Convincing her (Jen and Lucas)

Chapter 60: Like mother, like daughter.

Jen was woken up by a persistent and annoying noise, by the time she came to her senses she realised that the alarm had been ringing on Lucas' phone she turned it off in her sleepiness and just before she went back to sleep she remembered that he had a meeting.

She grabbed his bare shoulder and tried to shake him awake, but the only response she received was him holding her tighter against his body.

"Lucas, you have to wake up," Jen said softly as she was trying to shake him awake.

"Five more minutes," Lucas said with his sleepy voice. Jen bit her lip in frustration, she knew he was tired, and he should probably rest for longer.

After she managed to manoeuvre herself out of his embrace, she made her way to the bathroom as she tied her hair again. She quickly washed her face and brushed her teeth before walking out of the bathroom. Lucas was still asleep and she could hear his soft snores. He probably slept for a little over two hours.

She knew he was tired, and she hoped that he would try to take the advice she gave him the previous night otherwise he'll never be well-rested. She walked over to his side of the bed and sat on the edge of the bed.

Jen looked at his sleeping figure and how boyish his looks were when he was asleep and couldn't stop the smile that had surfaced on her face. 'It was really regrettable that he had to wake up', she couldn't help but think.

"Lucas" Jen called out to him softly as her fingers tangled in his soft hair. Even though she was touching his hair he didn't make any move to wake.

"Lucas you have to wake up now," Jen said as her fingers traced the contours of his face. Her hands were slightly cold since she had been touching water so the feel of her cold fingers made his eyebrows furrow. When the cold sensation didn't leave his face he finally opened his eyes.

"You're finally awake, go wash up, I'll make you breakfast," Jen said before she kissed his forehead and got up to leave. Lucas was still dazed from his sleep so he couldn't react, he watched her as she was about to leave the bedroom before she stopped.

"Tea or coffee?" Jen asked before she left.

"Coffee" Lucas answered automatically.

"Don't go back to sleep, go wash up" Jen repeated and only left after she saw him nod.

Lucas picked up his phone to check the time and he saw that it was 5:40 am.

He sighed when he saw the time. He hadn't heard the alarm when it went off but he was glad he didn't oversleep too much. He just spent an extra ten minutes in bed. He stretched his tired body before he got out of bed and headed to the bathroom.

Jen, on the other hand, was busy in the kitchen. After she got the coffee machine running, she started to prepare breakfast. She was happy to see his fridge fully stocked because that meant he was at least preparing his meals sometimes, or at least someone was.

She loaded the toaster and started preparing the ingredients. After thirty minutes she heard Lucas come down the stairs right on time for breakfast. When he got to the kitchen she handed him his coffee mug and ushered him towards the table so he would eat breakfast and not fool around.

When Lucas looked at Jen who was having milk and a piece of toast he couldn't help but compare her breakfast to his.

"Is that all your having?" Lucas said as he transferred some eggs to her plate.

"It's too early right now, I'd much rather not eat at all since I'll be going back to bed once you leave, I just thought you'll feel awkward eating while I stare at you" Jen replied as she put the eggs back on his plate.

"Eat," she said as she had a sip of warm milk. Lucas could only smile helplessly as he ate.

As he ate, he realised that the only time he has breakfast was when she was around, otherwise he would just have a cup of coffee in the morning and he would have coffee continuously through the day, unless he had a lunch meeting or anything of the sort, which was when he would have something to eat.

However, he hated lunch meetings because they were so time-consuming and he was forced to eat with people he did not know well for the purpose of 'networking' as his father put it.

Jen watched as Lucas' plate was getting emptier by the minute.

He didn't talk much when he ate since he was always so focused on his food so she quietly nibbled on her toast as she drank some milk.

She silently watched him eat and when he was finished, he started clearing the table. When she saw he was about to start washing the dishes she stopped him immediately.

"What are you doing?" Jen asked with a frown.

"Cleaning up," Lucas said.

"Leave it, I'll do it, you'll just get wet if you start washing dishes and you said you have a meeting in an hour, you should go now," Jen said with a firm voice, Lucas couldn't argue with her. He didn't know she could be so domineering.

"As compensation, I want to eat something you make," Jen said, her voice not as stern as it was seconds ago.

"I can work with that" Lucas said as he left the kitchen. He walked towards the living room where he left his tie and jacket.

He picked up his tie and started fiddling with it after he wrapped it around his neck. Jen who was watching tie his tie in front of a mirror went forward to help him with it. Lucas let her do what she wanted and stood still as her fingers nimbly tied the tie like she had done it hundreds of times.

"I learned to do it for my grandfather, he hated them and never bothered to learn how to do them, so I would tie his ties when went out for any formal events" Jen explained as she finished fixing the position of the tie.

She looked slightly melancholic as she seemed to remember her grandfather. Lucas smiled at her and kissed her hands that had been resting on his broad chest. Jen suddenly felt shy and turned to grab his jacket. Lucas was waiting for her to hand it over but she gestured for him to turn around.

She helped him put on the jacket and handed him his briefcase. Lucas could feel his heart warm. No one had ever done this for him so this really left him slightly flustered he also couldn't stop the way his heart was beating as he looked at Jen.

He pulled her close to him by her waist, her body flush against him. His movement was so sudden she was surprised. She looked at him with wide eyes which greatly amused Lucas. He leaned over and captured her lips with his, she could only hold on to the lapels of his jacket as he devoured her mouth.

By the time she was released, she was breathless and her heart was racing. She was also very flustered. Lucas couldn't help but smile happily when he saw she was dazed.

"I could get used to this" Lucas said as he kissed her forehead.

"I'll see you later," Lucas said as he picked up the briefcase he had dropped on the floor.

"Mmmh, don't overwork yourself," Jen said as she watched him leave the penthouse. He pecked her lips once more before closing the door behind him. When he finally left Jen leaned against the front door and slid to the floor.

'She must have lost her mind, what was she thinking?' Jen scolded herself. She had found herself doing these things for Lucas as if it was perfectly normal, the things she watched her mother do for her father as she grew up, with the exception of when she was grabbed and deeply kissed by him, but pretty much everything else.

She suddenly felt very frustrated with herself, because she didn't hate doing these things for Lucas. She decided to get up from the floor before she ends up thinking about her situation for half a day.