Chapter 2948 - 138: Ben Lucas and Harrison Lucas Are Getting Married!

Chapter 2948: Chapter 138: Ben Lucas and Harrison Lucas Are Getting Married!

Ben Lucas not only nodded in public to confirm it again, but also released Jennifer Connor’s collar as if no one else were around and sat next to the hospital bed, carefully avoiding Harrison Lucas’s left rear shoulder wound, and reached out to embrace him.

Ben Lucas: "That’s right, Harrison Lucas and I like each other, and we are dating. Moreover, we are not just dating but planning to get married, to give each other the commitment of marriage. So..."

Saying this, Ben Lucas turned his head, casting a sidelong glance at the nearly shocked Commander Nelson.

He said softly, "Commander, Harrison Lucas and I are going to request marriage leave and won’t be able to return to report for duty temporarily. As for how long the leave will be, you should understand... That award ceremony you mentioned, we won’t be able to attend either."

"You... you... you..." Commander Nelson’s heart, already pounding violently, now felt like it was beating even more fiercely, clutching his chest, he couldn’t speak a complete sentence for a while.

No matter how he calculated, he never could have predicted that this would happen with the two most promising students under his command.

Marriage... Ben Lucas and Harrison Lucas... man and man... Oh dear, oh dear... Commander Nelson just felt that the throbbing in his head hurt even more.

What is all of this, how did Ben Lucas, this brat, manage to create so much trouble for him?

Commander Nelson was so angry now that his heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys were all in disarray. Although Eastonia’s technological development, cognitive progress, and open-minded thinking were advancing, like most countries, it still adopted a ’don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy towards soldiers with same-sex preferences.

Meaning—no one in the military department will ask about your sexual orientation. If you are homosexual, you can continue to serve in the military as long as you don’t disclose it.

However, if you choose to disclose your personal orientation, such a situation in the predominantly male military department is sure to be met with some tension from some soldiers, and it may affect other soldiers too.

Therefore, once a military officer who likes the same sex publicly declares their orientation, it means retirement.

Commander Nelson finally evened his breath and said excitedly, "Ben Lucas, do you... do you know what this means? You... even if you like Harrison Lucas, you don’t have to say it out loud. You are the youngest Major General in the military department with a limitless future... how can you... how can you..."

The senior leader nearly choked himself out with his own breath.

Even though he worried about someone’s relationship, he never worried about Ben Lucas.

Young people all have moments of impulsiveness, moments of anger for the sake of their loved ones. Previously, some of his most promising soldiers applied for discharge or transfer because they couldn’t stand the long-term separated couple situation.

But whether he worried about someone, he’d never worried about Ben Lucas, because he knew that Ben Lucas would never act impulsively when it came to relationships.

And yet, the person he believed to be the most reliable has pulled this kind of thing.

That is Ben Lucas, the most promising young man in the entire military department. How could he suddenly announce that he wants to get married, and it’s to another young military officer!

Commander Nelson could already imagine how much of a shock this would cause if the news got out.

[Here’s a brief explanation: The ’don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy is a policy that was used in M Country during the early days. It wasn’t until around 2010 that there was no ban on people of the same sex joining the army. Other countries, including Eastonia, currently have no explicit ban on homosexuals serving, but other countries do not have this explicit directive period like M Country, so this section references M Country with the explicit law.]