"Your back?" Laura said as she came out of her room. She was still barely dressed although she had obviously changed throughout the day.
"Mmh," Jen responded as she looked at Laura who walked towards her sofa and sat down next to her.
"You know she came back an hour ago right?" Laura said snitching on Rachel who decided that she would remain quiet as arguing with Laura would be completely fruitless.
"And you forgot about where she told you she was going" Jen retorted silencing Laura.
"Are you hungry?" Rachel asked clearly happy that Jen took her side.
"I just had a sandwich, don"t worry about me. You can fix yourself something if you want" Jen said as she politely refused.
"I"m hungry" Laura said but was ignored by Rachel who was headed for the kitchen already.
"You really won"t eat anything?" Laura asked Jen as she lay on her lap. Jen looked down at her and shook her head before taking out her phone from her back pocket.
"You"re going to eat with Lucas right?" Laura teased and Jen nodded her head unhesitantly.
"Are you guys planning on leaving?" Jen asked as she played on her phone.
"Why? Are you already sick of us?" Laura asked as she looked at Jen"s face, even though she could only see a part of it since the rest of her vision was blocked by her phone. Jen held her phone in one hand so she could look at Laura properly when she heard her.
"Why do you like putting words in people"s mouth? I was just asking because I wanted us to go out on Thursday" Jen said as she rolled her eyes and continued fiddling with her phone.
"We won"t be leaving" Laura answered surprising Jen.
"Really?" she asked.
"Yes, Rachel wants to expand, even though I"m pretty satisfied but i"ll just support her in whatever she wants to do." Laura said.
Jen was even more surprised, she did not know that Rachel was so ambitious, but regardless, she wouldn"t dissuade her. If she had already made such a decision, it means that she had already discussed it with the managers and directors, meaning that the expansion would be successful.
Since the company has not gone public it means that the three of them are the only shareholders, and more funding would be needed for this project but they had come very far compared to a few years back, they would definitely be able to provide the necessary funding for an expansion.
"Why didn"t you say anything to me about it?" Jen asked.
"I thought she would take initiative to tell you herself, maybe she wanted to discuss it with you in detail, or maybe she got carried away, I don"t know" Laura replied, her answer was just full of speculations without any evidence, Jen felt like pus.h.i.+ng her head off her lap.
Soon enough the aroma of delicious food wafted in from the kitchen. Laura quickly stood up from Jen"s lap and went to the kitchen leaving Jen alone in the living room. Jen was texting Lucas as she was talking to Laura and after talking for those few minutes, Lucas texted her that he was on his way home.
Jen smiled as she got up from the sofa to go bid the girls goodbye. She was smiling because Lucas had told her that he would cook tonight so she was not thinking of cooking or anything like that. She had just missed his cooking.
"Girls, i"m going back" Jen announced as she stood at the kitchen door.
"Okay, we"ll see you" Laura said and waved in her direction while she tried to sneak some food out of the pot that Rachel was stirring.
"I have to talk to you about the company, just let me know when you"ll be free" Rachel said after she almost burned Laura with the hot wooden spoon she was using to stir the food.
"Alright, i"ll give you a call tomorrow" Jen said as she laughed at the two women and left the suite.
She took the elevator back to her floor and finally got back into the house. Since she was not going to be cooking, she decided to go take a shower and maybe even some hair treatment before Lucas came back.
The oblivious Lucas came back to a quiet house and could not hear any movements at all. He even thought the house was completely empty until he heard the door upstairs being opened and then closed.
He made his way upstairs to his room but it was empty, so he a.s.sumed that Jen was probably in her room. He took off his clothes and went to take a shower. After his shower he wore his pajamas but did not b.u.t.ton up the s.h.i.+rt so it just hung on his body. After he towel dried his hair, he decided to go check on Jen before he went to cook downstairs.
Jen did not know that he had returned and she was busy moisturising her freshly dried hair and braiding it. She was so immersed in what she was doing that when the door opened she dropped her moisturiser from surprise as she looked at Lucas completely wide eyed.
Lucas was really tempted to laugh, so he did, without much reservation.
"Laugh at my expense why don"t you" Jen said with a pout as she finished braiding her French plait.
"Sorry babe, I didn"t think you"d be so startled" Lucas said as he picked up the bottle she had dropped and put it on the bedside table.
He sat next to her on the loveseat she had in her bedroom and grabbed her waist to pull her close to him.
"How was work?" Jen asked as she ignored his attempts at getting close to her.
"I want to retire" Lucas said with a laugh.
Although he made such comments, he really didn"t hate his job, otherwise he wouldn"t have been so diligent when he worked. That was why Jen was not really worried when he made such comments.
"Go ahead, I can take care of you" Jen said as she pushed the braid that was on her side behind her and gave Lucas a charming smile.
"Don"t tempt me" Lucas said with a chuckle before he swooped down to give her an intense kiss.