Convincing her

"Aren't you even going to try and explain yourself?" Noah asked and placed the papers in front of the director even though he was tempted to throw them at his face.

He picked up the papers and looked over them but saw nothing wrong with them. When he looked up to say something he met Noah's intimidating gaze and had to check again and saw all the places that were circled by Noah but he still did not know what was wrong with the way he distributed the shops.

"If you don't see anything wrong then you might as well hand in your resignation" Noah said as he closed the files on his desk. The director went through the documents once more in a fluster and for some reason, Lucas was having a sense of schadenfreude at that moment.

After the director realised what was wrong he looked apologetic for his blunder. He hadn't realised that he had not allocated any stores for the company.

"I apologise" he said feeling embarrassed.

"How can you make such a blunder? And what's worse is that you approved it" Noah admonished.

"I-"

"Just go, next time I call you in for this, come in with your resignation letter" Noah warned.

Lucas watched the man leave the office and afterwards acted like he had not seen anything. Noah stood up from his chair and went to sit next to Lucas who was acting like nothing had happened.

"There's business I have to discuss with you" Noah said and sat down on the comfortable sofa.

"What is it?" Lucas asked still maintaining his innocent expression.

"There's a contract signing with AT technologies and I won't be round for the negotiations." Noah said.

"And?" Lucas asked still in the dark. He did not know what exactly his father was trying to say.

"I'll be leaving the country for a couple of weeks, so I need you to do the negotiations." Noah instructed.

"AT Technologies…" Lucas said as he pondered. There was something important that he was supposed to remember about it but he didn't.

"The Ainsworth boy will come next week for negotiation, I'll send you the details of the negotiations" Noah continued.

"Ah" Lucas responded once he realised that Tyler was the one who worked there. He wasn't even listen to Noah from the point he got lost in thought.

"Lucas" Noah called with a frown.

"Oh yes, i'll look it up" Lucas responded although he looked absent minded. He knew that once Tyler came, there was a high chance that he would see Jen.

Even if it was accidentally, since the two were almost always together and there was going to be a launch party that was going to be held on the following Saturday. As long as Tyler left before then it would be fine.

"How is Jen?" Noah asked his tone of voice changing.

"You can just call her and ask her. Why are you asking me?" Lucas asked dumbly.

"How is she?" Noah asked patiently.

"She's okay" Lucas conceded and replied.

"Mmh, you better treat her well" Noah said and got up from the sofa and went back to his chair. Lucas on the other hand was dumbfounded. He wanted to ask his father if he knew something but he refrained from doing so and left the office instead.

Once he settled himself back in his office his office door was opened once more and Dave walked inside with a folder and a flash drive.

"What is this?" Lucas asked.

"The materials for the meeting with AT Technologies next week" Dave responded. Since David had been the one to investigate Jen in the first place, he was clearly aware of her previous relationship with Tyler.

Lucas was at his seat for sometime before his lips spread into a smile. He predicted that Tyler's arrival would be very interesting as he also wanted to know if Jen was still hung up on him (Tyler) or if she was actually into him (Lucas).

Not long after this thought, he received a ping on his phone, and when he picked it up to check, he saw that it was a message from Jen.

[Can you buy some juice, milk and veggies on your way home?]

Lucas looked at the text and chuckled to himself before he stood up from his chair and packed his things. He really didn't feel like working anymore, so he just walked out of his office leaving behind a stunned Dave and an oblivious Michael who was typing away on his computer.

Lucas left the office building in his BMW and went to the grocery store where he bought the things that Jen had asked him to bring home and drove home.

After twenty minutes, he had arrived at the hotel and gotten out of the car. He carried his briefcase in one hand and the bag full of groceries in his other hand. He was anticipating getting home which was something that was rare.

He did think about her throughout the day, but it was the first time he had felt actual anticipation when he thought of going back home and seeing Jen in his kitchen, fixing something for them to eat, or sitting in the living room with her book or she would be setting the table while wearing one of his shirts. He had already gotten used to it to the point he did not think of ever coming home to an empty house.

Especially that day, after the talk he had with his father, he became even more determined to spoil her so she would continue to stay by his side. ONce he got out of the elevator he opened the door to the penthouse.

"Lucas? you came home earlier than I thought" Jen said from the kitchen and came to peak at him when she didn't receive an answer. She was holding a wooden spoon in her hand and was wearing his shirt with her hair in a french braid.

Lucas looked at her and a smile graced his face, his dimples making an appearance. Jen wearily took a step back as she felt like his smile looked a bit too predatory.

"W-what is it?" Jen asked as her breathing picked up. How could Lucas not notice that she looked excited even though she was moving away from him. He had to admit that she naturally knew how to pull someone in.