Convincing her (Jen and Lucas)

Chapter 88: Is it grapes? or apples?

The two stayed with Lucas' family until it started getting late before using the excuse of Jen having to go for classes the next day to escape the house. The two of them drove off the large compound with full stomachs.

"Don't speed this time" Jen warned and only received a smile from Lucas.

"If you do i'll probably throw up" Jen warned before she made herself comfortable.

Lucas chuckled when he heard her threat but did not speed. As if to make a point, he made an effort not to go over the speed limit even once. After driving for almost an hour they finally arrived at Jen's house.

They both got off the car and Jen went to unlock the door. When she wanted to open it, Lucas stopped her and went into the house first before letting her in. Even though the gu had broken in, everything looked exactly the same. Nothing was out of place, she liked the house, but even as she was standing there she felt uncomfortable. She went to her room and packed enough clothes to fit two suitcases.

When Lucas saw her carry so many things he smiled widely. It showed that she was planning to stay with him for a long time.

"I plan to get a new place the moment that guy is captured. I won't be able to live here anymore" Jen said. Lucas felt like someone had splashed cold water on him. Since she was bringing so many things, he just had to make sure she does not leave right?

Lucas' wide smile had greatly reduced in size and he went ahead to help Jen with her luggage. The two of them left her house and returned to Lucas' house. As Lucas was carrying her things upstairs Jen stopped him when he was about to open his bedroom door.

"No, don't take it to your room. Just take it to the guest room i'll be fine" Jen said suddenly making Lucas look at her in surprise.

"What?" He asked as if he heard wrongly.

"I'll use the guest room instead" Jen said as she grabbed one of the suitcases he was holding and dragged it to the other master bedroom.

"But why?" Lucas asked as he followed behind her.

"You are a huge distraction, I will never find time to actually do any reading if we share the same room. I'll just go buy a desk and a desk chair and put it in here, i'll impose on you and use this as my room for now, okay?" Jen said happily.

"I won't bother you, i'll be working most of the time anyway" Lucas tried persuading Jen.

"Besides that, there is no point in making you change your living conditions in your room unnecessarily when there is an empty closet and shower here" Jen explained her decision. Lucas felt like he had been fooled.

"It's no trouble at all-" Lucas started before he was cut off by Jen.

"I understand you Lucas, but you need to understand that we are currently only dating, I still need a certain level of privacy. You do too. Our relationship is too young otherwise I would have already given up the house and moved in completely.

[A/N: Well, you kinda did right?]

"But-" Lucas started.

"I'm not banning you from entering this room, i'm assuming i'm also still allowed to go to yours. I just want us to have our own spaces. I could sleep in your room for the weekend because i'd go back home, but now I have no home so" Jen said as she gestured at the room they were standing in.

Lucas could not refute what she said, and unlike him who did not mind, Jen was going through so many things in her life that she may not be ready to share.

After he listened to her, Lucas hesitantly nodded and left the room feeling dejected. Jen knew he was s bit upset but he was not angry.

Jen dragged her back to the walk in closet to arrange her clothes.

*

On the other hand, Lucas was in his room making a phone call.

"Michael" Lucas said when he heard the other side of the line go quiet.

"Yes sir" Michael's response came after a few seconds. He did not believe what he had heard before.

"Will you be able to do it?" Lucas asked. He had asked Michael if he wanted to work part time at Lewis & Co. as his assistant.

"Um"

"It's okay if you can't, I needed someone to help with the workload and you were the first one I thought of. I didn't want to go through a lengthy recruitment process" Lucas explained.

"Oh no no no no no, i'll be completely fine" Michael reassured.

"Are you sure? If you think it will affect your academic life it's best not to do it" Lucas said.

"It'll be fine" Michael said again.

"Alright, but i'll be checking incase your grades drop. If they do you will stop immediately" Lucas said in concern. Michael was touched with his concern and he became even more motivated.

"Alright"

"Mmh, have a good night, come in on Tuesday, you will be shadowing Dave for a while. I hope you are a quick learner, he is not the most patient person around" Lucas instructed.

"Good night big brother, don't worry about me" MIchael said before he hang up.

If Dave was patient he would probably already have two assistants and wouldn't have to be overworked together with him.

As Lucas was sitting in his room he suddenly felt that it was too big. He stood up and went to the kitchen to get himself something to drink. When he got out of his door he saw the door to the room Jen was in was slightly ajar. He sighed dispiritedly and went downstairs.

He opened the fridge and took out a bunch of fruits before sitting in the living room and turning on the television. Unlike most businessmen he did not watch the news much, there was a reason he had an assistant so Lucas was watching some superhero movie with amusement.

He quickly finished an apple and started popping grapes in his mouth. Soon enough he felt a presence behind him and sure enough Jen was standing there looking at him.

When he saw her he remembered how she decided to sleep in the other room so he turned back to the television and said nothing. Jen saw she was ignored by Lucas and couldn't help but wonder if he was sulking.

She walked over to him and directly sat on his lap. Lucas pretended not to notice her.

[A/N/: That should be pretty hard to do].

"Lucas are you mad at me?" Jen asked but received no reply

"Lucas are you really that mad at me?" Jen asked and wrapped her hands around his torso. She saw his left eye twitch and restrained herself from laughter. She looked up to him with her warm brown eyes before asking again.

"Baby, are you still mad at me?" Jen said as she blinked her big eyes, but Lucas was avoiding making eye contact.

"Honey~ you're still mad?" Jen asked before she released him and pecked his lips. She looked at him and saw that he was looking at her now.

"Did you have grapes? or apples?" Jen asked as she swept her tongue on her lips. She made an expression like she could not identify what fruit he had.

"Let me have a taste" Jen said before she moved forward to kiss Lucas deeply.

Her tongue swept past his lips and explored his mouth as if she was really searching for the taste of the fruits he had eaten. It was one of the few times that Jen took the initiative to kiss him. How could he resist? He ended up giving in and holding the back of her head while reciprocating her ministrations.