Convincing her (Jen and Lucas)

Chapter 70: Chemistry

Lucas had become so focused as he read the report he received from Dave that he did not notice when Jen got out of the shower. She had only seen him seriously going through his phone and decided not to bother him as she walked toward his walk in closet.

Lucas was kind enough to provide her space where she could put her things so she wouldn't have to live out of a bag. After putting on some moisturiser and taming her hair she randomly selected one of his shirts before she walked out of the closet. When she returned to the bedroom she found that Lucas' attention was still on his phone.

"What are you reading so seriously?" Jen asked as she leaned against the door frame and crossing her arms.

"Mmmh? Oh it's nothing, just work" Lucas replied as he put down his phone.

"I'll go downstairs to wait on the food, why don't you go take a shower?" Jen said as she made her way towards the bedroom door.

"Wait" Lucas said before she opened the door.

"What is it?" Jen asked curiously. She watched as Lucas got out of bed in only his underwear his whole body completely exposed to her.

He walked towards her and she couldn't help but move backwards with ever step he took towards her. He looked like a predator and she couldn't stop herself from subconsciously backwards. Lucas watched as she kept moving backwards and almost smiled when he saw that she was nervous.

"I have something to discuss with you, but we'll do it later" Lucas said once he was directly in front of her.

"Oh, okay" Jen said feeling slightly perplexed as he had not stopped his advance.

"About yesterday" Lucas said and did not continue. Jen knew that she was being outrageous, and Lucas' offer was reasonable as he was providing the venue and a constant influx of customers. She knew she was being greedy but she couldn't help it.

"I know I was being unreasonable" Jen confessed feeling embarrassed.

"I understand why you would do that, do you have business partners? Who is handling business when you are away?" Lucas asked.

"Umm, my young sister" Jen replied as her eyes did not stop roving over his muscled body.

"Do you want to touch it?" Lucas asked as he moved closer to Jen. She found herself nodding unconsciously before she came back to her senses and as a result she could only glare at Lucas.

"I think I should discuss this with your sister" Lucas said and at this point, his body was completely pressed against her's.

Jen looked up at him and smiled in agreement. She knew that since they were dating she had certain expectations with him that would hinder the progress he would make in his business. She was expecting him to provide conditions that favored her and when he didn't she lashed out impulsively the previous night.

She had not realised how difficult it was to apologise to people that were close to. Saying sorry to a person you bump into on the road was so much easier than trying to apologise to a person that is important in your life. Jen could only look at him but she couldn't find the courage to explain herself and why she was being unreasonable the previous night.

"Mmh" Jen vaguely replied. She was feeling slightly down as she was feeling slightly off ever since he made the suggestion. She felt her chin being lifted up by a warm finger and she ended up with her eyes directly making connection with Lucas' eyes.

"I'm not trying to undermine you" Lucas tried to explain.

"I know, you don't have to explain. it is more appropriate to discuss this with a business partner that can be more objective with the arrangement" Jen said as she tried to comfort him.

"Besides that, there is an issue of me being muddle headed once I decide to do business with you, so I can only depend on an unrelated party to take care of these issues. I'll end up giving up to your demands and my hotel would not have a good ending" Lucas said with a soft smile. He only received her smile as he said these words to her.

"Mmmh, I understand" Jen said as she looked at her feet.

She felt a finger under her chin as it was lifted up and she made eye contact with Lucas. He slightly bent down and left a soft peck on her lips before he pulled back and went to the bathroom without giving her a chance to respond appropriately.

Jen shut her eyes after Lucas left for the bathroom and she ended up standing at the doorway for much longer than she had expected to do so. Soon enough she came back to her senses and went downstairs towards the kitchen to pour a glass of juice for herself. As she sat down on one of the bar stools in Lucas' lavish penthouse she brought out her cellphone and ended up being carried away with her explorations on her phone.

Soon enough she could hear the lazy footsteps that came down the stairs from the bedroom. She looked up at Lucas who was walking towards her direction. He had not dressed up as she had expected him to and was actually wearing a bathrobe.

"Breakfast will be up soon" Lucas said as he walked towards her. Jen nodded to show that she heard him but did not have anything else to say.

As he stood in front of her, he took the glass she was holding in her hands and took a sip of her juice. Jen watched as the glass was taken from her hands to the point where it had connected with his lips and was returned to her possession once more.

She held the glass in her hands as she watched Lucas swallow the juice and couldn't stop herself from following the movement of his tongue as he licked his lips.

Lucas was well aware of their chemistry, and he realised that whenever they were in the same vicinity they would most likely end up touching each other in one way or another and for the first time he did not think that it was a waste of time or inconvenient.