Convincing her

After finishing with the discharge papers, the couple finally went back home. Jen parked the car and the two got out and walked towards the elevator. As they were about to press the button that would open the elevator doors, Lucas heard his name being called from behind him.

When he turned around he saw David standing at the parking garage with his suit on and a large briefcase. Seeing David made him feel tired all of a sudden but he waited for him to reach them.

"Are you okay?" Dave asked his eyes swept over Lucas' body. He could not see anything wrong physically, except for the mask that covered his face.

"Sort of" Lucas responded and slightly pulled down the mask on his face exposing part of his bandaged nose.

"I'm assuming it's not too serious right?" Dave commented when he saw part of Lucas' face. If it was serious then he wouldn't have been discharged so soon.

"Mmh, let's go up" Lucas said and the three walked into the elevator.

"Hi Dave" Jen said when the two were finished talking.

"Hello Miss Larson" David responded.

"I thought I've told you to just call me Jen" Jen said as she looked at the stiff man who just smiled politely at her in response.

Jen could only shake her head and smile since she had nothing else to say. Once they arrived at the penthouse, Jen went to the kitchen and left Lucas and Dave to their own devices as she decided to make breakfast. 

David as expected had brought Lucas' workload to him and was briefing him on all the things that needed his approval. He also talked to him about the other projects that needed his direct supervision that were going to be taken over by David at this point especially with the meetings that were scheduled.

They agreed that David will send him the progress of the projects under his management and that Michael will be bringing what he will need to work on in the evening after work and pick up the things that he had already worked through at that time too. 

"I'll be back next week. Hang in there" Lucas comforted.

"Are you sure?" David asked.

"Mmh, Tuesday, latest Wednesday. The bruising should be gone by then" Lucas reassured. He would not go to work with the current condition of his face, he could not find it in himself to do so.

Even though he bruised easily, it normally didn't take long for the bruising to go away. Since the bruise he had gotten from Jen a few days ago was already gone. After their conversation ended, Dave left promptly, declining Jen's offer of staying for breakfast. His workload had pretty much doubled, so he did not have the luxury of having breakfast anymore. 

Jen watched as he pretty much ran out of the house and turned to look at Lucas who still hadn't taken off the mask on his face.

"Let's have breakfast, You can still chew right? It doesn't matter, I made porridge just incase" Jen chattered as she dragged Lucas to the table.

Lucas sat across from her but didn't start eating. Jen waited for him to take off the mask but he didn't.

"What are you doing not eating?" Jen asked.

"Is your throat okay?" Lucas asked and earned a glare from her.

"How do you think I ended up like this?" Jen asked with a frown and received a smile from Lucas instead. He had no intention of apologising because he did not regret anything he did last night. He just gave her a closed mouth smile that she could not see anyways because of the mask. She knew that he was smiling because his eyes actually crinkled and she could see them.

"Go ahead and eat. I have already seen your face, there's no need to be so self-conscious" Jen said as she stabbed the bacon with her fork. Lucas carefully took off the mask from his face and placed it on the side. As he was doing so, he made up his mind that he'll have to buy a couple of them online. 

"Did you know they sold these?" Lucas asked Jen as he pointed at the mask.

"Yes, celebrities wear them all the time. Haven't you seen your brother wear them?" Jen asked surprised that he did not know about them.

"No I haven't" Lucas replied. He understood why Ethan had looked at him strangely when he said that he did not know that they were on the market.

"I'm sure your brands also sell them. This is interesting" Jen commented with a chuckle and continued eating. 

After they were done with breakfast, the both of them as if they had a tacit agreement went to work on their own business. With Jen being busy with her school work and going through the materials that she received from Michael and Lucas busying himself with his workload from the office.

However, Jen had forgotten that she had to meet her friends later that day until when she received a call from Nancy asking her about where she was.

"I didn't see you in school today, what happened?" Nancy asked with concern.

"There was an emergency this morning and I couldn't make it. Are you still going out?" Jen asked.

"Mmh, unless you have changed your mind. Laura and Rachel said they would also be coming" Nancy said.

"No, I'll be there. Don't worry about it. I'll come with Laura and Rachel" Jen reassured. 

"Okay then, let's meet at the mall in front of Black Bean cafe.

"Mmh, I'll see you there" Jen said before she hung up. She looked at the time and called the two girls to tell them to be ready in an hour before she went to Lucas' study.

He was very absorbed in his work that he did not even notice her come inside. Jen watched him busily read the documents that had been brought over while he furiously typed at his keyboard and even though he had his nose bandaged, he still looked charismatic.

"Lucas" Jen called out hating that she was breaking his concentration.

"Mmh?" Lucas answered as he looked up at her.

"I had plans with the girls, I'll be going out in about an hour" Jen said wondering whether it would be alright to leave him alone.

"Oh, don't worry about me, i'll be fine. You can just go" Lucas responded.

"Are you sure?" Jen asked while tilting her head.

"Absolutely. i'll be fine. Just buy me something nice" Lucas said with a smile that brought his dimples to life making Jen dubly nod at his request.