Chapter 471: Will It Always Be Like This? (1/2)

Soon enough, Diane, Jake and Alex arrived at the Lewis's house. Jake and Alex were seeing the place for the first time, unlike Diane, who had become instant besties with Hellen. By the time the three arrived, the whole Lewis family was there already, including Jason, who was pretty much the life of the party.

Diane was feeling nostalgic and melancholic the previous night, but with this lunch arrangement, she felt more comfortable. She decided that rather than just remember her dead husband; it was better if she stood in a position where she could represent his happiness for his daughter instead.

The two families had lunch together and were sitting together having afternoon tea when Diane brought up her plans on going back home. Even Alex was almost done with her arrangements and had already started making arrangements so that she could seamlessly go back to work.

The mood was very harmonious, and even the youngest (Jake) was having a great time with his future in-laws. When evening came around, they already wanted to leave, so Hellen let everyone but Diane leave because she was going to be leaving the following day and she felt like she was really going to miss this recent friend that she had made.

Alex tried dragging Jake along with her so they could go and have fun at the estates, but Jake refused because he was also leaving early in the morning the following day. It was definitely not because he wanted to be around his mother for a bit longer.

Alex looked at her younger brother with eyes filled with judgement before she joined everyone else while rolling her eyes. She had grown up with him. How could she be unaware of his thoughts?

Just like this, Hellen's noisy house emptied and became quiet once more except for the two remaining guests. Alex, who was for once not the only person who was partnerless, was free to hitch a ride with any of the two older brothers. She would have gone with her sister on any other day, but for today, she was unwilling to become a lightbulb.

Three cars departed out of the large mansion and they started making their way to the estate. This time, Jen was the one driving as Lucas accompanied her. He had insisted on driving himself, but Jen insisted that she wanted to drive because she hasn't done it in a while.

”Is it going to be okay to delay your time of departure?” Jen asked as she briefly glanced at Lucas, who had been staring at her from the moment she had started driving.

”Mmmh, who do you think will complain? I'll get there in time for my classes on Monday,” Lucas comforted.

He knew that he had work piled up, and even though he had tried to deal with most of it remotely, he was still very busy with the engagement and the lunch with the two families, so he wasn't able to address everything.

Now that they were going to the estate, he might as well consider the day gone as they were going to be drinking and having fun there.

Jen agreed with what he said. Who would dare complain in front of the boss? This is why it's nice being your own boss.

”If that's the case, I'll have to tire you out tonight,” Jen joked and Lucas chuckled when he heard her words.

”Aren't you the one who is always asking me to stop and begging for a break?” Lucas teased and her cheeks grew red.

”I won't do that tonight,” Jen said after she got over the initial embarrassment she felt from hearing his words. Lucas laughed when he saw her like this and teasingly poked her waist, making her jump.

”You'll cause an accident, stop fooling around” Jen complained, her voice filled with dissatisfaction because she could not even glare at him because her eyes were on the road.

”Okay, I'll do it later then,” Lucas said with a dimpled smile and looked at the road ahead of them too. There were very few cars on the road, which made the atmosphere in the car feel even more intimate.

”Why don't we just go back home and ditch everyone else?” Lucas asked, sounding serious, making Jen slow the car down as she looked at him.