Convincing her (Jen and Lucas)

Chapter 355: Rehearsal Dinner 1

Brian soon showed up, and unlike most of the people who were formally dressed since most of them came there straight from work, he was wearing a turtle-neck and a pair of black jeans and boots.

It was impossible for him not to draw attention. With hair that had been tousled by the wind and shades that were hanging off his jeans pocket, he looked like the definition of a bad boy.

He silently moved around and nodded towards the people who were greeting him. His eyes were moving in the crowd looking for Rachel since he hadn't seen her for an entire week and he had come from the airport.

Rachel, on the other hand, was receiving Leanna with Jen and the other girls. They were in a backroom that would later be used for photos during the wedding. Leanna had worn and strapless champagne gold dress. She had looked good when she came out of her room, and she was quite satisfied with herself.

Unfortunately, her overprotective fiance saw the heels she was wearing, paired with the fact that she was wearing a strapless dress, she found herself wearing a jacket on top of the beautiful dress and a pair of sandals that were hidden by the long dress.

After getting her thoughtfully planned outfit ruined, how could she not get annoyed? Knowing that he had pure intentions and was only looking after her caused her to get even more annoyed with herself because she couldn't even argue with him about it.

So she had pouted on the way to the rehearsal but ended up being appeased after being coaxed with a few kisses when they arrived. She was disappointed in herself!

"What happened to your lipstick?" Nancy asked, drawing the girls' attention towards Leanna's lips.

"It's nothing," Leanna said and turned her face self-consciously. Even though she managed to control her facial expressions, her ears still turned slightly red from embarrassment.

"Are you asking because you don't know?" Laura asked as she opened her clutch and took out a lipstick, helping Leanna reapply it. While wiping off the smudged lipstick, Leanna closed her eyes to hide her embarrassment. She was very nervous about everything that was happening.

Everything happened so suddenly and so fast. One minute she is single, and when she was getting comfortable with her new partner, she got pregnant and now she's getting married all this happened in a span of three months.

Her father had been shocked, then disappointed, and even a bit resistant to the marriage. She did not know what Ethan told him, but whatever it was, it was able to dispel any anxiety and doubts he had and finally let her do what she wanted.

Her mother had passed away while she was still in high school, and she couldn't help but remember her during this period of preparation for the wedding. Her mother would have probably just been as excited as Ethan's mom, right?

"It's done, I'll go call the guys," Laura said and walked out of the room with her high heels. 

"I can't believe the guys agreed to be groomsmen," Nancy said as she sat next to Leanna.

"Heh," Jen responded knowingly. As nonchalant as they may seem, they were quite possessive. How could they tolerate their girlfriends standing around and dancing with other men? In their own friend's wedding? That was impossible. It would have only been possible if the girls did not agree.

"Even James agreed, I thought we would have needed to ask Jason," Rachel commented. Honestly, James came as a surprise to Jen too, but Laura somehow managed to talk him into it.

"Jason's only fault is that he is single," Jen said with a chuckle and quickly kept quiet because the guys had come to the room with the organizer who was going to be managing the event.

After discussing the order in which they were going to go in, everyone got ready to go into the venue.

"Wait, Can you take a photo of us?" Jen asked the organizer handing him her phone. He smiled at her as he took her phone, but before Jen could say anything else, she felt herself getting pulled back suddenly into a familiar embrace.

"What-," Jen wanted to ask Lucas, but when she felt him wrap an arm around her waist possessively, she could only laugh. 

After they finally managed to arrange themselves, a dark-haired person showed up in the room and stood the farthest away from James.

"You weren't going to leave me out, right?" Jason said as he looked towards the person taking a photo and smiled happily, all the while treating James like air. James glanced in his direction and ignored him as well. 

With Ethan sitting close to Leanna and grabbing her arm so that she was softly leaning against him, the other couples standing behind them, with the exception of Jason who was standing next to Brian they took the first of many similar photos that were going to be taken in the future.

"Okay, the groomsmen and the bridesmaids get ready, you'll be followed by the best man and maid of honour, then the newlyweds, okay?" the organizer repeated and took an extra glance at them, it was not often that he saw a bunch of such attractive people in one area, one couldn't help but be awed. After he left, Jason also made a move to leave. 

"You have fun," he said and pointedly looked at James before slipping out of the room before he was caught by his brother. He knew that the person who would have the hardest time would be him because he was so used to acting imposing and being aloof all the time.

Under normal circumstances, he would be seated in the middle area or at the back with his legs crossed and coat casually draped over his shoulders and would just watch how everything unfolds. He wouldn't even stand up when everyone else was standing.

Now, he was a groomsman, Jason had the urge to laugh every time he thought about this. He couldn't help but think that dating really changed people.

Soon the people inside heard the organizer silence the crowd outside and get them to settle down before he started calling for the parade. And as they each walked out in the order that they had been told to before, there was a specific corner where loud cheers could be heard.

"Boss, you're looking handsome!" one of the band members shouted while the other one whistled loudly. For the first time, James felt regret for his decisions. He only glanced in that direction and there was silence once more. They felt like their spines were frozen just from that one look.

"Say, do you think he'll hold a grudge?" one of them asked Jason.

"Definitely," Jason answered with a laugh. He didn't want to provoke his brother any further cause he knew that he would probably get his own talking to the next day. He was already dreading it.

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