Convincing her

The two of them went to visit some popular spots in country M. Lucas had not even had the chance to do this because he got busy as soon as he had arrived, so they got lost a few times along the way. Rather than be annoyed, Jen found the whole situation interesting.

After going around for a bit and buying some local specialities, the two of them went to the mall to do some shopping.

One shop after another, Jen went on a shopping spree and Lucas was dragged along. Lucas was carrying a lot of shopping bags, but surprisingly, most of them contained the things that Jen had picked out for him. 

While they were in the middle of shopping, Lucas received a phone call. He was sitting on a sofa in the VIP room as Jen had gone to try on a dress she liked.

When he saw Martin's number, he hung up and continued to wait for her. It did not take long before his phone started ringing. After hanging up the third time, he picked it up.

"What?" he asked, annoyance written on his face.

"Sir, President of the construction company that will be managing the mall project made an unexpected visit. He is currently in your office," Martin explained in a hurry.

They were supposed to meet on Monday, but the man insisted on seeing Lucas because he has to go abroad later that day and will only return after two weeks. If they met then, there was going to be a huge delay in starting the project.

"I'll be there in thirty minutes," Lucas said and hung up. When Jen came out of the changing room to show Lucas her dress, she saw the annoyed expression on his face.

"What's wrong?" she asked as she walked towards him. 

"I have to stop by the office briefly. Something came up," Lucas as he looked at the dress she had tried on.

"It suits you, you look good," Lucas said as he looked at her in appreciation.

"Thanks, I'll go change then we can go," Jen said before rushing back to the changing room. Lucas sighed as he silently cursed the person who ruined his date.

Jen did not take too long and soon came back. After paying for the things they bought, the two of them left the mall and started making way to the office.

"Is it okay if I come with you?" Jen asked him after she realised that she tagged along presumptuously all by herself.

"Why wouldn't it be? Did you want me to drop you off at the hotel? What about dinner?" Lucas asked her with a small smile on his face.

"As long as I'm not a distraction," Jen said as she too smiled and relaxed in the car seat. Soon the big car stopped in front of the office building. Lucas got off the car and noticed that Martin was already waiting for him. He did not bother with him and went to the passenger's seat to open the door for Jen.

Martin watched with a stunned expression as a beautiful woman got out of the car. He finally understood why he was told not to bother Lucas during the weekend. Why did that guy have to come today? He lamented as he watched the couple walk towards him.

Seeing how the girlfriend was still chatting with the president, he couldn't find it in himself to interrupt her so he could brief Lucas on the situation. Therefore, he ended up following behind them after greeting them.

Martin was not the only one that was surprised by their arrival. When the couple entered the company, they successfully drew everyone's attention.

First, they had never seen their president in anything but a suit, but today he was dressed in jeans? His hair was also not meticulously styled like it normally was. He looked much softer and younger than he normally did. Especially when he smiled at the beauty in his arms.

"Why are they staring at us so much?" Jen whispered to Lucas when she finally noticed all the eyes that were on them.

"It's 'cause you're too beautiful," Lucas said. In her embarrassment, she hit his chest with her fist and Lucas chuckled and kissed the side of her face. He then looked up and glared at the people who were staring, making them snap back into their reality.

He only had that expression for one person. The rest of them could go to hell! Jen did not notice what he was doing and just focused on walking forward. Even though she has navigated high society, she was still not used to people blatantly staring at her like this.

Martin, who had heard them: …

When the three people disappeared into the elevator, the ground floor got noisy. Especially with the people who hoped that the president might notice them and become interested in them. But seeing his girlfriend gave them a reality check.

"How is she so beautiful?" the receptionist said to her coworker next to her.

"She really is, and we were ignorantly fantasizing about the boss," her coworker replied as she rested her chin on her hand.

"If that is his standard, then we lost even before the race began," another one chimed in.

"Go back to work girls," their supervisor reminded, and they became quiet. Similar conversations were going around the office. Even people who were not on the ground floor found out about it and became curious.

The protagonists that were the fuel of the gossip were completely unaware and were flirting in the elevator.

Martin thought it would be wiser to stand at the back so that he did not become an eyesore for Lucas. Now that he realised that he could still see the reflection of the two, he felt like his efforts were made in vain.

Lucas was hugging Jen's waist from behind while slightly bent over with his chin on her shoulder. He was whispering something to her and Jen was standing stock still with flushed cheeks as she listened to Lucas complain about how his assistant was tactless and followed them up otherwise he would have been able to at least steal a kiss on their ride up.

She would have discouraged such blatant PDA on a normal day, but now she just wanted to be all over him. Otherwise, will those people who are watching them be around to comfort her whenever she misses her man?

Soon the elevator stopped, and the doors slid open. His secretaries had already gotten the news about Lucas coming in with his girlfriend, so they looked over curiously the moment the couple stepped out of the elevator.

They greeted them and Jen greeted them back while Lucas just casually nodded at them before heading to his office. As they were passing by the waiting area, Lucas saw the man who had interrupted his date and forced himself to control his expression and act polite.

After greeting the man, he looked at Jen who was also saying hello to him and only pulled her a bit further to talk after excusing himself.

"Do you want to go in with me or would you rather wait outside?" Lucas asked.

"I'd rather not be a distraction…" Jen started to say, but was interrupted by him.

"No, you'll go to my office, you'll be comfortable there, and people won't stare at you," Lucas said as he looked at his secretaries. He was glad they were female because he didn't think he would be able to tolerate it if a bunch of men were staring at her while he was standing right next to her!

He hadn't even realised how ridiculously possessive he had become because of the current state of their relationship.

"What about you? I'll be a distraction," Jen said and blinked her brown eyes worriedly at him.

"Don't worry about it, we'll just use the conference room. So just stay in my office I'll finish as fast as I can, okay?" Lucas said, and Jen nodded. Lucas smiled at her and pecked her lips before taking her back to his office.

"Martin, can you bring the documents to the conference room?" Lucas said before leading the partner to the conference room.

Martin asked the secretaries to prepare two sets of refreshments one for the office and the other for the conference room before collecting the documents he had already prepared for the meeting and rushing to the conference room.