Convincing her (Jen and Lucas)

Chapter 275: Getting stared at

It was already Thursday and Jen had already attended her classes and was sitting in the library to study. However, the guy sitting in front of her would occasionally steal glances at her.

She silently cursed at herself for arriving at the library late she had found her cubicle occupied and so were all the other ones. It was getting closer to exam season so students are now trying to catch up with their studies.

"Do you need anything?" Jen asked finally unable to restrain herself. She was already annoyed with her situation, the staring she was receiving was really testing her patience. 

"Ah, no, sorry," the guy said and Jen resisted the urge to roll her eyes. As she looked at him again, she realised that he looked awfully familiar but she could not be bothered to remember where she had seen him and just continued with her studying. 

She was glad that he had stopped staring at her after she confronted him earlier, otherwise, she would have really just left the library. She knew if she went back home, she would not study at all.

The moment she was able to finally get comfortable at home, Lucas would come back from work and he was an entirely different level of distraction.

Jen chewed on her pen and continued studying seriously while Elijah took another discrete peak at her. He hadn't thought that she would end up sitting at the same table as he.

He had casually asked his friends about Jen but none of them knew much about her except for the fact that she was dating Lucas Lewis which had really surprised him.

He had been hoping that she did not have a boyfriend, but the knowledge that she did have one and a powerful one at that was enough of a deterrent for anyone.

He sighed in disappointment and continued studying seriously. He could only think to himself that it was too bad that he hadn't been the one to meet her first.

Jen was immersed in her books and as usual, she lost track of time up until her phone vibrated. She pulled it out of her jeans and saw that it was Lucas that was calling and when she checked the time she realised that it was already past 10 pm.

She couldn't pick up her phone in the library so she cut the call and texted him that she would call him as soon as possible and proceeded to pack her things into her bag. 

Elijah watched as she packed her things before she stood up and left the library all together without looking back. Jen called Lucas back the moment she stepped out of the library.

"Hello?" Lucas said on the other side of the line.

"Hi, sorry I couldn't pick up the call I was in the library," Jen said as she made long strides as she was walking to the parking lot.

"Mmh, it's okay. I was worried because its already quite late" Lucas said on the other side.

"I figured, I lost track of time and overdid it again today," Jen said as she pressed the button on her keys and the car unlocked.

"Mmh, drive safely," Lucas said.

"I'll be careful. I'll be home in less than thirty minutes" Jen said and after casually talking a bit, the call finally ended. Jen then proceeded to turn on the car and drove off campus back to the hotel.

She felt comfortable because she knew that she did not have classes the next day so she would have time to rest because she had been so busy with school that week.

In another two months, they are going to have exams to complete their first semester before winter break so the whole atmosphere around campus had already started changing, and she did not want to slack off because she not only had a boyfriend that was a high achiever, she could also picture how annoying Michael would get if her grades weren't good.

As Jen was parking her car at the underground parking lot, she felt her phone vibrate once more. She picked it up right after she was done, she didn't even turn off her car yet.

"What is it?" Jen asked the minute she picked up her phone.

"Are you busy?" Laura asked from the other side of the line.

"No, I just got home" Jen said as she held the phone between her cheek and shoulder as she started collecting the things that she had put on the passenger's seat.

"I wanted to tell you that we're having the housewarming this Saturday, you have to come with Lucas okay?" Laura said.

"Mmh, I'll make sure we're both going to be there," Jen said with a chuckle.

"You have to come okay?" Laura emphasized.

"I'll be there don't worry. How was the move? Did you have any trouble?" Jen asked as she stepped out of the car and closed the car door.

"It was exhausting. I can't even properly unpack because I'll be moving out of here soon as well" Laura said in complaint.

"Just don't buy more clothes, at least until your move" Jen said with a smile as she walked into the elevator.

"I won't do it, by the way, there was finally some progress with James," Laura said in excitement. It had been three days since James had kissed her senseless and she would remember it every time she closed her eyes.

"Hahaha, you sound so excited, I'm happy for you," Jen said with a laugh. Even though Laura was loud, she was surprisingly innocent and naive. Her current experience with James would probably be like what girls would normally feel with their first love in high school.

"It was so sudden. I haven't been able to look at him properly since then. He finds it quite amusing especially since we see each other quite often" Laura said with a pout.

"This is new. Have you invited him over?" Jen asked Laura. She felt like she was a matchmaker for her friends so she couldn't help but be curious about how things were going between them and the guys.

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