Convincing her

Lucas and James went to a simple café to have their breakfast. When the two walked in, it was inevitable that they would end up drawing people's gazes. They were very eye-catching, and they stood out from the crowd. 

The line was too long, so they did not queue up but instead found a seat by the window to wait for the breakfast rush hour to reduce. James rested his chin on his hand, his face tilting a bit, the hair that had come loose from roughly tying up his bun framing his face. 

Lucas wanted to say something when he saw how his brother's aesthetics were so easy on the eyes. But he knew he would get a beating for it so he kept quiet, so looked around him noticing that they had managed to gather quite a lot of attention.

"How's work?" Lucas asked after a few minutes of comfortable silence.

"I've been very busy. I'm expanding into film production and we need to recruit so much staff and trying to sign those eccentric directors is very annoying,�� James said, as he sat up straight and folded his arms in front of his chest. The relaxed atmosphere immediately disappeared with his sudden change of temperament.

"You looked tired, even at the rehearsal," Lucas commented lightly.

"Mmh," James responded as his eyes perused the café, noticing that quite a few girls avoided his gaze with flushed faces.

"Don't neglect yourself, don't skip meals and have enough rest," Lucas said with concern. He remembered how Jason looked when he saw him and couldn't help but worry about James as well.

James turned to look at his little brother and smiled happily. It had been a while since he experienced Lucas' concern. 

He reached forward and ruffled his hair as he used to in the past, making Lucas grumble unhappily about being treated like a child even though he was a fully grown 6ft 5' male.

"Only you make me relaxed, that brother of yours is surely going to make me lose my hair," James said with a scowl. 

Lucas looked at his head of thick, long hair and had an incredulous expression. But at the same time, he understood where his brother was coming from. Jason really caused them a lot of worries. 

When their mom finally sees him tomorrow, she might end up in tears which would put their father in a horrible mood, and James would probably get hell for it since he is managing him. Just thinking about it made Lucas break out in a cold sweat.

As they chatted, suddenly one of the girls that were at the counter specially brought them menus so that they can order. They had been debating in the back on who will take the menu to them and after five rounds of rock paper scissors she won and brought it out.

James who had had a scowl on his face from talking about Jason looked at her with a now neutral expression and took the menu.

"Thank you," Lucas said with a polite smile as he too took the one that was left. The girl's cheeks were immediately tinged with red. She had been resistant about working someone else's shift, who knew she would be so lucky to meet not one, but two beautiful men.

Rather than leave, she stood there and waited for them to give their orders. The two were also not too bothered by this, they were already used to this kind of treatment.

They did not even think that it was a bit abnormal, only a few regulars knew that all orders were made at the counter.

James then raised his head and gave his order. The girl pulled out a completely new notepad and diligently wrote James' order. Lucas also gave her his own order, and she wrote it down too before repeating it back to them.

"Would you like anything else?" she asked as she picked up the menus.

"Can you get us some water?" Lucas asked, and the waitress nodded her head before happily leaving.

James chuckled when he saw her behaviour but didn't say anything. It had been a while since he experienced being stared at so blatantly. In the restaurants he normally ate at, the staff was too professional so they wouldn't dare to do something of that nature.

"How is it going with Laura?" Lucas asked curiously and laughed when he saw his brother pinch the bridge of his nose again.

"Sometimes I feel like she is cut out from the same cloth as Jason. Did you know that had hired strippers at their get together last night?" James asked Lucas and watched as his eyes widened in surprise.

"Really?" Lucas asked, feeling complicated. He suddenly remembered how Jen drunkenly asked him if he knew how to dance last night and couldn't help but suddenly laugh. It couldn't be that she wanted him to strip for her, right?

"You think it's funny?" James asked when he heard him laugh.

"No, what you said finally explained some things I experienced yesterday," Lucas said with a shrug.

"Is that so?" James asked.

"It's not like anything happened, right? They were just having fun," Lucas said and tilted his head. He knew that at least his girlfriend wouldn't go overboard even in that kind of atmosphere, especially when she came home and asked him to do it for her instead.

"Right," James said as he remembered what happened the previous night. 

Laura had come back in a drunken stupor, in her little black dress, and fell onto their bed. James had followed behind her with a glass of water and helped her sit up, only to be pulled by her to sit on her lap! 

"Can you dance for me like that guy from earlier," Laura asked while blinking her green eyes at him. James had been so surprised he forgot to get off her lap. She had really dared to make him sit on her lap, was what he had been thinking.

"Which guy?" he asked after a few seconds of silence. So there was a guy she met earlier today that was dancing for her? Possibly on her lap, right?

"The one from earlier, quickly do it for me," Laura said and even managed to unbutton his shirt. She had just confirmed his suspicions. He looked at her with a scowl before returning to his senses and getting off her lap. 

After a short struggle with Laura pulling his shirt, he removed it and finally managed to escape from her clutches.

James knew he couldn't talk to her when she was like this, so he called her assistant. After interrogating her, he found out that she had hired strippers for the bachelorette party. He could only stare at her incredulously as she continued to prompt him to dance for her. 

"Your orders are ready," a female voice said, interrupting his thoughts. The waitress put the things they ordered on the table before asking them to call her in case there was anything else and then leaving.

Lucas looked at his brother, whose expression had turned ugly when he was lost in his own thoughts and could only imagine what he had experienced with Laura.

"Let's eat," James said, feeling determined to forget about it. Lucas nodded in agreement and the two of them started eating their breakfast.

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