Chapter 373: I''ll Give you a Piece of Straw to Chew On.


    It had been some time since Jen had gone out on a date, so she was quite excited. Even though they were going to be alone, most of the time and wasn''t the typical lunch, dinner or movie date.


    Horseback riding sounded even more amazing. As they passed by the front of the hotel, Jen spotted a familiar figure but didn''t want to ask Lucas to stop.


    "Isn''t that Michael?" Jen asked as she turned to look at him.


    "Mmmh," Lucas nodded in agreement. He had even noticed that he was wearing the same clothes he wore the previous night, but he decided not to point that out.


    "He must havee for work," Jen said as she rxed in her seat and looked at Lucas, who was concentrating on the road. He was a workaholic, and he was already grooming Michael into bing one.


    After a short pause of her thoughts, she finally remembered that there was the workaholic who was grooming both of them to be workaholics, which was David.


    She thought Lucas was always working, but after hearing Nancyining; she started believing that maybe she shouldn''t be so hard on him.


    "Do you want to have something on the way? Or should we have dinner on our way back?" Lucas asked Jen when it was too quiet.


    "Let''s do dinner, I''m still stuffed," Jen answered as she patted her belly and Lucas nodded in agreement. He had only been checking in case she was already feeling hungry. The tripsted a bit over thirty minutes since Lucas was driving faster and there was no traffic on the streets.


    Jen who had been chattering got off the car while stretching herself and turned to look at the environment. The ce looked the same as it did before, but this time they had stopped in front of a different house.


    Lucas had also gotten off the car and had taken out their luggage from the back. While carrying two small bags in his hands, he came up behind Jen suddenly.


    "This is my ce," Lucas exined, and Jen nodded with her eyes shining with excitement. She knew that the ce that they had stayed atst time was themunal vi, and this one was one of the numerous personal ones that could be found scattered on the expansive area.


    "Let''s go inside," Lucas said and wrapped an arm over her shoulders before the two of them walked into the house.


    Unlike the other vi, this one was filled with Lucas'' tastes. It was minimalistic and besides a few wooden colours, everything else was either blue-ck or some variation of white. Jen''s head turned curiously to look around the living space before she went towards a door that she was assuming was the kitchen and went to look inside.


    Everything that was necessary could be found inside and the house was immacte without a speck of dust, which surprised her since it was unupied. She got out of the kitchen and went upstairs where Lucas had disappeared to and found one of the many doors was slightly ajar.


    She pushed the partially closed door open and entered the woodsy bedroom. The dcor looked much warmer and rxed in the bedroom inparison to the rest of the house.


    "It''s really pretty here," Jen said honestly as she opened the door to the walk-in closet and bathroom to check out how it looked like.


    "I''m d you like it," Lucas said after grabbing her arm to keep her still before wrapping his arms around her waist. Jen slightly tilted her head up to look at him, her brown eyes still shining with excitement which put Lucas in a good mood too.


    "Mmmh, it''s very pretty," Jen said and rested her hands on his own arms before cing her head on his chest. She turned to look out the floor to ceiling windows and a smile appeared on her face. There were expanses of greennd that were perfectly mowed and tended to.


    When she got married, she had to do it here, outdoors with the beautiful gardens from each house and the stable serving as a background. It already looked so beautiful in her mind. Seeing that she had been too quiet for some time, Lucas peeked at her and saw that her gaze was focused outside.


    "What are you thinking about?" he asked her as he gathered her into his arms so he could hold her tighter. Jen was immediately startled out of her fantasies. She couldn''t outrightly speak her mind, right?


    "I was thinking about you, and me, and us," Jen answered vaguely.


    "It''s fine if you don''t want to tell me," Lucas said with a chuckle.


    "Mmmh, but I was being honest," Jen said as she looked up at him, her chin resting on his chest. Lucas bent his head down and stole a kiss from her. Gently brushing her lips with his and teasing them with his tongue. Fortunately, he did not deepen the kiss because they could just forget about horse riding since there was a bed ready for them right next to them.


    "Go change quickly," Lucas said, and lightly smacked her bottom. With her excitement revived, Jen picked up her bag and ran to the walk-in closet.


    "Lucas can I borrow-" Jen started but was interrupted after a few words.


    "Take whatever you need, I''ll be downstairs," Lucas said as if he already knew what she was going to ask for, and left the room after Jen went back into the closet.


    Since they had started dating, what was his was hers and what was hers was also hers. It wasn''t like he could suddenly start applying makeup and wearing her dresses, right? But she seemed to have fun with his wardrobe, and strangely enough, it did not bother him one bit.


    After going downstairs, he made a beeline for the kitchen and opened therge refrigerator. It did not have food, but a couple of drinks were stuffed in there together with things that had a longer shelf life.


    Every few days a housekeeper woulde over and clean the house and also rece the things in the fridge that have gone bad or were about to expire.


    He found a small basket in one of the cabs and pulled out a few bottles of water and some bottled juice and ced them inside. After rummaging through the cabs for a while to find some snacks, he could hear Jene down the stairs.


    While wearing a pair of jeans and knee-length boots, paired with a shirt she had borrowed from Lucas, shepletely looked the part.


    "Haha, should I get you a cowboy hat and a piece of straw?" Lucas asked after getting an eye full of her.


    "Please," Jen answered good-naturedly.


    "You look good," Lucas said as his eyes stopped at her tight jeans. How couldn''t she know what he was staring at?


    "Thank you," she answered and walked towards the kitchen counter to look at what he was doing.


    "You''re packing some snacks?" Jen asked curiously as she leaned on the kitchen counter and looked into the basket that was conspicuously ced there.


    "Yeah," Lucas answered and turned around to ce a few more snacks inside before looking at Jen. With her half-opened shirt and with her leaning so heavily against the counter, it was inevitable that her breasts were pushed up and made her cleavage even more prominent. Lucas cleared his throat after catching himself staring and looked away.


    "I''ll go change," Lucas said, and Jen nodded absentmindedly before he quickly left. As he was changing his clothes, Jen was giving herself a tour of the house.


    When she opened one of the wooden doors, she was taken to the house gym, which was also conjoined with the pool and even had a sauna. After leaving that surprise, she walked into another.


    This room was like a mini-movie theatre, with the screenpletely covering the wall and the seats arranged like those in the movies, except that they were even more spacious and luxurious. There was also a mix of love seats and single seats.


    When she stepped inside together with the soundproofing and heavy carpeting, she couldn''t even hear her own footsteps.


    After curiously looking around and opening a few mini-fridges and finding a few surprises, she walked out. Before she could continue with her exploration, she heard Lucase down the stairs. She went to the kitchen to pick up the basket and saw that he really came down with cowboy hats.


    He ced it on her head and even tied a bandana around her neck. Jen was surprised as she looked at him seriously tying it for her. He then put a hat on his own head and took the basket from her.


    "Since you wanted to role y, we might as well go all out," Lucas said with a dimpled smile, making herugh.


    "You even got a bandana? I didn''t see them at all in the dressing room. How dedicated are you to the look?" Jen asked as she hugged his empty arm as they walked out of the house.


    "It''s a series of coincidences," he exined


    "Oh really?" Jen asked with a raised eyebrow.


    "That''s right, I''ll give you a piece of straw to chew on once we reach the stables," Lucas continued to jest, making Jenugh happily.


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