Convincing her

The two of them silently stood in the elevator as it ascended towards Lucas' house. Jen gave Lucas occasional side glances as if she was waiting for him to tease her. She had really forgotten to breath in the car. It was the first time that it was happening so she couldn't help but feel embarrassed.

Lucas noticed that Jen kept glancing at him and he held back the urge to tease her. He couldn't help but think that she was very adorable. When the elevator doors opened Jen quickly got off and went to open the door. It wasn't a problem for her since her prints were now registered.

She had planned on rushing up the stairs but once she was in the house she realised that she had to take off her shoes. Especially after seeing how spotless the house was. She put the shopping bags she was carrying on the floor and started undoing the straps of her heels.

Lucas entered the house and went around her towards the kitchen to deposit the things he was carrying. They weren't too heavy but the plastic bags were cutting into his fingers uncomfortably so he just wanted to be rid of them as soon as possible. Lucas had gone back to help Jen with the things she was carrying before he saw that she was already headed for the kitchen. When Jen looked at him, he smiled at her making her recall what happened in the car.

Jen put everything on the kitchen counter and went to open the fridge. She forgot to buy carbonated drinks. They always helped her feel refreshed and she would at least sober up a bit if she had been drinking. She settled for a bottle of water before closing the fridge.

Jen turned around and leaned against the fridge as she watched Lucas start preparing te food. He pulled back the sleeves of his shirt and washed his hands.

"Can you help me?" Lucas said startling Jen out of her daze.

"What do you need me to do?" Jen asked as she put the bottle she was holding on the kitchen counter. Lucas pointed at his sleeves that were slipping down his arms with his chin.

"Oh" Jen exclaimed and went to fold them.

"All the way to my elbow please" Lucas requested.

"Why are your arms so thick?" Jen asked when she started receiving some resistance from the shirt when she was almost at his elbows.

"Are you complaining? Should I work out less?" Lucas asked with a raised eyebrow. His question earned him a glare from Jen.

"Who asked you to stop working out?" Jen said as she finished folding up the sleeves of one arm before moving to his other arm.

Lucas watched as she tried her best to be quick and once she was done he leaned down and kissed her cheek.

"Thank you love" Lucas said and went continued washing his hands. Jen nodded and picked up her bottle and went to sit on the opposite side of the kitchen counter so she wouldn't be in his way.

Jen watched him unpack the things they bought and how he started preparing the ingredients.

"Do you want your wine chilled?" Lucas asked as he was taking out the wine bottle from the bags.

"Definitely" Jen said and continued to watch him work.

"Do you wanna use the hot tub tonight?" Lucas asked as he looked at Jen.

"Oh, I remember seeing it in your bathroom, I don't mind" Jen answered not really caring whether she can use it or not.

"Not that one, the one in the balcony" Lucas said with a smile. He had hoped that she had at least explored the house out of curiosity but it seemed she was completely unfazed with everything.

"You have another one?" Jen asked as she leaped out of the high stool making Lucas chuckle.

"It's out the other balcony," Lucas said when he saw she was headed towards the wrong direction.

"Oh" Jen said and went towards the direction Lucas had pointed out.

She saw a flight of stairs that went to the indoor pool and from there she saw sliding doors that led out to the balcony. The place had a good view of the city and since they were so far up she could only faintly hear the busy streets.

She finally saw the hot tub he was talking about. It was definitely bigger than the one in the house, and it was empty. It was built on a platform closer to the house rather than the railing of the corridor since it was higher than the corridor. Jen would be stupid if she did not want to use it so she ran back upstairs towards a busy Lucas.

"Let's use it, how didn't I see it?" Jen asked as she continued drinking the water she had left on the kitchen counter. Lucas could only chuckle in response. He used his phone to turn on the hot tub so by the time they were done it would fill up.

"You can turn it on with your phone?" Jen asked incredulously making Lucas chuckle.

"It's a new product, we collaborated with AT Technologies, its production is still very limited" Lucas explained. When Jen heard AT Technologies she did not further the conversation since it was Tyler's company. Instead, he went around and helped him do small tasks in the kitchen as he continued cooking.

"You said you had something to tell me" Jen said after Lucas was half done with the food he was making. She was helping him chop some ingredients and they had been quiet for too long so she wanted to find a topic to talk about.

With her reminder, Lucas felt his mood plummet once more.

"Can we talk about it after dinner?" Lucas asked as he was stirring the food in one of the pots.

As she heard his question Jen got even more curious.

"Just tell me now" Jen said.

"Are you sure?" Lucas asked. When Jen heard his question she couldn't help but be anxious.

"Mmmh, just tell me" Jen said putting down the knife she was holding.

"It's about the stalker…" Lucas started without beating around the bush.