Chapter 88 - Far??

Jake and Jade remained quiet as they drove out of the restaurant. The silence between them was so thick that a knife could possibly cut through. Jade was grateful for the silence because she really didn't think they should be having an form of conversation at all.

Unfortunately for Jake, his heart wasn't as peaceful as Jade's. He was having a hard time coming up with ideas to stall for as long as possible. How did something so simple turn out to be this difficult. He could always come up with a billion dollar idea that would be profitable to his company without putting in too much effort, but this seems to be more  difficult.

Jake was confused he didn't know if he should simply keep to the plan or try to keep her to himself a little bit more.

Jake sneakily looked at the google map for the most farthest game house from their current location. A sly smile hung on the side of his lips when he saw it was more than half an hour drive from there.

If she wants to leave so soon he'd like to see her try. Jake reduced the speed at which he was driving. He was going to take his time, after all he had nothing planned for the day.

He turned to look at her, she was just sitting there shuffling her gaze between her phone and the window. He was becoming uncomfortable with the huge cloak of silence hovering around them. But what could he say at the moment? He didn't want her to be uncomfortable. But luckily for him Jade opened her mouth. "Didn't we just drive past that game house?" Jade asked curiously. She was sure they had just driven past a game house, even if she was wrong, the google map on her phone wasn't.

Jake glanced at her before returning his eyes to the road. "I don't like that one" He said with a simple shrug.

"Why?" Jade inquired.

"Because it's always crowded" He replied.

"But it's still early, I don't think it would be that crowded at this time" Jade reasoned.

"It would be soon enough. It's the most affordable and people would always go there" He explained with a serious look on his face. He had just said those things like he was damn sure of what he has said.

Jade looked at him and she didn't know what to say. Maybe all this were the perks of being rich. Being able to afford the most expensive things even when you could get same service at a cheaper rate.

"How about we use the next one. It's not that far from here. It's just about 5 minutes drive" She suggested, showing her phone to him, with her finger pointing at the marked spot on it.

Jake threw a quick look at it and sighed, "I don't like that one either." He stated.

Jade was confused, they were simply going there to play a game, so what's there to like.

"But it has good reviews about their services" Jade informed just in case he didn't know.

"Don't believe anything you see online miss Jade. Some of those reviews come from the staffs themselves. And that place just doesn't sit right with me" He said. Jade looked at him with incredulity. She couldn't believe he would be this picky about a mere game house.

Jade suggested a few more places but Jake's excuses kept increasing.It was either they served the worst snacks, or their game rooms weren't up go standard. This made Jade begin to wonder if he had probably visited all this game house. Because she wouldn't know, she has never used one since they had a functional video game set at home.

"Erm..Mr Beau, if you don't mind me asking, how do you so much about this places?" Jade asked. If he knew so much about this game houses, does it not mean that he has probably been there? Which also means that he should know his way with a game console thus he should be able to play the Dark soul by teaching himself right?

Jake was caught unaware by Jade's question. What was he supposed to say now? He definitely hasn't been to a public game house before. He has one built in his house and a mini one in his Penthouse. The only house that lacked one was the one he lived now, which was his grandfather's manor.

"Uhmm, well I know this things. When you have a multi national conglomerate and a thousands of workers hanging around your neck, you tend to know this kind of things"

Jade was confused with his reply. She didn't quite understand what he meant, but she let it slide. She isn't going to start stressing her head over how he knew what he knows. She'd be happy if they could settle for one of this game houses and get this over with.

Jake could see her expression with his peripheral vision. He could tell she had something to say but she was trying her best not to. He didn't like the fact that she has been trying to be invisible all morning by talking as little as possible. But he doesn't mind, as far as she stays a little bit longer.

"I have the perfect place in mind. It's just a bit far" He said without looking at her. He could already predict what her reaction would be like, since she is so eager to leave.

Jade snappily turned her neck towards him, her eyes fully opened, "How far?" Jade asked. She didn't like the sound of 'far' at all.

"About 60 miles" Jake said nonchalantly. Jade's jaw dropped at the sound of that.

"60 miles?" She quickly looked at the speedometer and her eyes widened even more when she realized that Jake was driving at 80 mph. That was damn slow.

"That's about 45 minutes. why are we going that far?" Jade asked urgently. She still had a lot of things to do after this. She looked at the time, and a frown formed on her face. There was no way she'll make it back to go shopping with Amy.. Why was this man begin ridiculous. Travelling that far just to play a game?