Convincing her

Jen became silent in an attempt to get over her embarrassment. She was also silently vowing not to do these things with Lucas on the days they were going to meet his family. She always avoided it but she did not think that the one time she didn't everyone would take notice of what had transpired between them.

"How was the party yesterday?" James asked Lucas. He knew it was the first party he had been in charge of and even though he couldn't make it for some unknown reason, he still wanted to know.

When Hellen heard James' question she also became curious about how it went so she listened for Lucas' response attentively.

"It went well. Nothing went wrong, everything happened quite smoothly" Lucas said. James was satisfied with the answer but Hellen was expecting some more details.

"Is that all?" she asked Lucas with raised eyebrows. Lucas nodded and drank his tea. 

"You should have come yesterday. There was a very good looking man there yesterday. I tried to recruit him but I don't think he'll contact me" Jason said as he remembered how he had met Tyler the previous day.

James frowned and looked at Lucas in question. He knew that not just anyone would have attended last night's party and chances are Jason had probably offended some bigshot.

"It was Tyler Ainsworth" Lucas snitched happily and Jason only felt pain on the back of his head. 

"How can you act without restraint? Is it because you stay out of the social scene that you've become so unrestrained?" James asked Jason. Honestly, Jason hated the hypocrisy of high society so he did not even bother familiarising himself with the people he was supposed to know. 

"What did I do wrong this time?" Jason asked in complaint as he felt like James was just bullying him.

"You don't recognise Ainsworth? You don't know who made your phone and the tv you're watching? We can't have a repeat of this happen again. From now on-" James was scolding Jason but was cut off mid-sentence when Jason blocked his mouth with his hands.

Jason knew what James was going to say and if he let him say it might as well be his sentencing so he had to stop him before he said anything.

James' glaring eyes met Jason's pleading ones while Lucas was sitting on the side chuckling in amusement. Jen had already taken a few pictures of the whole situation. She felt that if she didn't it would be such a waste.

"I understand, I'll be more aware of my surroundings next time. So calm down en?" Jason said with an expression that showed that he was clearly trying to curry favour. James' glare became even more fierce and pointedly looked at the hand that was blocking his mouth.

Jason released him hesitantly and even went to sit on the other side of where Lucas was sitting in case he accidentally provoked James again. He was able to get away from responsibility this time but he was not sure whether he would be able to do so if he ended up provoking him again.

When Jason moved away James' expression also eased up by large margin since he was not sitting between him and Lucas anymore. Jen was thoroughly amused by them and had even forgotten about her previous embarrassment.

After chatting for a long time, the five of them finally went to have what was now dinner. They sat down on the long dining table and thankfully everyone was hungry at this time because they had been chatting for a long time. Before they started eating they could hear the staff greet Noah who had just come back home.

When Hellen heard all the commotion she knew her husband was back. Before anyone knew what was going on Hellen had already left her seat when Noah appeared in the dining area since he had been informed that everyone was home.

Jen only saw Hellen's petite figure run towards Noah before throwing herself at him. She could only clear her throat in embarrassment from what happened next and turned her gaze to Lucas.

Lucas looked completely unfazed as he grew up while seeing such things from a young age. Lucas finally noticed that Jen looked awkward and smiled as if to tease her making her face turn red.

"Should we leave you alone?" James asked. He was also used to seeing his parents like that but he noticed how embarrassed Jen looked. His question managed to make his parents separate from each other. 

Hellen who finally remembered they had a guest became embarrassed. Noah also noticed Jen who was completely focussed on her plate in an attempt to avoid looking at them.

"Jen, you're here," Noah said in greeting. Jen looked up and was relieved to see that the two were not being inappropriate anymore, but she now understood why Lucas was the way he was. She realised how much he must be holding back for her sake as well.

"Ah, yes. How was your trip?" Jen asked after clearing her throat. She decided to just forget what she had seen.

"It was okay," Noah said and bent down to whisper something in Hellen's ear. All they could see was how Hellen narrowed her eyes while her cheeks became slightly pink before she hit Noah's arm and turned away from him.

Jen observed the two and saw how warm Noah's gaze became when he looked at his wife and she could not help but turn to look at Lucas. 

Lucas was also looking at his parents though his expression just looked bored. It was a scene that he had been looking at all his life so he was quite immune to such displays at his age. He suddenly felt Jen look at him and he curiously turned to look at her as well.

Jen averted her eyes after three seconds of making eye contact with Lucas. She could not help but think that the way Noah looked at Hellen was quite familiar.