Convincing her (Jen and Lucas)

Chapter 353: Preparing for rehearsals.

Once she was done with classes she went to the venue where the rehearsal was going to be held to check on how things are progressing. Even though Leanna had wanted a small wedding, that was impossible especially considering the nature of Ethan's family.

The people that were going to be attending were mostly going to be from high society. Lucas' family would be there, Brian's military family would be there, David's political family was going to be there as well, and the doctors in Ethan's family.

How could they make a small wedding if just the primary guests were already so prominent? Thinking of the parents' other friends that were going to attend and the people from work and other friends, making a small wedding was a task that had failed before it had even started.

There were going to be a few people for the rehearsal, so they weren't going to use all the space that was currently being decorated.

After cross-checking things with the planner, Jen went to the tailor to pick up her's and Lucas' clothes before driving back home. She had told Lucas that she would go home earlier today so she didn't want to dally around outside.

It was already evening when she got home, and since they didn't have any leftovers she started thinking about what she was going to cook as she took a shower. After her shower, she went to the kitchen as she wrapped her hair in a towel to let it dry slowly.

She made herself a sandwich first to stave off her hunger before she started preparing a light meal to eat when Lucas returned since they were going to be having dinner at the rehearsal anyway. She cooked away as she nibbled at her sandwich and as she started to feel that the house was too quiet, she turned on the tv to play in the background.

She played Jason's series when she saw it appear on the watching list since she hadn't finished it before and continued to cook as she listened to the dialogue, occasionally glancing up to check out what was happening.

After starting a new episode, she heard the front door open, and in a few seconds, Lucas appeared in the kitchen.

"How was your day?" Jen asked as she leaned back against Lucas who had already wrapped his arms around her waist.

"Busy," Lucas said and kissed her cheek and the back of her ear, making her flinch before laughing from it being ticklish. 

"You'll cause an accident, go wash up first, we can go in a few hours," Jen said as she put down her knife first. 

"Mmh, I will, but give me a kiss first," Lucas persisted as he turned her around to face him. Jen readily obliged and wrapped her hands around his neck stood on her toes and pecked his lips. When she was about to withdraw, Lucas moved forward and gave her a lingering kiss.

She was surprised that he did not do it for longer like he normally did. She even touched his forehead to check his temperature.

"I'm not sick, I got a glimpse of someone's face and I was suddenly not in the mood," Lucas said and kissed her forehead before leaving the kitchen.

"Someone's face?" she mumbled to herself as she picked up the knife once more. When she looked up, she was met with Jason's bloody face and she couldn't help but laugh out loud.

It did not take Jen long to finish preparing the food since they weren't planning on eating a lot in the first place, so when Lucas came downstairs he found that Jen was already nibbling on her food while being distracted by her phone. He draped the towel he was using to dry his hair over his shoulders and sat down next to her.

Jen immediately set her phone on the table so they could just focus on their meal. The meal went quite fast as they had to start getting ready for the dinner. Lucas went to work on the dishes as Jen took another shower and went to her wardrobe to pick a dress. She didn't think to dress up too much since people in their age group were going to be present, unless the parents decide to attend, but the whole event was going to be quite casual.

After rummaging through her wardrobe, she brought out a long-sleeved knee-length dress that left her back exposed and completely covered her front, her chest was not particularly presentable after the previous night's activities. She will have to restrain Lucas for these two nights so that she won't become a spectacle on the wedding.

After picking a dress she blow-dried her hair before she put it on, she then proceeded to create several long braids which she styled into an updo and selected a few pins to decorate it.

After that was done, she finally sat in front of her vanity and did her make up, when she started doing her makeup, Lucas was still idly lying on the bed playing with his phone.

"Aren't you going to get ready? We have to leave in an hour," Jen asked as she rolled up her eyes to apply concealer on the newly added bags that had developed from being overworked. Lucas laughed after seeing how comical she looked and curiously approached to watch. When she was done blending it she looked at him in question.

"What is it?" she asked.

"I just got a bit curious," Lucas said and pulled the single-seater closer to her to watch properly.

"Do you want to learn? Will you apply it for me if I do?" Jen asked as she applied her eye-shadow. 

"I could if you want to lose your eyes. My hands are not as steady as yours," Lucas said as he marvelled on how she applied eye-liner without poking her eye. Jen pause before laughing at his words and only continued once she was done.

When she finished doing her eyes, she quickly rushed him to go and change because she was done with the hardest part so it wouldn't take her long to finish from where she was at.

Lucas stood up and went to the dressing room only to see that she had already picked out something for him. He quickly wore the suit she chose and combed his hair back, exposing his forehead, making him look more mature.

When he finished, Jen was also finishing with her coral pink lipstick. She stood up as she picked up some of the things she would need if she had to retouch her makeup and turned around.

"Ooh, you look dashing," Jen said as she walked forward and straightened his tie.

"You look stunning yourself," Lucas said and was rewarded with a bright smile. The eyes that looked at him looked even more alluring and he stayed silent for a while.

"Let's quickly go then, everyone else can be late but not us," Jen said and rushed to pick up her heels.

Ethan had asked Lucas to be his best man and he had initially refused, who wanted more work? That was until he heard that Jen was going to be the maid of honour. How could he let other men stand there with her as he watched? That was unacceptable so he reluctantly called Ethan to change his mind.

He did not know that there was so much that she would need to do, even with the help of her other friends and Ethan's mom there was still a lot to do. If someone else tried to work her this hard in the future, they would definitely have a falling out.

He would have helped too but he was as clueless as Ethan was. They didn't care about what colours were going to be used or what flavour of cake they wanted, they didn't even care about how many people were coming so how would they be of any help?

Jen and Rachel ended up being nitpicky since they were experienced in organizing such events to the point that they had become quite close to Ethan's mother. Leanna's mother in law would hover over her and wouldn't let her get involved for more than thirty minutes at a time. 

Her over-talented and awkward son finally made such a beautiful mistake, how could she stress her beautiful daughter in law, who also came with a grandchild? She was already looking forward to how she was going to brag about it to Hellen!

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