Convincing her

Fortunately for Jen, Lucas did not french kiss her in front of everyone and just left a lingering peck on her lips before kissing her forehead and strategically taking her bag when she was still dazed.

He shut the car door and locked the car before holding her hand and pulling her towards the faculty building.

"What are you doing now?" Jen asked with furrowed eyebrows when she finally realised that Lucas was dragging her along.

"I'm taking you to class. I wish I met you a year ago, I'd do this for you" Lucas said as he raised the bag he was carrying showing her that he would have carried her bags and escorted her to class if he was still a university student.

Jen was flattered by his comment so she decided not to complain. In fact, she ended up smiling like an idiot up to the point they were outside her lecture theatre.

Lucas opened the door for her and she gracefully walked inside making Lucas chuckle in amusement.

To Jen's relief, there were about seven people who arrived in the theatre, which meant that they did not have a large audience so her embarrassment levels would not be too high. In this case, she thought too soon since Lucas was not planning on leaving immediately after.

She automatically went to sit with Michael who had not even noticed their presence since he was so busy on his laptop. Jen sat next to him but Lucas curiously went to stand behind him to peek at what he was doing so seriously.

"Your working?" Lucas asked startling Michael into almost dropping his laptop. After Michael rightened his posture, he turned around to look at Lucas.

"Mr Lu-"

"Please don't, we aren't in the office" Lucas interrupted Michael before he used that cringy form of address he did not like at all. He still couldn't get used to it even after hearing it for a couple of months.

"Big brother, you came," Michael said as he relaxed making Lucas chuckle and ruffle his hair.

"Mmh, I brought Jen," Lucas said and hoped over the back of the seat next to Jen and sat down next to her.

"Aren't you supposed to go? Won't they tow your car?" Jen asked worriedly.

"They wouldn't dare," Lucas said and draped an arm on the back of Jen's chair.

"You'd really make a convincing spoiled brat," Jen said giving up on persuading him to leave.

"Hehe, does it matter?" Lucas asked and unconsciously found himself playing with her hair.

The theatre started filling up slowly and the people who came in were surprised to see Jen with a guy. They could recognise him because the hoodie was still covering half of his face. Seeing them flirt so blatantly did wonder for the ice queen reputation that Jen had managed to build for herself.

In short, Lucas had disillusioned everyone about the impression they had on her. As she smiled brightly at something he said, everyone thought they had walked into the wrong classroom.

Once the lecturer walked into the class, Lucas quickly kissed Jen's cheek before he made his way out of the lecture theatre. He even briefly stopped to greet the lecturer before leaving. The other students turned to look at Jen once Lucas walked out of the theatre.

Jen found herself raising her book to hide her face in her embarrassment. She even started planning her revenge on Lucas, completely forgetting that she has been to his office a good number of times already.

Lucas left the building and quickly made his way towards his car that was still parked in front of the faculty building.

He saw that there was a man standing there looking completely livid, obviously waiting for the owner of the car. Lucas had recognised him almost immediately and he even smiled brightly as he called out to him as he waved his hand in his direction.

Lucas jogged towards the middle-aged man and stopped right in front of him, all the while still maintaining his smile.

"Mr. Thompson" Lucas said as he extended his hand for a handshake.

"Lucas, what are you doing here so early in the morning?" Mr. Thompson asked, his mood already improving as he took Lucas' hand in his and shook it.

Lucas was one of the students he was really proud of. He was very smart and dedicated to his studies. He was also the most successful one from his batch if you choose not to look at the technicalities of the situation

"I was just dropping off my girlfriend. I have to go to the office" Lucas said with his bright smile still intact. He knew how the professor could nag non-stop. If he exposed that the car was his, he would definitely be scolded for an hour. The man was too long-winded.

"Oh, then I won't keep you. I'm just waiting for the idiot that decided to park their car here" the professor said managing to work himself up once more.

The idiot that parked there: …

"Alright then, I'll be going now. It was nice catching up with you. I hope you are able to catch the idiot." Lucas said as if he was not involved at all.

"Mmh, you should be on your way," the professor said and Lucas nodded and waved as he walked to the back of the car.

He then snuck up to the other side of the car and quickly unlocked the door and before the professor realised anything, he did not spare the accelerator and car disappeared in those few seconds.

The professor watched the car disappear speechlessly not knowing whether he should laugh or cry. He even stated reevaluating whether Lucas was really his best student.

He was not even able to vent his anger at the perpetrator. As he watched the car disappear, he helplessly clicked his tongue before turning to go into the building.

"That idiot," he said under his breath but smiled fondly anyway.