When Jen arrived home, she found that the living room was completely dark, and the house was completely silent. That kind of welcome would only mean that Lucas had gotten carried away with work and had not even stepped out of his study. Jen sighed and turned on the lights as she went upstairs. with her purse and shopping bag.

She knocked on Lucas' door before she went in. She saw that he had changed into a light sweater and a pair of sweats and that he had also removed the bandage on his nose. It was pretty chilly in the study since he had turned the air conditioning high. Lucas looked up from his computer to see Jen who was wearing pretty light clothing compared to what he was wearing.

"Aren't you cold?" Jen asked as she walked towards him in her slippers.

"I'll fall asleep if it's warm" Lucas said as he extended his hand to grab hers. Jen let him pull her onto his lap. She looked at his face carefully and noticed that the swelling had gone down significantly already which relieved her and reminded her of what she got him.

"I got you something" Jen said and handed him one of the shopping bags that she was holding on to. Lucas curiously looked at her before receiving the bag and looked inside. He fished one of the items in the bag and unfolded the neatly folded mask before he smiled showing his dimples in the process.

"I completely forgot about these" Lucas said before he left a wet kiss on Jen's cheek. She felt warm inside from his reaction. If he was this cute when she bought him small gifts then how was she supposed to stop?

"Try it on" Jen said encouragingly and Lucas happily wore the mask that had a velvety exterior.

"How is it?" Lucas asked his hazel eyes looking golden from the warm light in the study.

"Tsk tsk, how can you look so handsome even with half of your face covered?" Jen asked and couldn't resist pinching his cheeks that sho imagined had dimples in them as his eyes had crinkled into a smile. Lucas then took off the mask as it was a bit suffocating when he wore it.

Jen was greeted by the sight of the bruise on his handsome face and she couldn't hold back the guilt she felt when she saw his discoloured skin. She raised her hand and touched his cheek carefully as if she would hurt him if she used any strength.

"Does it still hurt?" Jen asked as her eyes moved from the bruise on his nose to search his eyes.

"It's better now, it doesn't hurt as much as it did this morning. Lucas said trying to rea.s.sure her. Jen only sighed heavily before deciding on changing the topic.

"Did you eat anything since I left?" Jen asked even though she knew the answer. Lucas sheepishly shook his head.

"Were you that busy?" Jen asked as her gaze looked over at the computer that was just filled with so many numbers she started feeling dizzy.

"There's budgets and other things I have to review, I at least have Michael around who is being a very big help at the moment" Lucas said as he combed his fingers through Jen's hair.

"Oh, then I'll make you a simple dinner. Come down in an hour" Jen said and pecked his lips before hopping off of his lap. Lucas watched her leave his office with a smile on his face up until the door closed. That was when he refocused his attention to his work and continued to furiously type on his computer.

Jen changed her clothes before going to the kitchen. As she looked at the fridge, she decided to make pasta as it doesn't take too long and also because she did not feel like going all out with her cooking tonight. 

After preparing the dinner, she realised that Lucas did not come down even though an hour had already pa.s.sed, so after Jen was done, she picked up her phone and directly called him. She was feeling too lazy to go upstairs once again.

Lucas had only absentmindedly picked up his phone without checking who it was and was surprised to hear Jen's voice.

"Is something wrong?" Lucas asked thinking that something happened to her.

"Come down for dinner" Jen said before she hung up. Lucas stared at his phone for a few seconds before he chuckled and left the study after saving his work. Lucas found her sitting on the dining table while fiddling with her phone and noticed that there was only one plate on the table.

"Aren't you eating?" Lucas asked as he pulled the chair opposite from her and sat down.

"I just ate with the girls. I'll feel bloated if I eat again" Jen said and briefly glanced at him. He was busy serving food on his own plate so she did not bother him. As Lucas ate, Jen was chatting with an excited Nancy who was telling her about how David had called to ask her out earlier.

Jen smiled as she read the messages and couldn't help but think that the two were being cute. Nancy was crus.h.i.+ng pretty hard on David which she found to be endearing.

"What's making you so happy?" Lucas asked in an attempt to fill the silence.

"David asked Nancy out" Jen said as she put down her phone. She figured her being preoccupied made Lucas bored as she pretty much ignored him the whole time.

"Really?" Lucas asked surprised.

"Mmh, she just told me that he had called her earlier.

"He must like her then" Lucas said with a chuckle.

"What makes you say that?" Jen asked.

"Well, he is considered one of the most eligible bachelors at work. He could have asked anyone and they wouldn't have said no to him, so since she was the first person he could think of means that he is at least interested in her don't you think?" Lucas explained and raised one of his eyebrows when he asked her for her opinion.

"If what you said is true, then he really must be interested in her. I thought he was an ice prince, who would have known?" Jen said with a smile. She was truly happy for her friend and she really hoped that the two of them worked out.