one can interfere with us getting married or once we are married our marriage otherwise, they will be dealt with for interfering with a military marriage. It does not matter when we marry but from the date it was approved, as my fiancé you are protected is something happens to me during training or while on duty as they will treat you as my spouse."

Matthew say the look on Lexi's face, which was pure relief. He continued "I know from our discussions that your parents are pressuring you to marry your cousin Richard, given the Jax Corp shares he has control of. They want to ensure that they cannot use to harm the family, and your parents are fearful that he will sell those shares to competitors that could damage Jax Corp. That came out in the military investigation to approve our marriage, and I had it also from other sources."

"What are you thinking, Matthew?"

"Your parents can both attend the Civil Administration Bureau with Richard and both sign the paperwork for a marriage without your consent until you turn eighteen."

Lexi looked at him and remembered that the last couple of weeks her father had been dragging Richard home night after night forcing him into her company, saying that he believed Richard was the perfect person for her to marry. Her mother however was resistant to that idea and there seemed to be fighting what was happening as things were not good between her parents for that same time.

"You might be right Matthew. Dad has been bringing cousin Richard home night after night for the last couple of weeks, telling me that he believes a marriage between us would be a good idea, but Mum is not happy about that."

"Assuming things do not change, then they cannot force you. But the thing is now that I have approval for our marriage once we confirm our commitment to a chaplain any other marriage can be voided in the future when we do marry. In the eyes of the law the approval of our marriage my the military authorities once we tick that final box will supersede anything that your parents might do."

With than Matthew leaned down and gave Lexi a deep kiss, enjoying the feeling of his now fiancé in his arms. How much he had missed her, and he would enjoy this time before he had to leave her basically for eleven months of intensive training, save and except for the few days he knew he would have just after her birthday. Telephone calls would basically be his lifeline in that time. After that their separations would be less.

Realising what she was about to do, Matthew grabbed her hand before saying "Lexi, you do not know how much I want this and to go further, but not at this moment. You arranged with Uncle Adam a special meal, so let us go and enjoy that before we think of anything else and you can tell me what you have planned and how we will deal with everyone else."