Convincing her (Jen and Lucas)

Chapter 331: Distraction.

The holiday went by quickly and before they knew it, only two days were left before Christmas. Jen had arranged to have the lunch with her siblings before going to have fun with Lucas just by themselves. However, it was inevitable that these plans would end up getting ruined.

Jen, who had decided that she would be sleeping in that day, was woken up by a call from Alex in the morning. She drowsily took her phone from the bedside table and checked for the caller before answering it.

"Hello?" Jen mumbled as she turned on the bed only to find that she had rolled back into Lucas' arms.

"Good morning Jen," Alex said. She sounded energetic, so Jen figured that she must already be at work.

"Mmmh, Hi what's going on?" Jen asked as she wanted to get back to sleep as soon as she could.

"Well, so there has been a situation," Alex said, making Jen automatically frown.

"What is it?" Jen asked cautiously.

"Jake let it slip that we were going to have lunch with you when we were eating dinner last night when we were having dinner with mom," Alex said.

Jen didn't need her to go into the details for her to know that those plans will not have the chance to come into fruition.

"She asked us to have lunch together... at home," Alex said cautiously. She had been fidgeting the whole time she was preparing to make the call because she couldn't predict how Jen would react to the news.

"I'll call you later," Jen said after a long pause. They had already been at City K for a little over a week and even though the people around her have been hinting for her to meet her mother but she didn't entertain the thought that they might actually have to meet at some point.

"Okay, just let me know, you know you don't have to come if you aren't comfortable with it," Alex said as she did not want Jen to feel pressured by the whole situation.

"Mmh, I know," Jen said.

"Okay then, I'll talk to you later, I just got to work," Alex said before hanging up. She glared at Jake who was sheepishly scratching the back of his head and managed to control the urge she had to smack him before getting out of the car.

Jen's expression looked complicated after the call, but she hadn't gotten much reprieve before she found herself smothered in Lucas' chest. He rested his chin on her head before mumbling something incoherently.

Jen who had become a body pillow was speechless from what was happening to her. She stayed still for a while for fear of waking him and ended up falling asleep again. When Lucas felt her breathing even out, he smiled before falling asleep once again.

After another two hours, Lucas got up and slipped out of bed to take a shower. He got dressed and left the room as quietly as possible so as not to wake her up and went to make them breakfast.

Jen ended up being woken up by the smell that was coming from the kitchen, so she quickly freshened up and wore one of the hoodies that Lucas had purchased recently and left the bedroom for the kitchen without even bothering wearing her shoes.

As she got closer to the kitchen, she felt her hunger increase even more, and she found herself swallowing the saliva that had pooled in her mouth. When Lucas saw her, his lips curved up into a smile before passing her a glass of milk. 

"Just wait, I'm almost done," Lucas said as he started dishing out the food on plates. He hadn't liked cooking before, but he had gradually learned to enjoy it because the best part was when Jen was heartily eating the food that he prepared for her.

"Mmh," Jen responded with a nod and took a sip of milk. Lucas looked at her once more and saw the white moustache that had formed on her upper lip. He passed her one of the plates and she excitedly went to place it on the table.

She had completely forgotten about what she had discussed with Alex earlier that morning as she was hungry that the only thing that entered her eyes was the food that Lucas was now bringing over.

Jen went to bring over the last plate before settling herself next to Lucas rather than sit across from him like she normally did. Lucas took a sip of his coffee as he watched Jen happily eat her breakfast. Since he met her, it was during this time that he witnessed how her emotions would fluctuate.

She was not in a situation that she could just get over after talking about it, because her sour relationship with her mother was an ongoing struggle in comparison to the other things that she had cried about and let go of before.

"Aren't you going to eat?" Jen asked Lucas when she noticed that he was only quietly watching her.

"I feel full just watching you eat," Lucas said with a chuckle. Jen rolled her eyes after hearing such a cheesy line from Lucas. He was satisfied to see that she wasn't frowning at the moment, although he knew that it was not a condition that was going to last long, he was happy seeing that she had at least momentarily forgotten about it.

"Eat," Jen said as she put food on his plate as well. She had decided to just forget about the issue that Alex had called her for in the morning because at the end of the day, she had come to City K for a vacation with Lucas and although it would be nice if she could resolve her misunderstanding with her mom, she did not want to inconvenience Lucas with her family issues.

When he finally took a bite of his breakfast Jen smiled as she continued to eat. She had vowed to make him cook more; she was suddenly reminded of why she had had that thought.

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