Chapter 199 - Harem Leader

"You don't think I'm that capable?" Jake asked raising a brow at her.

"I didn't say you're not capable, you're the one saying that" Jade rebuted. She knew Jake was a very capable person. Being in charge of such an empire was a huge responsibility and it required someone of great capability, and Jake was such a person. She just didn't think that he was involved in the innovation of such a masterpiece.

Jake was enjoying this. His girlfriend was definitely looking down on him, and he was just going to give her the greatest shock of her life. Now he was regretting his action of just asking her to be his date as a reward for introducing her to the inventor of ProGuard. If he knew they'd both be dating by now, he would have asked for something else.

Jake was about to say something when one of the parking valet knocked on the window, and he took that as a cue to end this conversation with his girlfriend before he ruined the surprise by giving her a clue about who it was.

"Come on we've got to go" He said, before stepping out of the car. He walked to her side of the car and opened the car for her, stretched out his hand to help her out.

"Thank you" Jade said as she stepped out of the car.

"Don't thank me, it's one of the things I must do to woo my girlfriend" He said, making Jade smile.

Jake stretched out his hand and Jade wrapped her hand around his, before they slowly walked up the stairs that led to the entrance of the hall.

The shutters of camera and the flashes of light from the cameras made her heart race. And it kept increasing as they attracted a sea of eyes towards them, making her grip over Jake's hand tighten. They were attracting alot of attention, and it made her nervous. Jade wasn't used to this, she has never been under the spotlight and doing this for the first time was making her heart pound.

She has been feeling nervous about the whole party because this was her first time attending such an occasion, but she had tried to keep it buried because she didn't want to stress Jake with it, and she was sure he had a lot going already since he was the host of the occasion. She had given herself some mental talk up, but now it seems she was about to faint from all the anxiety. .

Jake felt her tight grip over his hand and he looked at her.

"Feeling nervous?" He asked, while Jade nodded.

"Don't be, you have me beside you. And I'm sure you'll be just fine" He said assuringly.

"Hm, okay" She said as she tried to calm herself, trying not to look back at the people staring at her.

Jade felt her anxiety return in an intensed way when they walked into the hall of unfamiliar people and all their eyes were zeroed on them. She almost felt her knees give way and if it wasn't for the comforting pat Jake gave her hand which was placed around his, she almost felt like turning around and dashing out of that place.

"Babe relax" He said into her ears.

"Jake everyone is looking" She said in a small voice, which only him could hear.

"I know, and that's because you're too beautiful to ignore. Just let them fill their eyes okay. They'll stop looking when they get enough of you, but I doubt that will ever happen" He said with a small smile, as he looked at her.

"You're just incredibly beautiful" He blurted out. He didn't mean to say that right now, but looking at her, he couldn't help himself. Jade's cheeks warmed up with a smile. She could never get tired of Jake's sweet compliment.

"Just smile, that's all you have to do" Jake said as he led her into the heart of the hall.

.....

"Tell me I'm not seeing clearly and that isn't our man walking with a woman?" A beautiful lady asked in shock.

"If you're not seeing clearly, then I'm sure I'm sick of whatever eyes disease you have" Another lady replied as they gawked at the couple who were strolling into the hall.

"The big boss of Acrosoft showed up with a woman?" A blonde hair girl in their midst asked in bewilderment.

"My god I'm as surprised as you guys" Another replied, her eyes equally glued to the couple. Well they weren't the only ones surprised by this sudden turn of event, everyone in the room had almost same expression as them, most especially every single girl like them in the room tonight, who had heard about Jake's attendance and had come prepared to work their way into his pants.

As a matter of fact people were surprised when they heard that Jake Beau was going to make an appearance tonight. It was common knowledge that he didn't like coming for the annual charity ball. But not only were they surprised by his change of mind, they were also astonished to see him walking with a woman by his side.

He has been seen with several women, but only at the various clubs he frequents. This was the first time he was making a public appearance with one, and it came as a shock.

"Don't tell me we've lost our man?" The blonde girl asked.

"What has happened to our prince? Though he didn't like anyone, I was happy he was a public property. Has he turned exclusive? He can't do that"

"Exclusive or night I came tonight for that man, and I'm not giving up on that. Exclusive or not I want a taste of him" A cold voice spoke from the midst of the ladies.

Jake picked up two glasses of champagne when one of the servers walked past with a tray. He passed a glass to Jade ansld said, "This might help keep you calm" Jade nodded as he received the glass.

.....

Secretly taking a picture of the couples not too far away from the where they stood.

The picture was sent to group chat of five participants.

'Check this out. You guys won't fucking believe this!!!' Was the message that accompanied the sent picture.

Beeps of received messages flooded the phone when the group participant saw the picture.

"Damn it! So it's true after all! That scumbag. Where is he standing right now?"

"Did you guys notice how hot this girl is? Damn she's one piece of meat I'd love to eat"

"Hey you better stay away from her. That's against the rule"

'Well that idiot broke the rules first, don't blame me if I got a hot for her too'

"Do you see that idiot smiling sheepishly while staring at her?'

"Yeah it the kind of thing that happens when you're in love'

'Shut up Dan'

'Yeah shut up, I seriously wonder why we're still hanging out with you.'

'The fool wants Jake to be his partner in relationship issues. Idiot!'

'Fuck you Rick! How about I tell Jake what you said about straffing his woman.'

'Dude no need, he's going to see all the chats later'

'Why is Jake looking around like he's in search of something?'

'Maybe he's looking for us. Guys why don't we introduce ourselves? I'm sure Jake wouldn't want us to do that. Hehehe'

'Good idea, let's go crash his solo party'

'Why is Phil quiet? Dude!!'

'Forget him. He found a Russian breed, and I'm sure he's drilling that hole right now'

'Wow that's quick. And I'm yet to find a good D cup to play with. What a lucky guy'

'Well let's say hi to Jake and maybe after this charity stuff, we'll get those hotties'

'Then let's go'

.....

Jake was still looking around. He was being hopeful that his friends weren't going to show up tonight. He really didn't think things through before now. He had been so excited about getting Jade to hang out with him that he had forgotten about his devilish friends.

Jake stiffened when he caught sight of Rick approaching him with a spooky smile on his face. Damn! he knew this was going to happen.

"Jake are you okay?" Jade asked when she noticed the awkward look on his face.

Jake turned to look at her and Jade could see the beads of sweat forming on his head.

"Jake?"

"Babe you know I love you right? And I've promised you I'm not going to do anything to hurt you again?" He asked panickly while Jade nodded, even though she was confused why he was saying this at the moment.

"Just believe that. And know that whatever you hear is definitely not true. Whatever anybody says to you is definitely a big lie, to make you mad at me. Babe promise me you won't get mad at me" Jake was literally begging now.

"What's wrong?" Jade was getting worried.

"Please promise me" Jake was scared she was going to get angry at him, just like she was earlier today. He knew his crazy friends were up to no good.

"Okay fine I promise" Jade said, when she saw he was really shaken up. "So what is it?" Jade had only asked when someone suddenly appeared in front of them.

"If it isn't the harem leader, Jake Beau"