Convincing her (Jen and Lucas)

Chapter 290: Preparing for the housewarming.

Laura woke up late and that was only because Rachel had come to wake her up. She had to work extra the past couple of days so that she would be able to clear her schedule for that day and the next day.

"Do I have to wake up so early? Aren't we getting people to organize everything?" Laura asked as she turned over her bed while throwing a tantrum.

"It's because we have people organizing that you have to wake up. Besides, this was your suggestion" Rachel said and ruthlessly tore the heavy blanket that Laura was covering herself with. Her body was suddenly hit by the cool air in the room and she immediately sobered up.

How was her room so cold? She was sure that the heater heated the whole house. That was before she saw the two windows of her bedroom were wide open.

"How can you be so evil? Can't you be gentler with me?" Laura complained and buried her head in the pillow. Rachel reached forward smacked her ass so she would get up. What she did not expect was that the sound would be so loud that the two of them blinked in surprise.

"Ahem, hurry up and get up," Rachel said and half ran out of her room. Laura looked at her closed door before she looked at her own butt.

It did not hurt but she couldn't help but think the sound was unreasonably loud. Did her butt grow bigger? She got off the bed and went to look at herself on the mirror. She turned around and poked at her butt and tried to look at it from another angle before she shook her head.

"Nothing is wrong with my butt, it must be her hands, definitely her hands" Laura mumbled as she went to the bathroom to take a shower.

When Laura finally got out of her room she saw that there were people walking in and out of the house. People would come in with their hands full but leave empty-handed.

"What is with all of these things?" Laura said and she tied her long hair into a high ponytail.

"You invited everyone we know and their friends, do you want to do all this yourself? We'll need to have enough food and drinks, and music too.

"Aah," Laura said as she moved out of the way of the two men who were carrying speakers to the upper floor. She really hadn't thought things over much. She just wanted to meet other people, she wasn't a loner like Rachel was.

"So they are setting things up eh, rooftop or just the upper floor?" Laura asked as she went to the kitchen and went to pour herself a glass of water.

"Upper floor. The weather is quite unpredictable these days" Rachel said as she sat on the kitchen stool. She did not even know what she was going to do with the space upstairs but she was glad it came in handy today.

Laura pulled her phone out of her pocket and unlocked it to check for messages. She had told everyone to come in the evening so she was seeing if there was anyone who was going to be bailing on her. 

"It's already 2 pm? Oh my god, what's the progress?" Laura said in a panic as she ran upstairs in a panic. Rachel laughed and made her way downstairs.

The house was built on a slope, so the bottom floor had a pool that opened to the backyard. She had prepared a bar both above and below. Since Laura went upstairs, she went to check on the situation downstairs.

Time had passed quite quickly but thankfully Rachel had been awake to handle most of the things in the beginning so by 5 pm everything was already set and only the necessary people were left behind. The two girls went to get ready since Laura was the one who invited everyone she had to be around to receive them.

She quickly put the front of her hair in twin buns and applied light makeup. She had chosen to wear an off-shoulder cropped sweater and a pair of leggings.

If she wasn't the host she would have definitely worn a pair of boots but was there a point in looking so fancy in her own home? She looked cute enough as it was. She smiled at her reflection as she had a moment of vanity before she heard the doorbell and rushed out of her room.

When she opened the door her expression did not even change because she was not surprised about who arrived first.

"Brian, come in," Laura said as she opened the door wider so he would come in. She wanted to complain to someone why James was not like this completely forgetting the fact that James was actually at work while Brian was on a break. Laura closed the door and offered Brian a drink but she ended up being turned down.

"Is Rachel in?" Brian asked and Laura nodded as she used both of her hands to indicate that she was in her room. It was like she was giving her friend up as an offering. Brian actually chuckled when he saw her actions surprising Laura.

"I'll go in then," Brian said without pretence and Laura just nodded and watched him go into Rachel's room.

"Tsk tsk, if he looked so good with a smile on his face, he should just walk around like that" Laura mumbled as she poured herself a glass of water. As she was drinking it, she looked at Rachel's bedroom door.

"I feel like I'm intruding and I'm not even with them. James should really hurry up so I can move to my own place." Laura continued to mumble under her breath not realizing how weird she would look if anyone ended up walking in on her.

Fortunately, she did not have to wait for too long before other people started arriving. She had even invited her staff and some of her modelling friends and they were among the first people to arrive. Rachel was finally able to run out of her room and she tried to look as normal as possible but Laura knew her to well to be deceived, but for her sanity, she decided not to embarrass her.

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