Convincing her (Jen and Lucas)

What Jen did not know was that Lucas was not a complete noob when it came to business. The L.L Hotels brand was his, and it was the reason he had been too busy to take his exams the previous year. Even though he had managed to open his own chain of hotels, their circumstances were obviously very different.

Unlike Jen who was struggling at the time, Lucas had had the funding and connections, and this project was assigned to him by his father who had recommended a team of experts that had helped him.

Jen was on the other side of the spectrum where she had so much to lose. If Lucas' project had failed it would not even make much of a dent in his wealth that was why he could "practice" with the hotel project. If he had failed, he would have gained experienced and if he had succeeded he would gain ownership of the hotels, he really did not have much to lose.

In contrast to what he was doing now, he was supposed to be more vigilant since was not practising anymore and any mistakes would reflect upon his ability to manage the company in the future, so he was under a lot of pressure. He could not afford to make any mistakes and that was the main reason as to why he ended up overworking himself.

The two of them quickly finished their meal in relative silence. Lucas helped Jen put everything back in the eco bag and went back to his seat behind the large desk.

"Are you busy now?" Lucas asked Jen as he wore his glasses.

"Not really, I haven't made any plans" Jen replied as she looked at Lucas with his glasses on. They made him look so much more mature, as long as he did not smile since she had a weakness for his dimples.

"Do you want to stay here for a bit, I'll be done soon so we can go home together?" Lucas said and flashed her a smile. Jen inwardly sighed, after smiling like that was he still expecting her to say no?. She could only lament to herself.

"Sure" Jen replied and watched as Lucas' smile became even wider. She couldn't help but feel like she was raising a puppy.

"If you're bored you can just use my laptop," Lucas said and pointed at the laptop that was on the coffee table close to where she was sitting.

"Okay," Jen said but did not make any movements to pick up the laptop. Instead, she took out her cellphone to entertain herself.

A couple of people entered Lucas' office to discuss some of the things that they were assigned to do but other than a nod and a smile, Jen did not care much about what was going on. At this point, everyone in the office had already concluded that the mysterious lady was Lucas' girlfriend. They had seen her come in twice already and they were even caught kissing on the elevator the first time she came over.

The two people that were actually the subject of much gossip were completely unaware. Of course, the people who had seen Jen being intimate with Lucas were those who were on the same floor with him. The people who worked in the other departments had heard rumours but were yet to see Jen.

It is obvious that there were a good number of women whose hearts were broken upon hearing the news, but they did not want to believe it. They were still clinging to the hope that this was just a fling that would last a couple of months before Lucas grew bored and moved on.

[A/N: Whatever helps you sleep at night.]

The fact that they did not know about Lucas' flings was proof enough that he was serious about Jen, but not everyone is a deep thinker.

The couple stayed in the office till 6 pm. That was when Lucas decided that he should leave work with Jen, even though he still had a lot to work on. He had been stewing on what Jen had told him the previous night but he was feeling very hesitant about employing the advice that she had given him.

He still was not familiar with everyone's abilities since he was still relatively new. He comforted himself as he was thinking that once he worked there longer then he would be able to gauge other people's abilities.

"Jen" Lucas called out to her making her look up from her phone.

"What is it?" She asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Let's go home," Lucas said as he got up from his seat and put on his suit jacket.

"You're done?" she asked as she too got up from the sofa, she stretched her body as she was sitting in one position for too long. Lucas walked towards her and hugged her from behind.

"Mmh, let's go home," Lucas said next to her ear making goosebumps rise on her skin.

Jen was still adjusting herself to the fact that her boyfriend liked touching her all the time, she did not hate it. In fact, she liked it a lot, it's just that his actions kept surprising her. He was very different from Tyler who always kept a certain distance in public and was very overbearing and passionate in the sheets.

Lucas on the other hand always found an excuse to touch her even when they were in public, he was either holding her hand or had his hand on the small of her back. When they were alone she would find herself either being kissed or fondled in some way. She had only slept with him twice, the first time they were both drunk and the second time was rushed as he had to the office.

Even though their beginning was out of the norm, Lucas has not attempted to sleep with her again since then. It made her curious about what he was thinking since it is obvious that he is still interested. She wanted to know what was holding him back, but she couldn't just ask him, right?

[A/N: Actually, you can… just saying]

"Home?" Jen repeated as she leaned against his chest.

"Mmh," Lucas said and kissed her bare shoulder.

"Let's go," Lucas said as he released her and went to carry the Eco bag. Jen picked up her purse and they walked out of his office together.

Dave's office was literally outside Lucas' office and was separated from the rest of the secretaries, so when they walked out they saw Dave typing vigorously on his computer.

"You can leave early today, don't come to work over the weekend," Lucas said as he was leaving.

Dave was so surprised that he couldn't answer, he only looked at Jen who gave him a mysterious smile before following Lucas out. Dave was frozen for a couple of seconds but finally snapped out of it. It was already rare to be able to leave early, much less get an entire weekend off, he would not complain!

The two walked out of Lucas' office area towards the elevator. They passed by a good number of offices and cubicles on their way and the few people that were still in the office stared at them discreetly. They finally arrived at the elevators and stood there waiting for the elevator.

They were engaged in some small talk when the elevator doors opened. The two suddenly became quiet as they saw Lucas' father in the elevator. The man was standing inside with his assistant and looked at the pair with a questioning gaze.

"Are you going to come in?" Noah asked slightly amused by the fact that the couple was surprised to see him in his own company.

"Ah, yes" Lucas replied and pulled a surprised Jen in the elevator with him. He could already feel how long the elevator ride was going to be.