Convincing her (Jen and Lucas)

Chapter 269: Should have knocked!

"Do I have to shoot today? Can't I do it tomorrow?" Laura complained to her assistant manager who was sitting next to her in the van. She had spent a good part of her day packing her clothes and moving out of the hotel. She was feeling quite tired.

"If we postpone this shoot again it will be the fourth time. Just bear with it for tonight" the assistant manager said. She could not even complain because Laura's actual manager was James. Who can she complain to?

Laura closed her eyes and decided to have some shuteye before they arrived at the location. Since she joined a management company, jobs kept on pouring in.

It was not like how it used to be before where she decided what jobs to take by herself and chose when she'll be vacationing. She was earning way more now, but she was also working harder compared to the past.

After a short nap, she woke up when the car stopped. When she opened her eyes she saw that they had arrived at their location.

When she got off the car she was thankful that she wore a sweater dress as the nights had been getting chillier and she knew that in a few hours temperatures would drop even more. 

A staff member came to receive them and led them in the photo studio. The place was quite popular and was as big as a warehouse.

There was music playing inside to set the mood and also not to distract the models from all the other noise. There were already a few models there and the photographer was shouting at them in encouragement as he was furiously taking pictures. 

Laura watched for a few minutes before she went to get her clothes and makeup done. She fell asleep halfway through her makeup.

The makeup artist was quite skilled so she didn't have any trouble with applying her makeup after she was done she tapped on Laura's shoulder and she instantly opened her eyes startling her from the suddenness.

"You're here? I didn't think you would come?" Laura said, her voice more energetic when she saw James sitting behind her through the mirror's reflection.

"Do you want me to go?" James asked as he looked up from a magazine he was going through. His grey eyes met her green ones through the mirror and Laura cleared her throat in an attempt to come back to her senses since she had gotten dazed for a moment.

"The shoot will start in ten minutes, be on standby," one of the staff members said as he came in to inform them. Laura nodded and he left to go do his other duties.

"Can we be left alone?" Laura asked the people were in the room that they were using to do her makeup and they all obediently left and left her alone with James. James raised an eyebrow as one corner of his full lips lifted when they were finally alone.

"Did you have something to say?" James asked as he put down the magazine he was holding.

"When are we going to go out again?" Laura asked as she stood up from the makeup station and went to sit next to James.

James was dressed casually in a white sweater a pair of grey jeans. He silently watched Laura and Laura scooted over to sit closer to him and hugged his arm while tilting her head back to look at him.

"I'll make arrangements," James said with a helpless smile. Her forest green eyes were really captivating.

"You've been keeping me so busy I don't have a break," Laura said with a pout and rested her head on his shoulder. James chuckled at her antics but did not say anything about decreasing her workload. She wasn't being overworked.

She was doing standard work in comparison to the other people who were at the company. She will realise this when things actually start getting busy when she starts going for runway shows.

"If you finish early we can go out for dinner after this" James said as he casually touched her long curly red hair with his long fingers.

"Tsk tsk, you have to do better than that to motivate me," Laura said with a chuckle. Her mood had actually improved with his promise. To the extent where she was not even feeling tired anymore.

James laughed at her response and his eyes focused on hers before looking down at her lips and then back at her eyes. How could she not notice? She felt like her heart was going to beat its way out of her chest. 'Was he going to do it?' she wondered. Her thoughts were even more enforced when he held the side of her neck and stroked her chin with his thumb.

"What will motivate you?" James asked with a smile that would have probably melted everyone in their company if they saw it, regardless of gender. Laura opened and closed her mouth several times but she was tongue-tied for once.

Laura lifted her hand and used her index finger to point at her lips, making James look at her lips once more.

She would have screamed in excitement if she could but she was afraid of ruining the mood. It was especially so when James actually closed in for a kiss but when they were he was close enough for her to feel his breath on her skin, the door opened.

"The session is starting soo- Ah~ I'm sorry" her assistant manager had interrupted them and the moment was gone.

Laura really wanted to throw a huge tantrum and just tear the whole place down. When James saw her expression he was really tempted to laugh and although he did not laugh, his expression showed that he was clearly amused.

"Can you not wear such a sadistic smile?" Laura said as she stood up and straightened out her clothes.

"I won't" James said as he too stood up and towered over her.

"I'll come collect after I'm done" Laura said and left the room with James softly laughing behind her. The assistant manager was waiting outside the door nervously. She knew that there might have been something between Laura and James but she never imagined she would have walked in on them. 

She trailed behind Laura and tried to make her presence as small as possible. She was worried that Laura might act up. Even though she had never acted up before, she couldn't help but be cautious since this was an invasion of privacy after they were asked to leave the room so they could talk. She regretted not knocking. She should have knocked!