Chapitre 23: Missing

On the other side, Lucas had a big smile on his face. He was meeting the managers of different departments of the company and a lot of them already knew about him since it wasn't the first time he was at the company. Lucas was already known to have a cold and aloof persona.

He was mostly poker-faced and difficult to get close to. He did not waste time with people who were bootlickers and the only way to get him to notice you is through the work that you do. Even though he was strict he was also fair, but being fair did not just lie in the rewards but also the consequences.

So Lucas was sitting at the head of the meeting room table his cold and aloof eyes looking at the presentation that was currently being discussed. When the presentation was done, the room was silent. Everyone was waiting for feedback from Lucas, however, the moment he started speaking the notification tone on his phone rang out in the meeting room.

If it was possible it grew even quieter, no one thought that there was a possibility that the phone would be Lucas'. Lucas stopped talking to check his phone and when he saw it was a message from Jen his eyes slightly softened. Of course, no one saw this since he was wearing his glasses.

He quickly replied to her message and received a reply. They went back and forth for a short while before he managed to shock everyone that was watching him. He had a genuine smile on his face, the kind that even his eyes crinkled and his dimples showed. Everyone was too shocked.

Lucas felt indescribable happiness when Jen admitted to missing him, if she was in front of him she would have been gathered in his arms already. He hadn't even realised how he shocked everyone in the room, so after he replied to her message he continued with his feedback.

The way his face went from the smiling boyish look to the expressionless general manager baffled everyone. Dave could understand how everyone was feeling at that moment. He had also seen how quickly Lucas' facial expressions can change, he was not phased anymore.

The meeting continued for a few more hours with Lucas giving his own suggestions and asking them to make adjustments according to what they had discussed in the meeting before finally leaving for his office. He already felt drained but he knew he had to keep up with the work. He then remembered that he promised Jen that he would call and therefore proceeded to make his call.

Meanwhile at Jen's house after she had had the short chat with Lucas she had gone to her bathroom to take a shower. After she had gotten out of the shower and put on her bathrobe, she wrapped her hair in a towel and went to her room. She looked at her phone for a while before deciding on picking it up. She saw that she received a message from Lucas.

[I missed you too, I wish I could come to see you today but I have a lot of things to finalize, I'll call you after the meeting. I want to hear your voice] Jen stared at the message and couldn't help but think about how good Lucas was with words. Is it an occupational hazard or because of experience?

Shaking her head, she did not want to go down that train of thought. She got on the bed to take a nap. She was woken up at around 7 pm with her phone vibrating. She didn't even check the caller id and picked it up.

"Hello?" Jen groggily said still maintaining her sleeping position, she didn't even lift her head.

"Hi, did I wake you?" Lucas asked after a short pause. He wasn't expecting his bookworm to be asleep at that time.

"Mmmh, I was just taking a nap," Jen said finally bringing herself to sit up after hearing Lucas' voice.

"Then I shouldn't have bothered you if you were tired, you can just go back to sleep, I'll call you tomorrow," Lucas said feeling bad for waking her up.

"No, that isn't necessary, I won't be able to go back to sleep anyways. Besides I need to make dinner" Jen said after she yawned. Lucas' stomach rumbled, he realised he hadn't eaten all day and when he remembered Jen's cooking his hunger was stimulated. He knew he didn't have time otherwise he would have gone to her house after work.

"I already miss your cooking" Lucas said making Jen laugh.

"It's nothing special," she said pretending she wasn't flattered by his compliment.

"I can't wait to see you tomorrow," he said suddenly changing the topic.

"Me too" she replied in a small voice, but Lucas heard it and his mood improved significantly.

"I really missed you," he said again anticipating her response.

"I missed you too" Jen replied and because she was embarrassed her voice got smaller as she said it, but Lucas heard her and he actually felt a tingle in his chest. If Jen could see how wide his smile was at that moment she would have felt even more embarrassed.

"I'll come to your house at 11am," Lucas said already anticipating how they were going to spend the day tomorrow.

"Alright, where are we going?" Jen asked curiously.

"I'll let you know tomorrow, but dress for comfort," Lucas said in case she ended up dressing herself up too much.

"It's not like a marathon or anything right?" she asked worriedly.

"No it isn't, just trust me okay?" Lucas said with a chuckle

"Alright"

"Okay love, I have to get back to work I have a pile in front of me that I have to go through," Lucas said as he sat down in his seat.

"Okay, don't work too hard, also don't forget to have your dinner" Jen said

"Mmmh, goodnight" Lucas said, already sounding occupied.

"Goodnight," Jen said and hung up. She started worrying that he probably wasn't taking care of himself. With a huge sigh, she got out of bed and went to her kitchen to fix a simple dinner.