Convincing her (Jen and Lucas)

Chapter 326: Brother-in-law!

"Big sis!" Jake shouted the moment Jen and Lucas walked into the restaurant and Je found herself airborne before she could understand what was happening. She was twirled around twice before her feet found the ground.

She immediately hit Jake's arm and glared at him. Jake, on the other hand, was smiling so widely his eyes almost disappeared.

"You've gotten taller," Jen said as she looked at him with a smile on her face.

"I'm still growing, wouldn't it be stranger if I stopped growing?" Jake said before his eyes were drawn to Lucas who was looking at their interaction with a warm smile.

"Is this brother-in-law?" Jake asked as he looked back and forth between the two of them. Jen suddenly felt awkward about the whole situation, especially with how Jake kept addressing Lucas as a brother-in-law.

"Lucas, this is my younger brother Jake, Jake this is Lucas my boyfriend," Jen said with a red face. Jake had never seen Jen act so shy, so his impression of his brother-in-law was very positive.

"It's nice to finally meet you, I've only been able to see pictures," Jake said as he shook Lucas' hand.

"Hurry and take us to the room," Jen said as she noticed that they were drawing attention to themselves.

"Okay, should I call Alex?" Jake asked as he took them to their private room.

"She's probably busy, we'll see her on her off day," Jen said as she shook her head.

"Which is tomorrow, you don't have plans tomorrow right?" Jake asked Jen but was looking at Lucas with hopeful eyes.

"I have nothing arranged," Lucas said, closing off Jen's only escape route.

"Splendid! I'll let her know," Jake said and opened the door to their private room. Even though he wanted to join them he felt like he would be intruding, so he just gave them their menus and disappeared. When they wanted to order, a different person came to take their order.

"Isn't your little brother coming back?" Lucas asked once the waiter left the two of them alone. 

"No, he has to work, he knows not to slack off with Alex as his boss," Jen said with a smile as she looked at Lucas.

"You two have the same eyes," Lucas said with a smile.

"Mmh, he is the one who looks like both mom and dad," Jen said with a small laugh.

"Really?" Lucas asked.

"Yeah, I look more like my father, and Alex looks like mom," Jen said thoughtfully.

"I look like my father too," Lucas said in amusement.

"I can tell, but Jason looks even more like him," Jen commented and took a sip of her water. She was waiting for her meal in anticipation, it had been a long time since she ate at her restaurant and she didn't realise how much she was craving the food here until she opened the menu.

She had almost ordered everything. Lucas only made an order for his drink because she had already ordered so much food that she wanted him to try out.

A few minutes later, their food finally came in, and rather than start eating immediately, Jen started putting her favourite things on Lucas' plate.

"Go on and try it," Jen said as she took a bite of some of the chicken she had asked Lucas to try. He stared at her for a few seconds longer, and she nodded at him in encouragement. Lucas smiled as her behaviour amused him, but he went ahead and tried the chicken.

He hadn't thought he was hungry until when the food arrived for them to eat. Once he tasted the food, he could finally understand her enthusiasm for it. She looked at him with expectant eyes as he chewed his food, and he almost laughed out loud.

"How is it?" she asked as she blinked her brown eyes.

"It's delicious," Lucas said honestly.

"You like it?" Jen asked and Lucas nodded in response as he had taken another bite of the food. Jen smiled widely, reminding Lucas of how Jake looked when he did the same before, and he chuckled helplessly.

"I helped develop the recipe, do you want me to make it for you at home?" Jen said proudly and Lucas nodded in agreement. It wasn't like he could say no, it was truly delicious.

"Try this one next," Jen said and put more food on his plate. Lucas obediently ate what she gave him and ate more of what he liked. By the time they were done, he was so full he started feeling drowsy.

"Should we go back now?" Lucas asked as he looked at Jen who was having juice.

"Mmh, let's go, you look tired," Jen said as she noticed that his eyes were a bit heavy-lidded. She wondered if she fed him too much but shrugged her shoulders after thinking about for a few seconds, it's not like she can do anything about it at this point right?

The two of them got up to leave, and Lucas helped her put on her coat before she stretched out her hand.

"What is it?" Lucas asked.

"Keys, I'll drive us back," Jen said and Lucas obediently handed her the car keys before shrugging on his own jacket.

"Let's go," Lucas said as he opened the door for her and the two of them walked out. Jake spotted them as they were leaving and went to say goodbye.

"Sis, you have to treat me to a meal, you too brother-in-law, I can even show you around," Jake said as he held both of Jen's hands.

"Mmh, I'll definitely treat you," Lucas said as he was happy about being called brother-in-law so many times that day.

"Be careful or you'll be the one shown around," Jen said as she remembered about their outing earlier that day. 

"I don't mind, make sure you call me," Jake said as he hugged Jen before he went and gave Lucas one of those brotherly hugs and waved at them as he went back into the restaurant.

"He's very friendly," Lucas commented as they got in the car.

"He is," Jen said with a chuckle.

"I think my brothers would like him as well," Lucas continued as he put on his seatbelt. Jen briefly thought about it before nodding in agreement. Since Jake was the last child, he was the best in currying favour and acting cute with people. She could see Jason tease him to death and James treat him like he does Lucas.

"They probably would," Jen said and started the car before heading off to the hotel. Jen hurriedly walked into the warm suite and happily took off her coat so she could directly feel the warmth in the air. Lucas looked at her in amusement as he too took off his jacket and went to hug her from behind.

"Aren't you sleepy?" Jen asked as she turned around to face him. He looked even younger that day as he didn't have his hair styled as it normally was when he went and it just fell forward to cover his forehead. 

"I was, but not anymore," Lucas said as his eyes shone with life. She thought he was going to sleep once they got home but now it seemed like he was filled with energy to the brim.

"I think I might be a bit-" Jen said but was interrupted when Lucas kissed her. Jen softly laughed against his lips and even wondered if she fed him so he would have enough energy for other activities.

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