Lucas had surprised himself by realizing he actually missed Emma while she had been gone, and had sent her a few text messages during her trip to England. That's how he remembered the day of her return, and that's why he was about the Manor in the evening.
He found Emma in the Mocha, and walked to her table with the chain clinking at his belt, hair as tousled as ever, and a big grin on his face.
"There she is! And awake too!" he said and dropped to sit on the chair opposite to her.