Convincing her (Jen and Lucas)

Chapter 341: It's okay.

"Hurry and come back, why aren't you home yet?" Nancy scolded David. He had promised that they would go out for Christmas dinner, but he still went to work earlier in the day and had even called to tell her that he would come back late. She was not going to stand for it. 

"I'll need at least two hours till I finish," David tried to explain. He also didn't like being at work on Christmas.

"If you're not home in an hour, I will go back to my place," Nancy said and didn't wait for a reply before hanging up with a pout. She knew she wouldn't leave even if she had to wait for six hours, but she couldn't help but get annoyed that she had to spend Christmas by herself. 

She went to the kitchen and opened the fridge so she could at least make dinner for them to eat. She got even more annoyed seeing the packed food neatly arranged in David's fridge. But since she had started coming to his house, he has had more food in his fridge and pantry so she was hoping that he was at least trying to make his own meals.

With a sigh, she took out food and started making dinner while complaining under her breath how she hadn't planned on cooking and that they would have been having dinner at a restaurant if not for him being too busy.

David, on the other hand, was at a loss for words but didn't let that state of mind last for long as he looked at the people in the conference room. He had taken up Lucas' responsibilities and didn't have Michael around, so his workload had tripled from the day they left. He would occasionally ask Michael to work on things he could work on while still in City K, but he still had a lot of things that he had to do.

"Let's wrap it up in twenty minutes," David said, and everyone felt their jaws drop. They had to condense their thirty-minute presentations in five minutes.

How could they not feel frantic? David looked at the person who had been presenting before quickly go through the slides he had prepared but only pointed out the key points on each slide and within three minutes, he finished his presentation. Seeing this, a small smile appeared on David's face. 

He then leaned forward to pay more attention to the now rushed meeting. In twenty minutes the presentations were really finished, which made him extremely happy. He didn't think they would really finish in such a short time.

"I want the reports for today on my desk by the 28th. Merry Christmas everyone," David said and quickly walked out of the conference room. The other employees were quiet as they waited a few seconds before breathing sighs of relief.

They always felt like David was just a tad bit scarier than Lucas. At least Lucas would smile once in a while. Today was the first time they saw David smile in the office. It was truly a miracle.

David quickly went back to his office and sorted out his workload and packed whatever was urgent and could work with at home before leaving the office. As he was driving home he mumbled about finding an apartment close to the office as he had to drive for about twenty minutes to get home.

He made it home in time, with ten minutes to spare. Nancy was still busy in the kitchen when David walked into the kitchen from the garage. He stood at the door and watched her as she was bent over putting food in the oven and couldn't help but smile.

"Do you need any help?" he asked as he put his briefcase on the kitchen counter. Nancy turned around and saw David's exhausted face. She suddenly felt bad for pressuring him so much.

"You look tired," she said as she walked to him and hugged his waist. David hugged her back, circling his hands around her shoulders and back and breathing in her scent. He was really tired if he was being honest.

"I am, I'm planning on taking leave once Lucas returns," David said as he held her even tighter. He was feeling rejuvenated just from the hug.

"You can go wash up and rest. I'll probably be done in an hour or so," Nancy said as she leaned back to look at his face.

"I can help," David insisted, but he didn't look convincing since he looked so worn out.

"No, I can handle it, go up and wash up first, I'll come to get you when dinner is ready," Nancy said decisively. David nodded and kissed her forehead before picking up his things and going up to his room.

Nancy resumed what she was doing and was quickly engrossed in her cooking. David stripped off his clothes once he reached his room and walked into his bathroom.

After a shower, he walked out of the bathroom while wiping his wet hair and sat on his bed, picking up his phone to see if there was anything new happening at work. As he leaned back on the headboard, he slowly scrolled through his emails and opened the documents that he had received from Michael.

His eyes started drooping as he went through the document and before he knew it he was slumped on the headboard, already asleep. That was how Nancy found him when she went to check on him. He was slumped slightly sideways with his towel over his shoulders.

Nancy smiled helplessly before going forward and adjusting his posture before pulling the duvet over him.

She stroked his cheek as he admired his sleeping face and his eyelids fluttered a bit as if he was going to wake up. Nancy stopped moving her hands and held her breath unconsciously and breathed a sigh of relief when he just readjusted his position so he was more comfortable.

She stood up from the bed and planned to go back downstairs before she felt her wrist getting caught and force pulling her back that made her fall to the bed. Before she could do anything, David wrapped around her with both his hands and feet. 

"I thought you were going to wake me up," David said with his sleepy voice making goosebumps rise on Nancy's skin. How could he sound so sexy, ah?

"You can sleep a bit longer, I was just checking on you," Nancy said as she licked her dry lips.

"Don't go," David said and nuzzled her hair before his breathing slowed down once more. Nancy held her chest as her heart was beating rapidly just seconds ago before turning to face him, only to realise that they were actually very close to each other when her nose touched his.

Rather than pull away, she ended up staring at his sleeping face for longer before sleep overtook her as well. It was okay if they ate a little later.

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