Convincing her

"When are you coming home?" Alex asked 

"I'm thinking about coming back at the end of year break. I'll probably just be around for a few weeks" Jen said as she stopped in front of the library building. She would only go in after the call. She was not fond of whispering her way through her calls.

"Will you bring your boyfriend?" Alex asked teasing Jen although it sounded like an interrogation instead.

"Mmh, he said he wanted to meet you," Jen said with a smile.

"I also want to meet him. I'm curious about the type of person he is" Alex replied making Jen chuckle. After talking a bit more Jen finally ended the call and put her phone on vibrate and went to the library.

She reviewed her test and caught up with what she had missed when she missed her class on the Thursday class. She had become so immersed that it was already evening by the time she was done. When she looked at the time she saw that it was almost 5.30pm. She unlocked her phone and sent Lucas to come and pick her up from university.

Lucas sent her a smiley face to acknowledge that he received her message and decided to call it a day as well. Before leaving the office, he called Michael to go into his office. Michael walked in and went to stand in front of his desk.

"You did good work these past few days," Lucas said as he packed up his things in his briefcase. Michael had a rare smile on his face after he was complimented. This only happened because Lucas was the one who did it since he was the one person he looked up to.

"Thank you, big brother," Michael said in his happiness making Lucas look up since he did not call him Mr. Lucas for once.

"Mmh, how are your studies going?" Lucas asked as he saved the work he did on his computer.

"It's going well. We received our results from the test we did a few weeks back" Michael said.

"How was your score?" Lucas asked curiously.

"Full marks," Michael said as if it should be something obvious.

"Good," Lucas said as he stood up and patted his shoulder. 

"Go to HR and claim your bonus at the end of the month," Lucas said as he walked out of his office with Michael following behind him while nodding vigorously. David watched Lucas walk out of his office while he shrugging on his jacket.

When Lucas opened the door to leave David's office he paused as he held the door handle and turned back to look at the two men.

"You should also claim a bonus at the end of the month," Lucas said as he looked at David and David nodded with a smile.

"You can leave early today," Lucas said and left the office. When David heard he could leave early he did not hesitate and started arranging his desk.

"Are you leaving already?" Michael asked feeling flustered.

"One thing you should learn is that when Lucas says to leave early, it's best to listen to him because he will work you like a dog on the next day. You should also go home early. You worked till Sunday while you should have been resting" David said as he shut down the computer. 

Michael did not argue and obediently followed his senior's instructions. Soon enough Lucas' office was empty.

Jen was still in the library when she heard her phone vibrate against the wood of the desk. She quickly picked it up to stop the noise so she wouldn't inconvenience other people who were studying.

She saw that it was a message from Lucas telling her that he was waiting for her outside. She really hoped he didn't come in his car once more.

Jen stood up from her cubicle and packed her things and went to check out the books that she was planning on borrowing. When she stepped out of the doors she saw Lucas standing at the bottom of the stairs with a pair of ray bans covering half of his face.

Jen smiled when she didn't see his car in the vicinity and made her way down the stairs. Lucas quickly climbed up and took her bag from her and offered his arm for support.

Jen wrapped her arm around his and the trip down the stairs was faster and more comfortable. 

What Jen was not expecting was that they would get even more stares without the car to protect their identities like the previous day, and since they had to walk to the parking lot, they were practically flaunting their relationship to other people at this point.

"You did it on purpose right?" Jen said with a frown.

"What is it this time?" Lucas asked with a chuckle.

"Why are you even wearing shades at this time of day anyway? It's not that bright out" Jen said with a mock scowl.

"The sun was in my eyes when I was driving," Lucas said and took off the shade squinting his eyes for a few seconds as they adjusted to the brightness making Jen chuckle in amusement. When his eyes weren't uncomfortable anymore he turned to look at her the sun directly shining in his hazel eyes showing the gold and green flecks in his eyes.

"Maybe you should put them back on," Jen said as she bit her lower making Lucas laugh once more.

"I heard you got your results today," Lucas said and grabbed her waist pulling her close to him when he saw she was about to walk into a pothole. Jen even heard a few squeals in the vicinity making her roll her eyes in disbelief.

"Mmh. Michael told you?" Jen asked.

"Mmh, he said he got full marks," Lucas said not releasing her waist even though she was not at risk into walking into a pothole.

"Tsk tsk, isn't he a bit too smart?" Jen asked as she shook her head.

"I don't pick mediocre people to stay by my side," Lucas said proudly.

"Is that so?" Jen asked with narrowed eyes making Lucas shut up for a moment. He wondered if Jen looked at him that way because she didn't get good grades for the test.