Convincing her (Jen and Lucas)

Chapter 347: Back Home.

Before the love birds knew it, they were already on their way back to City X. David had come to pick them up from the airport and dropped them off at the hotel but he had only come to pick them up to make sure that Lucas went to the office. So Lucas just helped Jen with her things before changing and going back downstairs to head to the office.

"I hope you enjoyed your vacation," David said as he looked at Lucas who was sitting in the backseat.

"I did, that was until I landed," Lucas answered in a serious voice as he went through his documents. 

"I'll be taking my leave on February," David said as he turned into the parking lot of their office building. Lucas got off the car and walked towards the elevator with David trailing behind him.

"Are you going to see your father first?" David asked. Lucas paused in his reading and thought about it for a second.

"It's better if I did," Lucas said after a moment of silence. 

"Mmh," David responded and contacted Noah's secretary to arrange some time for him to see Lucas. After confirming the schedule with her he hung up the phone. 

The two had already arrived at Lucas' office, and as Lucas walked past David's office he paused briefly and looked at Michael, who was so immersed in his work that he did not notice him.

"Michael," Lucas called.

"Yes sir," Michael answered abruptly as the sudden interruption to his thought process had startled him.

"Bring me a report on the progress you've made with F.D.E," Lucas said and went to his office.

Michael wanted to ask when he wanted it but shut his mouth when he saw the look in David's eyes. Forget F.D.E there were so many projects that were pending because of Lucas' absence and the collaboration with F.D.E was considered a private matter as it concerned L. L Hotels and had nothing to do with Lewis & Co.

Lucas sat down on his office chair absentmindedly before looking up. David smiled with satisfaction when he saw his eyes widen in surprise.

His view of his office had become completely blocked by the stacks of documents that he needed to go through. 

"Don't look at me. This is what is left after going through what they authorized me to approve. You just have to sign off most of them, but knowing you" David said with a smile. Lucas could see that he was laughing at his misfortune. Lucas closed his eyes and massaged his temples as he could already feel the fatigue that he would have to endure until he was able to work at his normal pace once more.

If it was just signing off the documents, he would be able to go through most of them in three days, but because of his paranoia, he knew he was going to read them before giving approval for anything. After being briefed about their progress so far, David finally left his office. A small smile appeared on Lucas' face after David left as he was once again impressed with how well David held the fort while he was away.

He admitted that he had a lot to do, but without David, he would probably have three to four times more work on his desk.

He removed both his tie and jacket and made himself comfortable on his desk before seriously tackling the workload that was waiting for him. He was not optimistic about being able to go back home, at least in the next two to three days.

*

Jen on the other hand had climbed on to their bed after taking a shower and fell asleep. She hadn't been able to sleep on their last night in the mountains. Nor was she able to catch up on her sleep in the plane. It was as if Lucas was preparing for something, and she only understood when David dropped them off at the hotel. 

Knowing that he was going to be busy for the rest of the day and might even come home late, she felt that she should get some rest before making dinner.

After a two-hour nap, she stretched herself before picking up her phone and going through her notifications. After checking her messages, she called Leanna. She remembered that she hadn't talked to her for a while.

After a short chat with her and reaching out to everyone else, she finally found the energy to get off of the bed. She went to unpack their clothes before taking another shower and going downstairs. 

She checked the time as she drank her juice, and her eyes widened in panic. She had ended up using too much time talking to everyone, and if Lucas was going to be coming back at his usual time, then dinner would end up being served too late.

She called Lucas and put him on speaker as she tied her apron around herself, it took quite a while for him to pick up the phone that she had almost cut the call in fear of bothering him.

"Hello?" his deep voice rang out in the kitchen. Jen cleared her throat from how flustered she was as she was surprised that he had taken the call.

"Oh Lucas," Jen answered.

"Why do you sound surprised? Weren't you the one who called me?" he asked with a laugh. He had been too focused on work that he had almost missed the phone that was vibrating in his jacket that he had removed earlier.

"I did, sorry. Are you very busy?" Jen asked once she was able to regain her composure.

"I have a mountain of paperwork that would probably be as tall as you if I stacked them upwards," Lucas answered. He had forgotten that everyone else was still working, so more documents had continued piling up throughout the day. Fortunately, Michael had the job to sort them out according to their urgency levels, so that simplified his life by a lot.

"Then I must be distracting you," Jen said while feeling sorry. She couldn't help but feel that she was also partially responsible for his workload.

"No, it's alright. I'm probably going to be here overnight," Lucas said to Jen, and she briefly stopped what she was doing.

"Oh," Jen responded. She did not know what else to say.

"Yeah, so don't stay up too late and rest early. You should be tired from the trip," Lucas said to her.

"Okay, I will," Jen responded, feeling very touched by his concern even though he was the one that was supposed to rest early.

"Don't skip dinner, and make sure you get some sleep," Jen reminded him before hanging up as she felt that she was taking up his precious time.

After ending the call, she had a determined expression on her face. She wanted to make dinner and take it to his office together with a change of clothes because she was very sure that he was going to forget about eating his dinner if she didn't do so.

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