Convincing her (Jen and Lucas)

Chapter 173: No reaction

"Thank you," Jen said as she leaned against him and gave him a kiss on his lips. Lucas didn't think what he said would trigger this kind of response from her, but he was not going to complain. Lucas reciprocated her kiss enthusiastically and opened his mouth against hers deepening the kiss in the process.

He held the back of her head as he kissed her and she placed her hand on the side of his face so he wouldn't be too aggressive. She was still being cautious about his injury even though she was being kissed senselessly. Lucas, fortunately, released her before the kiss got too heated.

"I'll go fix up some lunch. If nothing has reacted by then, then we'll put some ointment on your bruise" Jen said as she tried to regain her bearings. When she talked about the ointments he finally remembered about his bruise and how she brought about seven of them.

"Are you going to put all of them on my face?" Lucas asked feeling genuinely worried for himself.

"Wasn't I supposed to? Will one be enough if you want to get better fast?" Jen asked with wide eyes.

"Are you being serious?" Lucas asked thinking that he was being pranked.

"Do I look like I'm joking?" Jen asked as she stood up from his lap. Lucas' eyes followed her as she put the ointments back into the paper bag.

"You can just leave them," Lucas said.

"I feel like you'll throw them away," Jen said with a smile as she picked them up and left his study. Lucas stared at the closed door for a few seconds before he chuckled and put his glasses back on resuming his work mode.

Jen was glad that she had already sorted things out with Lucas. She knew that he was not used to her having such mood swings but for her, it was just a mixture of a lot of things.

She knew it was not the same for other people and she would often get teased by her younger sister that it would be hell to live with her when she got pregnant because it might be worse than what she is already experiencing.

Jen went to the kitchen to prepare a simple lunch. She realised that she started cooking more often when she moved in with Lucas. It could be because she wasn't just thinking about herself now, but she also had this urge to feed him and make sure he has eaten.

The fact that he enjoyed her cooking fueled her even more, so she did not even think it was tiring to cook.

After she made sure she had everything, she went to turn on the Bluetooth speakers and connected her phone to them and played music from her playlist. It was a bit too quiet in the house since Lucas was not accompanying her.

Jen worked efficiently as she chopped and diced her ingredients while humming to the music that was playing in the speakers on the lower floor. She was not too concerned because Lucas' study was soundproofed.

She didn't know why but it was like the rooms in the penthouse were all soundproofed. She did not mind it because she had no reason to hold back when it came to finding entertainment for herself.

After an hour, Lucas came downstairs to a house filled with music and a familiar voice coming from the speakers. When he entered the kitchen he saw Jen singing along to Jason's songs and she was so engrossed he did not want to disturb her.

So, Lucas just stood on the other side of the counter and watched her sway her body in rhythm to the music. She had not seen him yet since she had her back to him so ended up acting silly all by herself.

Lucas smiled in amusement as he watched her fool around up until she turned around and screamed and dropped the apples that she had been getting from the fridge.

"When did you get here?" Jen asked as she picked up the apples and put them in a bowl to wash.

"Just now," Lucas said with a smile and walked into the kitchen.

"You saw everything didn't you?" Jen asked with a sigh before turning to wash the apples.

"I saw enough. What are you making?" Lucas asked as he circled his arms around her waist.

"Apple pie," Jen said as she washed the apples individually under the tap.

"Your baking all of a sudden?" Lucas asked with raised eyebrows.

"I'm craving it that's why. Can you help me dice the apples?" Jen asked Lucas as she passed him the knife. Lucas took the knife from her and did as he was instructed.

Jen worked the dough she needed and soon enough they were both sitting on the table eating while the pie baked in the oven. Jen did not hold back with her appetite since she wasn't exactly able to eat comfortably that morning so she ate her fill slowly as she talked about miscellaneous things with Lucas.

After they were done with lunch, Jen took out the warm pie from the oven and put it on the kitchen counter to let it cool a bit. She had every intention of eating it with ice-cream. Just the thought of doing so made saliva pool in her mouth.

She called Lucas to the living room after he was done with the dishes and she pulled back the arm of the sweater he was wearing to check whether the ointments reacted with his skin.

Lucas had completely forgotten about them so as she was checking on his arm, he was secretly hoping that six out of the seven had reacted to his skin. Unfortunately, he didn't react to any of them. He was so disappointed that Jen had to laugh at him. 

"Can you try to control your expression?" Jen asked as she took out one of the ointments.

"Are you really using all of them on me?" Lucas asked although it sounded like he was complaining.

"I want my handsome boyfriend to return" Jen countered making Lucas speechless.

"Who said I look handsome even if my face is covered?" Lucas asked playing along.

"But it's not covered now" Jen countered shutting him up effectively. Lucas wanted to complain but he really did not know what to say after such a comeback from Jen.