Convincing her

"Tyler came to the office today," Lucas said suddenly. Jen who had her back rested on his chest suddenly turned around to look at him as she waited for him to continue with what he was going to say.

"Was it the business meeting you had told me about?" Jen asked when she realised that Lucas was not going to say anything else.

"Mmh" Lucas confirmed. Jen did not ask anything else about the situation, mostly because it was none of her business, and also because she was not really in the mood of stirring up trouble for herself.

Lucas noticed she had gone quiet and continued watching the movie and he smiled to himself. 

"He'll probably be at the launch party on Saturday," Lucas said as he played with the loose strands of hair close to her face.

Lucas thought that it would be better if she knew rather than be caught by surprise. It might just end up making the whole situation needlessly awkward and he really did not want to put her in such a position.

"Okay" Jen responded as she continued watching the television. 

"Have you become that nervous around me?" Lucas as he buried his face in her hair.

"That's not it, I really don't have anything I can ask you about him," Jen said honestly. She didn't know that the answer she had given Lucas was actually the answer that he had wanted to hear the most.

"If that's the case, then I won't talk about him anymore," Lucas said and kissed the side of her face. Jen nodded in agreement and Lucas' smile grew wider.

The two sat together and continued to silently enjoy each other's company before Jen soon dozed off before the movie actually ended. Lucas turned off the television and picked her up to take her upstairs.

As he put her to bed and covered her, Lucas felt his phone vibrate in his pyjama bottoms. He opened the door to the veranda and went outside to pick it up.

"Hi mom," he said.

"Are you sick?"Hellen asked.

"Why do ask?"Lucas asked feeling confused.

"You don't sound even a little excited about my call, or was I interrupting something?" Hellen asked cheekily.

"Mom please don't," Lucas said with a groan. Sometimes his mom really didn't have any boundaries at all. How could she say that to him without any reservation at all?

"Anyway, I haven't seen you two in a long time" Hellen complained.

"Mmh," Lucas said in response.

"Come home for lunch with her on Sunday. I've been bored ever since your father left." Hellen said.

"We have a launch party on Saturday, we'll be sleeping in on Sunday," Lucas said.

"Then we'll have an early dinner, just come before 4 pm" Hellen coaxed. In all honesty, even after being married for almost thirty years with a businessman, she still hated it whenever Noah had to go on a business trip.

She would normally accompany him but they weren't young anymore, he had more responsibilities and she didn't get as excited about going out to explore as she did when she was young, so it was better to stay home rather than leave with him and lock herself up in the hotel.

"Okay, I'll talk to Jen tomorrow and confirm. If she'll have plans I will come alone" Lucas said with a smile.

"Mmh, let me not keep you for too long, the sooner I have grand kinds the better" Hellen teased and Lucas groaned in embarrassment.

"I'll have to marry her first," Lucas said.

"Accidents happen, did you know me and your father-"

"No I didn't know and I really don't want to know mom" Lucas interrupted before Hellen got into any details.

"Alright, goodnight sweetheart," Hellen said with a laugh.

"Goodnight mom" Lucas said and Hellen cut the call.

Lucas stood outside for some time as he took in the sight of the city at night with the cool night breeze blowing against his body and face. He thought about how he had set his mind on Jen when he had started pursuing her.

It wasn't like he was not confident with himself, he knew that she loved him, but he could not say anything about how deep her feelings ran.

He did not know whether she loved him enough to spend the rest of her life with him. It had already been about four months since they had started dating but he was already thoroughly whipped.

If anyone asked him whether he was ready to have their relationship progress to the next level he would not even hesitate to say yes. He was absolutely sure that he would not be able to feel what he felt for Jen for anyone else.

Rather than say he was absolutely sure, he was not confident he would dare to let himself feel what he feels for Jen for anyone else. At least it would not happen in his lifetime.