Convincing her (Jen and Lucas)

Chapter 108: Avoiding

The next day Jen was woken by Lucas' alarm and automatically woke up to freshen up before she went to make breakfast after spending an entire five minutes waking him up. He was good at everything except waking up especially since Jen started staying with him.

After a while the two of them were having their breakfast and Jen remembered that Laura and Rachel would be coming that day.

"Laura and Rachel will arrive at the airport at around 2pm I think." Jen said when she remembered she hadn't told Lucas about the time they would arrive.

"Mmmh, did you arrange where they would stay?" Lucas asked curiously.

"Umm, not really" Jen said.

"They can stay at the hotel in one of the suites" Lucas said as he ate.

"Really?" Jen asked curiously.

"Yeah the hotels only have three penthouses, and surprisingly they are very popular so I can give them one of the suites. I'll talk to the manager and he'll arrange everything for them, so don't worry." Lucas said.

"Thank you, really" Jen said sincerely.

"I should at least be able to do this much for you right?" Lucas said with a smile. making her smile back at him.

"Speaking of this, I should probably start-"

"I have a meeting this morning, let's talk about this later" Lucas said as he stood up from the dining chair.

Jen looked at the barely touched breakfast and frowned. She woke up early to cook him breakfast, how could he just leave?

"I'll pack you your breakfast, make sure you eat it" Jen said as she stood up with a sigh and went to arrange the food in containers before putting them in a bag.

She handed him the food as he was leaving and he only left after leaving her with a kiss.

Jen closed the door and laughed at how Lucas was obviously trying to avoid any talk of her moving out. She quickly went to get ready so she would go to campus early to revise in the library before the test.

*

Lucas arrived at work earlier than normal so a lot of the employees were yet to arrive when he entered the office building. The moment he sat down, he received a call from Brian which reminded him about Greg's issue. He had completely forgotten about him.

"Lucas" Brian said the moment he picked up the phone.

"Yes" Lucas said as he set his briefcase on his desk and took out a bunch of papers.

"What plans do you have with Greg? It's almost been a week.

If we keep him here any longer he would probably need counselling" Brian said with a chuckle. Lucas paused with what he was doing and sighed.

"You haven't released him yet? I told you to scare him a bit, and you did so for almost a week? Which part of that is a bit?" Lucas asked although he was not complaining.

"I was waiting for orders, I couldn't just release him right?" Brian said.

"Mmmh, take him to the airport, make sure he goes back home. I'll call his father about his return. Try to do it today" Lucas said and put on his glasses.

"Alright, you need to come with your girlfriend on Saturday." Brian reminded once more.

""Mmmh, we'll talk later. I'm busy now" Lucas said before he hung up.

He then proceeded to call his dad to tell him that they will be returning Greg back to City K and that to inform his father if he wants someone to pick him up, otherwise they can arrange for someone to make sure he arrives home.

Noah wanted to know what happened but Lucas did not disclose any information. He gave up on talking about Greg and told him to go home that Saturday for lunch.

All his sons had developed a tradition of hanging out with their friends at an estate that was quite a distance from the city so they would have lunch at home with family before they went to spend the rest of the day with their friends.

After a short chat about Hellen's plans for his birthday they hung up and Lucas was engrossed in his work once more.

After a couple of hours he received a call from Jen. He stopped what he was doing and picked up his phone with a smile.

"Hi babe" Lucas said a big smile still on his face.

"Ehem, Lucas. I wanted to remind you about the girls" Jen said after composing herself.

She was not expecting him to pick up his phone like that, besides she was in the lecture hall preparing for her exam that was an hour away. Michael was sitting next to her, even though he was naive most of the time he had already noticed Jen's flushed face.

"I wouldn't forget" Lucas said even though it had slipped his mind.

"Okay then, I'll call you after the exam" Jen said.

"Mmh, good luck. Tell Michael that he doesn't need to come in today and can come in tomorrow instead.

"I'll let him know, bye" Jen said.

"Mh, best wishes. I love you" Lucas said and smiled as if he could see her embarrassed face.

"Me too" Jen said her voice expressing how flustered she actually was before she quickly hung up.

"Are you alright?" Michael asked when he saw Jen's flushed face.

"I'm fine" Jen responded as she tried cooling her cheeks with her hands.

"If you're feeling unwell you should go to the nurse's office" Michael said not letting her go at all.

"I'm fine, focus on your books" Jen said almost scolding him.

Michael looked at her skeptically but did not say anything else.

"By the way, Lucas said you don't have to go to work today" Jen said after she remembered what Lucas had asked her to tell him.

"I didn't go yesterday, i'll just go today" Michael said.

"Suit yourself, I've already informed you, so whatever you do is not my business anymore" Jen said as she flipped a page of her notes.

The two of them then continued to study in silence. Although Jen had felt awkward at first when she had sat with him, but eventually she came to understand his eccentric personality, she even thought he was adorable, something that baffled Nancy and Leanna.

He was always oblivious about things and did what he thought was right even when it looked strange to other people which showed that he was not a weak willed person, something that impressed Jen because he was still young and couldn't be compared to most of his peers.

*

Meanwhile at the office Lucas had called Dave to ask him to go pick up Jen's friends. Dave looked at Lucas in disbelief as he was told that he had to go pick them up from the airport and almost opened his mouth to argue.

"What about Michael?" Dave asked. He had gotten an assistant and he was being told to run small errands.

"He has an exam today. Call the hotel, tell them to prepare one of the presidential suites for the two guests." Lucas said not even raising his head to look at Dave's ugly expression.

Dave breathed to calm himself down and looked at Lucas that was still engrossed in his documents.

"Can't you send someone else?" Dave asked.

"Then should I go myself?" Lucas asked as he looked up from his documents at Dave and Dave could feel sweat drip down his back.

"H-how"

"I wouldn't have sent you if they weren't important guests would I?" Lucas said after placing the glasses he was wearing on his desk.

"Alright" Dave said as he gave up on arguing.

"Tell them Jen has an exam and they can call her after 2:30pm" Lucas said putting his glasses back on. Dave took that as his cue to leave and left Lucas' office still complaining in his heart.