Convincing her (Jen and Lucas)

The day passed faster than anyone had anticipated. The bunch of friends and family that had taken a late night flight to Country M ended up waking up late, and it had been late in the afternoon once they had gotten over their jet lag. In contrast, Jen and Lucas were teasing each other at home as they tried hard not to give in to their impulses. 

When everyone met, it was already evening. They all met in the hotel restaurant's private room. Fortunately, when they all gathered, Jen was all but ready for distraction because she found herself in that situation where the more someone tells you not to do something, the more you want to do it. 

Lucas was even more excited, especially after he saw David. He remembered how much easier work was with David around, but now that he didn't have someone to lighten his burden, he couldn't help but reminisce on the old day. 

"Can you not look at me like that?" David asked as he noticed Lucas, who hadn't taken his eyes off of him since he got here. 

"I can't help it, Why don't you stay back? I'll pay you double," Lucas said as he tried to convince him.

"That'll be difficult, especially since I've taken over your role in the parent company. You'll have to talk to my employer," David said as he played with Nancy's fingers. 

Forget about talking to his employer (Noah). His father was already struggling to keep David on board. He had already tripled his salary while trying to convince him not to quit. David was already earning more than he was when he was a general manager. Where could he afford to hire him as an assistant? 

Jen was looking at Alex who was sitting with Michael who had his head down with flushed cheeks the whole time and also at Sofiya, who was graceful and dignified while sitting next to Jason. She really admired her because she was very aware of how goofy Jason could actually be. 

"Did you come with your dad?" Jen asked Jason, who shook his head. 

"Probably didn't know this, but after Lucas started taking full advantage of the private plane, father bought another one to use exclusively. He is with mother right now," Jason explained with a weird expression on his face. 

"We need to buy our own plane too Jen," Alex said when she heard what Jason said. What was extravagance? This was an extravagance!!! 

"I don't have to, I'm marrying a man with a plane," Jen answered and Alex made an exaggerated hurt expression as everyone else laughed at her. 

"Look at how you are bragging," Lucas whispered in her and Jen teasingly pinched his bicep. She only ended up hurting herself. 

"Tomorrow is the day. Are you excited? I received the colour for the bridesmaids and we all had them made. We even had one made for Sofiya so that Jason can take part this time," Laura said with a lot of enthusiasm. Jason looked at Sofiya, who had also glanced at him before looking back at her plate. Only he knew she was shy from how she was trying to stop herself from pursing her lips. 

The large group was having so much fun catching up that they almost lost track of time. When it was 8 pm, Laura stood up and pushed the girls to go back to their rooms to change before they went out to have fun. 

"Where did you have time to make arrangements?" James asked her curiously, and Laura laughed happily. Where did he think she got time? She obviously roped her assistant manager into arranging this just as she did for the previous one. 

"I'm not telling, but I'll thank you later... very sincerely," Laura said. She whispered the last part in his ear so only he could hear, but James was already looking forward to seeing how she had planned to thank him... very sincerely at that. With this, only the men were left. 

"Did you really get strippers?" Lucas asked Jason and knew that he did just from the look on his face. Rather than enjoy the strippers' dancing, Jason liked watching how uncomfortable everyone else was. 

"If you end up boring us to death this time, I'm not coming to anything you organise in the next three years," David said decisively. 

"Were you really bored last time?" Jason asked brazenly, and no one could really refute it. They all had fun last time, even though it was at Ethan's expense.

This time, it looked like Lucas was going to be the next victim. With the way Jason planned these things, it was like he was trying to remind them that getting married was the right choice because the strippers he always chose ended up being too much. 

Jason excitedly looked forward to how uncomfortable Lucas was going to be later on not knowing the tragedy that was going to occur. 

* 

The girls all got ready, and the hotel prepared a limo for them to use for the night, together with a driver as they set off to their destination. 

"When did you even arrange this?" Rachel asked Laura, who was having champagne. Jen had declared early on that she did not want to have any hangover issues the next day so she won't be drinking. No one suspected her because they understood where she was coming from. 

"My assistant arranged the booking, and the hotel worked on the transport and everything else," Laura explained as she to a sip of her bubbly champagne. The guys were in a similar situation except that Lucas could drink and didn't have to hide a pregnancy. 

They also didn't take anything seriously since they were just curious about what Jason had prepared for them that night. It was only later that night that the two groups realised that something was wrong. 

The group of girls watched open-mouthed as three of the five women that came hung off the stripping poles with their legs stretched into a split. 

"Laura, did your tastes change?" Nancy asked as she too, watched in awe. It was the first time she was watching something like this. Laura was already scrolling through her phone to talk to her assistant manager. It was only after they talked did she revealed a sheepish smile. 

"It looks like my assistant manager mixed up the 'orders'," Laura said after the call ended and everyone became silent. 

"Well, we might as well see something new," Nancy said as she refocussed her attention on the curvy women that came to entertain them. She was determined to pick up a thing or two so that she can have even more fun with David. 

If the girls' reaction was tame, then the guys were even more flustered. James watched as Jason panicked in confusion because the dancers that came, weren't meant to be there. Who wanted to see a bunch of guys in jockstraps as they pranced around while dancing. They were definitely not dancing on anyone's lap tonight!

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