Convincing her (Jen and Lucas)

Jen peeked at Lucas's back as he shamelessly opened the door with a towel still wrapped around his waist. Jen only curled into a ball to hide so she was not spotted. The staff who brought them breakfast was completely unfased by the sight of Lucas in a towel.

He was already happy if the guests did not open their doors while they were butt naked. So seeing Lucas in a towel did not surprise him. He just brought in the trolley and left before he could arrange the food on the table because Lucas asked him to do so.

Jen finally got off the sofa when she heard the front door close and helped Lucas put the food on the dining table before sitting down on the table. Lucas went to warm a glass of milk for Jen and sat next to her to have breakfast.

Jen had a good appetite that morning and ate breakfast with relish. Lucas smiled when he saw how much she was eating, improving his own appetite in the process. The two barely talked as they ate as they both skipped dinner the previous night and were very hungry.

After finishing breakfast, Lucas packed the empty plates back on the trolley and rolled it outside their room and closing the door.

Jen had taken her glass of milk to the living room and sipped on it as she dialled her mother's number to tell her about the wedding that was going to take place in seven days. Lucas, had gone to their room to finally put on a pair of pants and brought out her medication too.

When he got out of their room, he found Jen nervously talking on the phone with her mother. He went to pour her a glass of water and sat next to her as she talked to her mother. She looked a bit nervous and they were still having small talk.

"Mom," Jen finally said while taking a deep breath, she was bracing herself for breaking the news to her. Lucas smiled when he saw how nervous she had become and held her hand in his.

"Yes sweetheart," Diane responded. She could feel that her daughter had something important to say to her since they started talking. She even joked around a bit to ease the atmosphere but it looked like Jen was too nervous to calm down.

"Can you come to Country M next week with everyone?" Jen asked as she breathed out slowly. Lucas was holding her hand in silent support and she felt a bit more confident.

"Hmm? What's going on?" Diane asked patiently. She wished she just told her everything in one breath, was there a reason for such suspense?

"We are getting married on Saturday," Jen said and then there was deafening silence. Diane had been surprised into silence. Her daughter had insisted that she was only going to marry the poor boy after he returned, what was this unexpected development.

"Mom?" Jen called Diane nervously when she felt that the silence had stretched out for long enough. She even wondered if she made her mother pass out from surprise.

"You're really getting married next week?" Diane asked after she recovered from her shock. She needed to confirm in case she heard her daughter wrong. 

"Yes, on Saturday. We're already making preparations," Jen said and Diane laughed happily.

"I will be there for sure! How can I miss my daughter's wedding?" Diane asked and Jen smiled sweetly.

"I'll talk to your brother and sister and let you know when we will arrive," Diane continued to say after getting over some of her excitement.

"Okay," Jen said in agreement and after chatting for a bit longer, the call ended. She pursed her lips together and turned to look at Lucas who was paying attention to her.

"What is it?" Jen asked when she saw his pondering expression.

"Do you think we should wait before telling everyone that we are expecting a baby?" Lucas asked, and Jen remembered that she had not mentioned the good news to her mother.

"I don't want to hide it, I was just so nervous I forgot, I can call mom again and let her know," Jen said and Lucas smiled as he played with her hair.

"That's not what I meant, we can wait for the fetus to stabilise a bit more, and… I don't want to be targeted like Ethan, now that I think about it," Lucas said, his voice becoming smaller with each word.

Jen couldn't help but laugh at the second half of his sentence, but she agreed with what he said first. She also did not mind withholding the information. She was an expert at withholding information and because the reasons were partially valid, she did not mind.

After watching Jen take the medication she had received at the hospital, Lucas also picked up his phone to deliver the good news to his father. Unlike Jen's nerves, he was very calm and the conversation was much shorter. As Jen accompanied him, her own phone rang. Seeing that it was her mother-in-law, she picked up the phone to talk to her.

Hellen was so excited about the news she received from Diane that she tried to call her son, but his phone was in use so she could not reach, so she called the next person, who was Jen. Jen did not even need to talk and would only listen and agree with her as she switched from being happy for them and blaming Lucas for taking too long to make things happen.

When Lucas finished talking with Noah, Jen put the phone on speaker so that they could suffer together. Lucas was used to his mother and unlike Jen who was more of the quiet type, he engaged his mother and was able to cut the conversation short by reminding her to talk to Noah and to also see if Jen's dress could be shipped over.

After that phone call, Lucas drafted a short message about their wedding and sent it to their group of friends. Lucas and Jen who were hoping to have some rest ended up answering calls of congratulations from their friends.