Chapter 393: Desensitized
"What are you boys talking about?" Hellen asked as she gave Jason a te of food.
"Nothing, really," Lucas answered.
"Mom, I''m also hungry," James said after Lucas and Hellen looked at him suspiciously.
"Are you looking for a reason to get me to leave? Fine, I won''t interfere in your talk," Hellen said as she left to get James some food. James looked at Lucas for a while before he opened his mouth to say something.
"Have you decided on how you are going to manage everything here without your presence?" James asked curiously. He had met up with Lucas during this time he was free and when they were talking, Lucas kept asking him to keep an eye out for Jen so he was around in case she was in trouble or if she needed anything.
"Mmmh," Lucas answered. Even though the talk he had with his mother was not long, he knew that he had to talk to Jen about how they are going to manage and maintain their rtionship in his absence.
"The weather there is much cooler than it is here, so make sure you take care of yourself," James warned, making Jason roll his eyes.
"He is not a kid," Jason reminded and would have probably gotten smacked if James wasn''t feeling toozy to stand up from where he was sitting.
"Just let me know whenever you need something, tell your girlfriend as well," James said. He felt quite a bit of goodwill towards Jen because of how he could meet Laura because of her.
"I''ll let her know," Lucas said with a small smile. He was happy that the people close to him were willing to look after his girlfriend, but he still did not like the fact that he had to depend on other people to look after his own person.
As the brothers were chatting, Noah came home as well and after freshening up and changing into more homey and rxed clothes, he went outside to meet with his sons. His wife had just shouted at him from the kitchen that everyone was outside, which basically meant that he should not go over and bother her.
After seeing the three boys chatting happily, he was reluctant to interfere in their conversation and ruin the mood, so after a short greeting, he went to steal his wife out of the kitchen so he could spend some leisurely time with her.
The brothers chatted mostly about work, especially the branch office in Country M that both the older brothers had worked at when they were studying.
Jason had treated it as a novel experience since he was working at a higher position than the one that he had had before.
James had been in charge of thepany in the duration of his studies as practice for when he had his ownpany. They were sure that Lucas was going to be the same as James since he was going to be taking over the headquarters in due time.
Hearing this, Lucas started feeling a bit nervous and apprehensive of what to expect. He had been working at Lewis & Co. as a general manager for almost a year and he wasfortable in his position mostly because of how good David was at his job. Even though he knew he wouldn''t be able to keep David forever, he still wished he could.
"Don''t worry, even if you are bad at it, it won''t be to the point where you bankrupt the whole cooperation," Jason said as if tofort him.
"Is this how youfort people?" Lucas asked with a frown.
"You''ll do great, if you can act as a general manager at the headquarters, being the president of the branch office will be a piece of cake," James said.
"Thank you," Lucas said, feeling more at ease. This was how youfort people, his gaze seemed to say when he looked at Jason.
Jen went back home after losing track of time in the library and quickly freshened up before going for dinner with the Lewis family.
She knew that she was going to meet Lucas there so rather than drive, she just asked the hotel to arrange a taxi for her. Jen had just finished getting dressed when she was informed that the taxi had already arrived.
She went to the kitchen to grab a banana and quickly ate it as she turned off the lights in the house and left for the Lewis family house. Since they were already expecting her, the butler was already standing at the door when the taxi stopped in front of the house. After paying the driver, Jen got off the taxi and went to the house.
"Where is everyone?" she asked the butler as she slowly followed behind him.
"Mr and Mrs Lewis are in the lounge, the young sirs are in the garden," the butler answered.
"Oh, then I should go greet the parents first," Jen said, and when the butler offered to take her, there she brushed him off since she knew where the lounge was, anyway.
When she walked to the lounge, the first thing she noticed was that the door was open. The second thing she noticed was the way Hellen was sitting on Noah''sp. A position that looked suspiciously familiar. Jen was at a loss of what to do.
For the first time, she cursed the carpeting in the house, because they would have heard her otherwise, so she wouldn''t need to witness these two people she felt a deep respect for making out like hormonal teenagers.
She did not linger around and made a u-turn for the garden. When she walked outside, the cool night breeze cooled her bright red cheeks. But because she was still embarrassed, the colour did not disappearpletely.
Lucas stood up and walked to her when he noticed her and hugged her after reaching in front of her. Jen buried her head in his chest and clutched his shirt in her fists.
"What''s wrong with you? Are you okay?" Lucas asked her when he noticed that she was acting weird.
"I''m fine, I''m just" Jen mumbled incoherently and Lucas curiously lifted her head to look at her. Seeing her red face, he became even more curious about what happened to her.
"What is it?" he asked even more persistently. He was very curious now.
"I just went to look for your parents after I arrived, Jen said softly. If he was not paying attention, he wouldn''t have heard her. But with such an introduction, he could already predict what she had witnessed.
"I didn''t think that I would see anything," Jen said, not aware of how Lucas was looking at her withughter in his eyes. He could imagine what she saw. Probably after he left home, his parents became even more unbridled since they didn''t have to worry about getting caught by anyone.
"It will not be thest time you are seeing this, so you should start getting used to it," Lucas said as he patted her back infort.
"I think I want this to be thest time I see this," Jen mumbled with a pout, and theughter that Lucas had been holding back couldn''t be held back anymore, drawing the attention of his brothers.
"Let''s go sit first, dinner will be served soon," Lucas said to her while asionally chuckling when he remembered her expression.
"Sister-inw has finally arrived," Jason said with a weing smile and smartly moved to sit with James so the two lovers could sit together.
"Good evening," Jen said to the brothers and tried to hide her red face.
"What happened to her?" Jason asked Lucas after answering her greeting.
"She walked in on mom and dad," Lucas answered as a smile continued to y on his face and Jasonughed as he nodded in understanding.
"You didn''t interrupt them, right?" Jason asked, and Jen shook her head to say no. She did not have the face to interrupt them. Her skin was not that thick.
"You''ll get used to it," James said as a small smile yed on his lips.
"I hope I don''t have to," Jen mumbled so only Lucas could hear her and he reached for her hair to y with it.
"Our kids will probably get used to it, don''t you think so?" Lucas whispered, and Jen froze for a few seconds before turning her head to look at him.
"You n to do this in front of" Jen started to say with wide eyes.
"I learned from the best. It would be better if you mentally prepare yourself for this," Lucas said and pulled her to sit closer to him. Jen looked at his brothers and they both looked unbothered by how close they were acting. They were truly desensitized from early on. Is this how she is going to live as well?
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