Convincing Her (Jen And Lucas) Chapter 155 - New

Later that day, Jen went to meet up with Rachel to discuss the things about her company and after a long technical conversation, Jen understood that Rachel actually wanted to move back home and moving the company to country L would mean the employees in county M would end up without jobs which did not feel right to her, so she decided to make the main headquarters in Country L.

Jen did not see anything wrong so she decided to just let Rachel handle the establishment of the headquarters and was open to any a.s.sistance she might need. She looked at Rachel with a bit of pity since she knew she was going to be really busy for at least the next year.

Jen realised that rather than a break, Rachel was taking this time to cherish her last moments of being carefree and to fix her mindset so that when she starts working, she goes all in.

"Where is Laura?" Jen asked when she realised that the house was quiet.

"She went to work" Rachel said as she sipped her tea.

"Oh right, she is signed in the same company as Jason. She already has a gig?" Jen asked.

"Do you think so?" Rachel asked sarcastically.

"Ah," Jen said before chuckling. Fortunately she knew her friend well enough.

"She told me that her only condition was that James would be her manager. So I guess she went to see her manager" Rachel added as she too laughed with Jen.

"She is whipped" Jen commented as she pushed her hair out of her reddened face. She had ended up laughing a bit too enthusiastically and now her face was flushed.

"Mmh" Rachel responded agreeing with Jen.

"Speaking of being whipped, how are you and Brian doing?" Jen asked curiously and even leaned a bit closer to Rachel to express how curious she actually was.

"We're okay I guess" Rachel replied and picked up her mug.

"You like him?" Jen asked prodding for more answers since she knew that Rachel was not exactly talkative.

"Mmh" Rachel answered and covered her face with her mug, she was feeling embarra.s.sed for some reason. She hadn't even directly admitted it to Brian yet.

"Is he good to you?" Jen asked. At the end of the day, this is what she was the most concerned about.

"Definitely. It's… new" Rachel said for the lack of a better word.

"Really?" Jen asked with raised eyebrows.

"He is very courteous and a gentleman to a T. He doesn't make decisions for me or a.s.sume anything. He asks for what I want to do, or if I'm comfortable when we go to places together" Rachel explained while looking nostalgic.

"That's a relief, I was worried" Jen said with a smile when she saw how happily Rachel talked about Brian.

"I think I met a good guy this time" Rachel said as she held her face in her hands because she was embarra.s.sed for saying that. Jen also felt embarra.s.sed and laughed to distract herself.

After having a long conversation, Jen stood up to leave but just as she opened the door to leave, she was face to face with Laura.

Both of them were startled as they were not expecting to see each other on the other side of the door. Jen had to pat her chest to calm down but Laura had regained her composure pretty quickly.

"Jen!" Laura said enthusiastically and hugged her. Her mood was a bit off but Jen chose not to comment on it.

"Hi" Jen responded once she had calmed down enough.

"Were you just leaving?" Laura asked as she grabbed Jen's hand and dragged her back into the house.

"I was" Jen replied helplessly and let herself get dragged away by Laura.

"I just got here, you can't just leave" Laura said and pulled her to the sofa that she had just been sitting on. Rachel was not aware of what was happening because she was in the kitchen.

"I heard you went in for work" Jen commented as she sat down again.

"You're still here?" Rachel asked when she came back to the living room to see the two girls sitting together.

"It kinda just happened" Jen replied.

"Hi girl, I did go in for work, what I didn't expect was to get actual work. Tsk tsk" Laura said after greeting Rachel. She looked and sounded annoyed.

"Is that supposed to be a bad thing?" Jen asked while smiling in amus.e.m.e.nt.

"Well-, anyways, I have to start dieting because I will be having photoshoots and runway appearances from next month" Laura said and looked like she was going to break out into tears.

"Ah~" Jen exclaimed. Laura enjoyed her food and in the past she only modelled when she felt like it since it was like a side job for her. SHe was obviously not expecting that she would have to start work so soon.

"You could have asked for some time before you start" Rachel commented.

"Do you think I didn't? I have these three weeks because I asked for some time to get in shape. I wanted two months but James is just a beauty trap. It was probably a mistake to ask him to be my manager" Laura complained and flopped herself on the sofa laying her head on Jen's lap.

Jen heartily laughed at her friend. She had already seen how James could get, so she knew that he was not the type of person who would easily succ.u.mb to Laura's antics. Even Rachel couldn't help but laugh at Laura.

"What is so funny?" Laura asked in annoyance.

"You ofcourse" Jen replied in between her laughter.

"I don't think this is amusing at all." Laura said with narrowed eyes.

"Now that you are working with a company you are provided with all the resources you need to advance in your career, why are you upset" Rachel asked once she calmed down.

"I'm sure the only reason she signed was that beauty trap she is complaining about" Jen said while still laughing.

Laura frowned at Jen but she couldn't refute what she said because Jen was right. She should really get new friends, she thought as she watched the two girls laugh at her misfortune.