Convincing her (Jen and Lucas)

Chapter 59: Stalker?

Lucas looked at her strangely after hearing her response. He was both amused and confused at the same time.

"Um, uh, well, I think I went a bit overboard. Just forget that I mentioned it okay?" Jen said self-deprecatingly.

Lucas nodded still slightly confused by her outburst, but he watched her as she quickly rushed into the bathroom. Jen locked the bathroom door behind her and slid to the floor.

She couldn't help but repeatedly scold herself for her impulsiveness before she undressed and finally went to take a shower.

In the meantime, Lucas was in his study busy with things that he needed to sort out for work and in a few minutes, he was completely focused.

He stayed there for about two hours before he heard the door open. Jen walked into his office wearing one of his shirts with her hair falling freely across her shoulders down to her waist.

She looked slightly sleepy since she had taken a short nap before she realised that Lucas was not in the room with her.

She walked towards him and directly sat on his lap. An action that caught Lucas off guard.

"What is it?" Lucas asked as he adjusted his posture to accommodate her.

"Let's go sleep now, it's late," Jen said sleepily against his neck.

"I still have to work Jen" Lucas patiently explained.

"If it's not urgent then do it tomorrow, if you don't have to do it then delegate it. You look like a micromanager, get someone to help you, if you keep this up you'll burnout sooner or later" Jen said as she rested her legs on the armrest of the chair.

"But Jen, I still have to-"Lucas started.

"Listen, babe, you'll try to work extra hours today so that you can free up time tomorrow, but in business, there's no free time if you aren't being efficient. I'm sure there are a lot of competent people in the company, why aren't you using them? Why are you unnecessarily making things difficult for yourself?" Jen asked.

Lucas was stumped because she was right that he was a micromanager, and he couldn't completely give up the reigns so that someone else can handle the work.

"Lucas, the one thing I learned from my grandfather was that in business you should have capable people beside you, otherwise things are going to be that much harder. You can't be an expert at everything, it's not realistic to think that way or even attempt to think like that. Hire the experts they'll do their job, and all you will have to do is reap the benefits. There is a reason why your father is not running the company by himself, he is surrounded by hundreds of talented people that he is paying to do their jobs, I think that is why he put you in this position. Not only for you to learn the ins and outs but to also learn how to trust people and delegate work, so let's go to bed now, you have an early meeting tomorrow." Jen said as her arms circled his muscled waist.

She was telling him all these things while she was half asleep, and he was thoroughly impressed by her. He knew he was a micromanager but no one had the guts to call him out on it. She basically gave him a lesson that his father would have preferred to teach him the hard way.

[A/N: Yes Noah is a low-key sadist :D]

"Okay love, let's go to bed," Lucas said, but after a couple of seconds, he noticed that Jen was not making any movement. He then heard her soft snores before he realised that she had fallen asleep. With a shake of his head, Lucas carried her back to his bedroom and laid her down on the bed. She immediately got comfortable and fell back into a relaxed slumber.

Lucas went to the bathroom and had a quick shower. After brushing his teeth he went to his dressing room and put on a pair of boxers before he too climbed on the bed. After he turned off the lights and started getting comfortable, he felt movement form Jen who snuggled up to him. Her head rested on his shoulder with her hand resting on his bare chest.

He circled her arm around her slim waist and pulled her closer to him. They fell asleep in each other's arms that night and it was the best sleep the both of them ever had.

***

He was happy that Jen and Tyler had separated. He was unaware of their separation until he noticed that she was not in City K anymore. After risking his neck to track her down, he noticed that she had moved to City X and was not in contact with Tyler.

He had moved there too as soon as he found out, and had already memorized her daily patterns. He did not know she was such a bookworm since he started following her around a bit over two years ago, but seeing this side of her was very endearing.

However, after following her around for a few days he heard rumours around her campus that she was making out with some billionaire's son and even left the party with him. He had always thought that she was quite innocent in the past.

However, ever since he was threatened by Tyler when he used to follow her around in the past, he had completely lost any progress on the information that he had had of her, and the only reason he was able to start following her again was because she was not in City K anymore.

Whenever he thought of Tyler he could not help but grit his teeth in anger. The man had made him feel completely worthless and useless and the fact that whatever Tyler had said was a warning and not a threat made him angrier since he was so weak and powerless.

Her current boyfriend didn't seem to have her followed like Tyler did so he would not need to be concerned about anything.

[A/N: You poor sod]

He sat in his darkroom and looked at the numerous pictures he had of Jen that he had stuck on his wall, he had to admit that she was very beautiful, and maybe one of these days she will finally notice him and maybe even fall in love with him.