Convincing her (Jen and Lucas)

Jen had just gotten back home from a night at the library and she was feeling very exhausted. She opened the door to her house and proceeded with her normal routine of throwing her bag o the couch and walking towards the kitchen.

She opened the refrigerator to take an apple she could munch on before she made her dinner. Before she could close her refrigerator, she was suddenly grabbed from behind with her mouth blocked and a knife pressed against her neck. She was completely frozen in fear and she dropped the apple that she was holding in her hand.

She did not even attempt to scream, infact at that moment, she was paralysed with fear. The only thing she could see was the ingredients in her refrigerator and the cold sensation of the blade that was pressed against her.

"Jen!" she heard Lucas' voice and she finally felt some hope. She chose to scream at that moment and just when Lucas appeared she opened her eyes only to see Lucas looking at her with eyes full of worry.

"Are you alright?" Lucas asked as he pushed away the hairs that were stuck to her face.

He was very surprised when he felt her tremble in his arms. He woke up and realised she had stopped breathing all together while completely covered in sweat. He tried shaking her awake but she did not respond until he shouted her name. He watched her as she was trying to regain her bearings with worry.

After Jen had come back to her senses she threw herself at Lucas clinging to his body with no signs of wanting to release him before Lucas could say anything he felt wetness on his shoulder. He patiently sat her on his lap and stroked her back soothingly.

Jen cried silently as she was still processing that what she had experienced was just a dream.

"Ssshh, it was just a nightmare. I'm right here" Lucas said as he continued to hold her. She had gotten even closer to him when she heard this and tried taking deep breaths to calm herself. After thirty minutes she had finally managed to calm down and silently rested against Lucas' chest.

"Are you feeling better?" Lucas asked and received a nod from Jen in response. She did not know how scared he had become when she had stopped breathing.

"Do you want to talk about it?" Lucas asked as he wiped off the tears on her face.

"It was a bad dream. I dreamt that someone had broken into my house and held me at knife point. What's funny is that, I was so afraid that I couldn't even muster up the ability to beg for my life. At least a coward would try to save themselves. I'm not even qualified for that" Jen said self-mockingly.

When Lucas heard how she was looking down at herself he couldn't help the ache he felt in his heart.

"It was just a dream. Don't overthink it" Lucas said before he hugged her once more.

He could feel his heart ache because he knew that she had such a dream because of what he had told her about the stalker breaking into her house. Lucas sighed as he continued holding her.

"I'll keep you safe, always" he vowed as he continued to soothe her.

***

Tyler was still in his office although it was very late and he was elegantly leaning on the back of his office chair as he placed a cigarette between his lips and taking a long drag. Roy was standing in front of his desk thinking of a way of telling him what he had recently found out about Jen.

"Speak" Tyler said as he looked at Roy with furrowed eyebrows.

"It's about Ms. Larson" Roy started.

"What about her?" Tyler asked as his blue eyes coldly looked at Roy. Roy knew that Jen was still a very sensitive topic of discussion with Tyler.

"Greg has resumed following her" Roy replied.

"What's the status?" Tyler asked. He was familiar with Jen's stalker. He had been following her around for years. He had found about him when the two had started dating. He had noticed that he was always around when they went out.

He had made arrangements to have him abducted and beaten up before warning him that he would not hesitate to permanently cripple him if he continued following his girlfriend around obsessively. After that event he had never seen him again. He did not expect that he would resume looking for Jen after the two of them separated.

"Since when?" Tyler asked before taking another drag of the cigarette before his fingers.

"Since she left. It seems he has been very cautious and did not follow her around as he did in the past. However it seems he was found out by her current boyfriend, and on top of that he had dared to break into her house this time" Roy reported calmly.

When Tyler heard this he couldn't help but worry.

"Is she alright?" he asked.

"Yes, Miss Larson was at her boyfriend's house during the even so she is completely unharmed". Roy replied calmly. Tyler's hand pause and then resumed smoking his cigarette.

"Is that so? What about Greg?" Tyler asked.

"He disappeared" Roy said plainly.

"Disappeared?" Tyler asked as he raised a dark eyebrow.

"Yes, her boyfriend is currently combing through the City X, but it is like Greg just disappeared" Roy continued.

"Oh?" Tyler said before he was deep in thought. He wanted to tell Roy to stop telling him about Jen but at the same time he wanted to know.

"Is there anything else?" Tyler asked as he extinguished his cigarette on his ashtray.

"Nothing so far" Roy responded.

"Her capable boyfriend will handle it. There's no need to worry about her" Tyler said as he combed his fingers through his hair.

"Yes sir," Roy answered.

"Still find Greg. I want to see what he would have to say after he promised to leave Jen alone" Lucas said with a smirk.

"Yes sir. I'll inform our people to start searching for him" Roy said.

"Good, let's go" Tyler said as he stood up and slung his jacket on his shoulder. He had pulled up the long sleeves of his pull neck t-shirt exposing his forearms.

"Will you still be going to meet miss Sarah?" Roy asked.

"No, tell her i'm busy with work. Send flowers or something tomorrow in apology" Tyler replied.

He had never met the lady before, but his mother had recently started pushing a lot of women in his direction. He knew that they were all from prominent families so he couldn't be reckless with them since they were doing business with most of those families.

What his mother did not know was that he had no intentions of dating anyone seriously at the moment. Even though he had already inherited the company, he had no plans of settling with anyone.

Besides, he had thought that he would have ended up with Jen, he was completely thrown off by their sudden separation but he had to admit that it was mainly his fault that it had happened. Something that always worsened his mood.