章節 14: Concern

They were both sitting in the car, none of them talked and the atmosphere was a bit tense. Jennifer looked straight ahead as Lucas was driving and she made up her mind on not mentioning anything about their encounter.

Lucas finally got to the campus and parked his car at the parking lot. The two of them are still in the car, Jen was a bit unwilling to get off the car because she felt like she had to say something. Jen looked at Lucas whose forehead was slightly creased and looked deep in thought.

"So are you going to class now?" Lucas asked

"Yeah, are you okay?" Jen asked as she turned.to look at Lucas whose mood seemed to be off.

"I'm fine" Lucas replied with a wide smile. He got off the car and walked towards the passenger's side and opened the door for her.

Jen looked at Lucas from her seat but he was looking elsewhere.

"Are you sure you're okay?" Jen asked again as she got off the car. She was standing right in front of him, caged between his arms and the car, but she didn't seem to realise this as she was genuinely concerned about him.

She noticed that he was acting off from the moment he had embraced her in her kitchen at home. She did not expect his action, but she just figured that he was probably just a bit too excited and he was trying to calm down, which was actually the case, but during that moment Lucas felt like someone poured a bucket of cold water on him because he finally realised that the way he has been behaving with Jen was very out of character for him.

He was a person who placed high importance on good relationships but that was mostly towards his family. He had never behaved this way with anyone before, even with the couple of superficial girls he was with in the past. He was mostly cold towards people he did not know and always maintained a distance.

He had set boundaries on anyone who was not close family since he was at a young age since that was what he learned to do. This was why the people at his company feared and respected him at the same time because he was very smart but at the same time, he was also very cold. He did not easily forgive mistakes and all his decisions were very logical and straight forward.

In fact, if anyone in his company or family saw him at that moment as he was embracing Jen they probably would not believe that it was the same person.

Whenever he was with Jen it was like his mental age would regress and he would start acting like his peers. He could only describe himself who has tried a new drug and immediately developed an addiction.

He was already addicted to Jen, he felt good when he saw her around, when she was in his arms, when he kissed her, when he held her, when she was responding to his advances and he could not get enough of her because as intoxicated as she got whenever she was with him, his rationality would go with the wind whenever he was with her.

This realisation managed to scare him and sober him up. He had rushed her to leave the house after he made this discovery and was lost in his thoughts on the way to the university. Now he was standing in front of Jen, with her trapped between his arms and his car and she looked concerned for him.

To a certain extent, Lucas was relieved with not receiving an immediate answer from Jen when he asked for her consideration because he realised that he also needed to sort himself out first. For the first time, he realised how reckless he had been on his approach to the relationship.

His gaze managed to get even more intense as he was thinking this that even Jen was flustered at this point. Jen raised her left arm and rested it on his broad chest, her action seemed to have distracted him from his thoughts. Lucas was once again focused on Jen.

"Are you alright?" Jen asked once more since he did not reply previously.

"Mhmm" Lucas replied while looking into her eyes if he would find the answer to why he was so enthralled by her there.

"You seem a bit out of it, are you really okay?" Jen asked again.

"Don't worry about me" Lucas replied. This time his mood mellowed out as he realised Jen was genuinely concerned for him.

"If you insist, then, I won't be holding you anymore," Jen said smoothly before attempting to leave their current position as she finally realised how ambiguous it looked. However, who was Lucas?

After Lucas realised that she was trying to escape him he did not give her an escape route, in fact, he moved even closer to her. If anyone took a picture of that moment, it would look like a devilish predator had locked its sights on the vulnerable prey.

"What time do you finish your classes today?" Lucas asked Jen.

"Uhm, I finish at 2 pm but I'll stay around till about 6 pm today, I slacked off a lot yesterday. Jen answered while trying to look as composed as possible.

"That's good, I'll come by at around 6:30 pm, I want to take you out for dinner, Is that okay?" Lucas asked. He looked self-assured as he did so but he was actually nervous about her response.

"Okay," Jen said with a bright smile. She was genuinely happy because she hasn't been asked out much. In fact, she was the one who would normally ask Tyler to go out with her, so this was a good change.

Lucas noticed her change in mood and saw how happy she was after he asked her out on a date. He lost himself in her smile and almost kissed her again.

"Okay then, hurry up and go to class Lucas said after he managed to compose himself once again.

"You should go revise too, don't fool around," Jen said sounding like an older sister which just earned her a blinding smile from Lucas.

"I'll see you on our date later," Lucas said after leaving a kiss on her with his thumb lingering on her cheek for long before he released her. This time, Jen couldn't even be embarrassed anymore, she didn't care at this point.