Convincing her

After the long talk with the two girls, Jen went to the library to catch up with her studies and left the pair in the cafeteria eating. She realised how so many things had happened over the short time that she had moved to City X when the library felt unfamiliar to her.

She chose a cubicle and arranged her things before going to search for the books she would need for the next few hours. Once she was properly settled she remained focussed with her books till it was late in the evening.

She was startled when she heard her phone vibrate and she hurriedly picked it up.

"Hello?" Jen whispered into her phone and stood up to leave so as not to bother the other people who were sitting around her.

"Why are you whispering?" Lucas asked curiously as he leaned back into his office chair.

"I'm at the library" Jen responded as she got into the washroom.

"Is it a bad time?" Lucas asked.

"I'm in the bathroom now what is it?" Jen asked finally talking normally.

"I told you I'd call, and I thought you would be home by now" Lucas said as he twirled the fountain pen in his hand. When Jen heard him she checked her phone for the time and saw that it was already 7pm. She hadn't realised it had gotten so late already.

"I got carried away, i'll go home soon," she said and sat on the marble countertop that was next to the sink area.

"Mmh, i'll return at around 10pm so you don't have to wait for me before you eat" Lucas said.

"I won't. You don't have to worry" Jen said seriously although she was joking.

"I'm feeling strangely hurt by that" Lucas said with a chuckle.

"Hmm, then i'll go collect my things and head home" Jen said with a smile.

"Mmh, text me when you arrive" Lucas replied.

"Mmh, I'm hanging up" Jen said as she got down from the countertop. As she turned around she caught a glimpse of her reflection in the mirror. She saw herself smile like a fool when she looked at the mirror and immediately fixed her expression.

"Mmh, I love you" Lucas said and Jen unconsciously smiled brightly once more. When she looked at the mirror again, she saw her silly expression through the reflection and straightened her expression.

"Me too, I'm hanging up" Jen said and hung up before Lucas was able to say anything. Lucas looked at his phone in amusement and couldn't stop himself from laughing.

As he set his cellphone on the table, the office line started ringing. he picked up the phone and placed on his ear before leaning back on his chair once more.

"What is it?" Lucas asked, his tone of voice completely different from how it was when he was talking to his girlfriend.

"Mr. Lewis wants to see you" Dave's voice.

"What for?" Lucas asked with a frown.

"I'm also not very clear on the details" Dave responded bluntly.

"Tell them i'm on my way" Lucas said and hung up.

He stood up from his office chair and put on his jacket and before he left his office, he remembered to slide his phone into his pocket.

The office area was pretty empty as he walked across the large office area that had spacious cubicles and he directly went to press the button for the executive elevator. After going inside he selected the highest floor of the building and patiently waited as the numbers on the elevator changed.

He finally arrived at the top floor and got out of the elevator. He walked towards his father's office and walked past a number of secretaries and only stopped in front of the secretary that was closest to his father's office.

Once the secretary confirmed with his father he could go in, Lucas did not even wait to be led inside and straightforwardly walked in.

He was too tired to follow protocol as he had been working like a dog from the moment he arrived at the office.

"You're here" Noah said without looking up from the documents he was looking at.

"Yes, good evening father" Lucas said as he sat across from his father.

"Mmh, how is work" Noah said as he flipped through the documents as if he was double checking for something.

"Busy, you really couldn't even give me a break?" Lucas said in complaint since he started work a week after he finished his exams.

"You're the only one your age who would complain about having a job. How many general managers are there out of all the people that completed the same year as you? You won't find any even if you back tracked five years." Noah said half scolding and half consoling Lucas.

Lucas rolled his eyes when he heard his father's words but did not say anything else lest it turns into a lecture.

"Was there something you needed?" Lucas asked decisively changing the subject.

"Yes, give me a minute, just go sit there" Noah said with furrowed eyebrows as he continued looking through the contract. After circling a few clauses on it he directly called the director that was involved and spoke three words.

"In my office" Noah said in the phone and directly hung up. Lucas looked at his father and he could feel as the cold sweat trickled down his back. He knew that someone was going to have their self-esteem completely destroyed in a few minutes.

As predicted a few minutes later the director walked into the office being led in by the secretary and stood in front of Noah's desk. He did not even dare to sit down. Noah briefly looked at him from the top of his glasses, his grey eyes coldly looking at him.

"Do I still need to supervise such trivial matters?" Noah asked and the director was unable to say anything as he did not know what Noah was talking about.

Lucas also unconsciously found himself gulping. He could understand what the director was feeling as he had also been subjected to similar treatment numerous times. It was probably even worse for him.