Chapter 239 - Unrecognised (2/2)
In the beginning, she was smiling and talking animatedly with everyone but he could not help but notice that there was something wrong.
The smile on her face changed and her eyes weren't shining like they were before. What worried him more was the grip she had on her clutch seemed to have strengthened. He noticed that the fingers that held the stem of her wine glass had become white.
”If you will excuse me,” Lucas said to the man that was talking about something that he did not particularly care about. He did not wait for him to respond before he directly drew himself away from the group.
David was confused for a few seconds until he realised that Lucas was walking in Jen's direction. He sighed to himself and turned to the men and continued the conversation as if Lucas did not just rudely leave. It wasn't like they could complain either so they decided to swallow their feelings and continued with their discussion.
Lucas was not stalled more than necessary since the expression on his face did not look particularly friendly so no one tried to stop him to talk to him on his way over to help Jen with whatever it was that ut that expression on his face.
It was the first time he saw her wear such an expression and he was worried about what was going on. He was worried that she was being bullied or something along those lines.
Jen's mood had just taken a turn for the worst when she felt an arm around her waist and a familiar scent that served to calm her down almost immediate;y.
”Hello ladies, If you would excuse me, I have something to talk to Jen about,” Lucas said and smiled at Jen who had turned to look at him.
The women were not expecting him to suddenly turn up but seeing him standing next to Jen so naturally confirmed their relationship to the people who only thought they were rumours.
The chattering had also suddenly gone down as people looked at them curiously. Nancy realised that everyone was too surprised to say anything so she stepped forward to say something.
”Go ahead, we'll be alright,” Nancy said and urged the two of them to go. Lucas smiled in her direction and Nancy nodded as if to tell him that she had also noticed that something was up but she wasn't sure how she could have intervened.
As the two of them were leaving, Jen leaned heavily against him and Lucas changed the position of his hand from her waist to around her shoulder. He even took the glass she was holding from her and looked at her worriedly completely unaware that they were being observed by the other party-goers.