Convincing her

"Are you going to come with us?" Jen asked Alex after making a phone call to check if she has time to go with them to Lucas' farewell party.

"Don't worry about me, I'll come later," Alex said, sounding like she had just woken up. She had been sleeping in more these days since she didn't have to wake up early in the morning to go to the restaurant anymore.

"How will you come? Will you need someone to come and pick you up?" Jen asked her since she knew that Alex did not know where they were going in the first place.

"I'll come with Michael, it'll be fine," Alex said answered her.

"Oh, then I'll see you later, we are getting ready to go there right now," Jen said to her.

"Don't have too much fun without me," Alex said and yawned after that statement. Jen laughed helplessly and said her goodbyes before hanging up.

"She's not coming with us?" Lucas asked her.

"Mmmh, she said that she will come with Michael," Jen answered as she looked up at Lucas.

"Michael?" Lucas asked thoughtfully.

"Yes, why?" Jen asked when she noticed that he was deep in thought.

"It's nothing," Lucas answered with a knowing smile, which made Jen think that there was more going on than he was letting on.

"What is it? When you say it's nothing, it makes me more curious," Jen asked as she grabbed his arm. Jen was sitting on the bed while Lucas was standing in front of her. The view he had from that vantage point was interesting enough that he turned away.

"I can't say anything since it's all speculation," Lucas said with narrowed eyes. Jen pouted but let him go, just because he didn't say it, it doesn't mean that she will never find out.

"Fine, I'm going to get dressed," Jen said and went back to their closet to look for something to wear. Lucas watched her walk to the closet with her shorts and had to convince himself that she was not doing it on purpose.

Jen changed into a dress and a pair of heeled sandals and combed out her now slightly curly hair. She put on some light makeup and left the closet while holding her purse.

"Are you all done?" Lucas asked her as he looked at her from top to bottom. 

"I'm ready, let's go," Jen answered and led the way downstairs. Lucas shook his head when he saw how excited she was about going to the estate and carried his luggage downstairs and followed her out. The two of them got on the elevator and into the car afterwards. 

"Do you want to stop somewhere for lunch?" Lucas asked her as he pulled out of the hotel.

"Let's go to that restaurant you took me to last time," Jen suggested with bright eyes.

"Mmmh, let's go there," Lucas said with a smile. He didn't have to detour since it was on the way so he leisurely drove there.

After he parked the car outside the restaurant. He got off the car and went to open Jen's door for her. Jen got out of the car and stared at the front of the restaurant for some time. She felt like she would become a regular here once Lucas was gone, since they had gone there quite often since the first time they had visited the place.

"Let's go," Lucas said as he tugged on her hand since she had been fixed in place for a few seconds already.

"Okay," Jen said and moved closer to him while gripping his hand tightly. She used her other hand to hug his arm and the two of them walked into the restaurant.

The waiters had already gotten used to seeing their faces, so they automatically brought them to a table for two after familiarly greeting them. The waiter brought them the menu after placing bottled water on the table and giving them a glass each.

After finishing with his tasks, he left to go serve other customers and let them take their time to decide what they wanted to eat.

"Do you want to try something new today too?" Lucas asked Jen as he went through his menu.

"Definitely," Jen responded, it was obvious that she was anticipating the food. Lucas smiled at her enthusiastic response and continued to look through the menu.

"Have you chosen what you want?" Lucas asked her after he was done picking what he was going to have, and Jen nodded.

Lucas raised his hand to draw the attention of the server and soon enough, the server walked over and took their orders for food and drinks before leaving the two alone.

"Are we going to be staying at the big house?" Jen asked Lucas, and he nodded in agreement. It was more convenient since they could all just gather in one place and they all had their own wings in the house. It would be tiring if they all had to move back and forth from their own residences.

As the two continued to chat, the food soon arrived. The server placed the plates of food on the table and went to bring the wine Jen had ordered. After opening the bottle, he poured her a glass and left them to enjoy their dinner.

"How is it?" Lucas asked her after she had taken a few bites of her food.

"It's really good, I'm going to come here even when you aren't around," Jen said and took another mouthful of food.

"Send me a picture when you do," Lucas answered as he chuckled at her reaction.

"I will," Jen said and took a sip of her wine with a smile on her face.

"It's not so busy today," Jen commented as she looked around.

"It's out of the way and it's only lunchtime. It's also a Friday, so there are going to be fewer people. If we had come in the evening, then it would have been packed," Lucas said after thinking about it for a bit.

"Mmmh," Jen agreed with his speculation.

"Who organized the party this time?" Jen asked after she ate a few more bites of her food.

"I think it's Jason, I had no hand in it so I don't even know what to expect. I was just asked to go there and not worry about anything," Lucas answered.

"Oh," Jen said as she thought about it and continued to eat. Lunch did not last too long, and they were soon on the highway on their way to the secluded estate.

When they stopped in front of the large gates, they opened after verifying their identities. Lucas drove into the community and parked the car at the lot of the large house. The parking lot was empty, which signified that no one had arrived yet.

Lucas turned off the car and got out. Jen did not wait for him to come and open the door for and got out of the car herself. 

"It looks like the protagonist arrived before everyone else," Jen said with an amused smile.

"I had a feeling this would happen that was why I even suggested that we go have lunch first," Lucas said with a sigh and held Jen's waist. She looked up at him with laughter in her eyes and he couldn't help but smile at her. 

"He should have at least given you a time," Jen said as she adjusted her position so she would be comfortably held.

"He probably did not think I would come so early. I overestimated him," Lucas responded and started walking to the house.

"Your suitcase?" Jen asked.

"No need, I won't be needing to wear those clothes," Lucas said with a chuckle as they continued to leisurely walk to the house.

Lucas opened the door, and there was only silence in the house. After walking around the house a bit, they determined that there really wasn't anyone around.

"So what do we do now?" Jen asked him as she sat on one of the oversized sofas and looked up at him.

"What can we do?" Lucas asked and sat down next to her.

"Maybe we can go to the other house?" Jen suggested and Lucas shook his head to say no. He wanted them to feel guilty for letting him be the first one to arrive at his own party because they hadn't given him a time.

"Then?" Jen asked, at a loss of what to do.

"We can go upstairs," Lucas suggested as he looked at the flight of stairs.

"Hm?" Jen asked, feeling a bit confused until she felt him hold her leg.

"We can go to exercise the bed upstairs. It's been a while since we used it," Lucas said suggestively.

"Seriously?" Jen asked, feeling dumbfounded.

"Mhmm, or would you rather the movie theatre? The one here is way bigger than the one in my house," Lucas continued to tease and her cheeks flushed as she remembered the things that she had done to him at the mini-theatre at his house. Lucas chuckled lowly when he saw how embarrassed she became.

"So the bedroom? We can just rest for a while until they arrive. We don't know how long we'll have to wait anyway," Lucas said, sounding a bit more serious than before. Jen was tricked into going to the bedroom so easily it wasn't funny.

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