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"This place is amazing," Jen said after she swallowed a mouthful of food. Lucas had ordered a lot of things from shellfish to crustaceans and some things she had never tasted before. At some point, Lucas had stopped eating and watched her eat in rapt attention.

He thought she looked cute, especially how she inhaled her food without losing her manners. Lucas smiled and picked up the glass of water next to him and sipped on it.

Even though he would have rather drank wine, he knew that Jen could not tolerate him drinking even a sip of alcohol. He also noticed that she was having juice and not her beloved wine, probably because she had to drive herself back home.

"You can have a few glasses of wine, you can rest in my office after we're done with lunch" Lucas suggested and helplessly sighed when Jen shook her head vigorously to say no.