Rise Of The Disgraced Heir

"That's not possible." Ash repeatedly said as she looked at Ian and Camilla. "This is a joke, right? A horrible prank you played on me?"

"Actually it is, because it's the truth." Jake said as he took a sip of his coffee. "Ash, according to rumors, who owns this place." Jake said as he spread his arms in the air, gesturing to the building. 

"The Reyes Group, but we've confirmed that it isn't." Ash said looking more confused than ever. "We've checked all the documents and some company called Prince Group owns this place."

Jake didn't know whether to laugh or cry at Ash's statement. She was a fan of the five princes and yet she wasn't able to connect the dots.

"Ash, this place is owned by a Reyes, not the Reyes Group, a Reyes." Jake said very slowly, hoping that the saleswoman would be able to pick up where he was getting at.

"Wait, what?" Ash said as her eyes went wide. "That means, Prince Group is owned by, by, by the Reyes Heir?" 

"In part, yes." Jake said with a nod as he remained calm, this part Ian and Camilla didn't know. The whole time they thought Solaire Towers was solely owned by the Reyes Heir.

"What do you mean?" Ian asked.

"Prince Group is owned by five young gentlemen coming from very prominent and powerful backgrounds, I think you can figure out the rest." Jake said with a grin as he saw the realization spread across their faces.

"The Reyes Heir, Raymund Laurence, Miguel Chan, Ramon Abad, and Alexander Sebastian. The five princes." Ash said as she bit her lip.

Ian was sure she wanted to smack herself in the head for not connecting the dots, of course, who else would have that much influence and wealth.

"Sometimes the best kept secrets are out in the open, remember that." Jake said with a grin.

"Wait so why are the two of you treated like celebrities here?" Ash asked.

"We live here." Camilla said plainly.

"The Reyes Heir is the biggest investor in the building, as a matter of fact, the current CEO, Uncle Emilio, invested heavily on this project as well." Jake explained. "Of course it was all in secret and his son had no idea. So the top floors of this building are reserved for the Reyes Heir's personal staff."

"We actually passed through the VIP lobby because we have no idea how to get in here through the other entrances." Ian added as he laughed. "This room can't be booked by anyone else either, just us."

"That doesn't explain how you know Mr. Juan." Ash said as she looked at Ian.

"You can't let anyone find out about this Ash." Ian said as he gave the woman a stern look.

"It's as if I'll go out blabbering everything I found out today. I'd lose my job and end up offending families that I can't offend." Ash said as she rolled her eyes at Ian.

"Ian comes from a family that used to be among the richest and most influential in the country." Jake said as he answered for Ian.

"Hey!" Ian shouted as he glared at Jake. "You had no right."

"You wouldn't have told her." Jake pointed out.

"What happened?" Ash asked.

"We lost everything, that simple. Manuel was a classmate, he and his sister did things that sealed us in our coffin and made things difficult for us to get back up." Ian explained as simply as he could.

"A few days ago, Manuel and his sister were here, and they caused trouble for Ian." Camilla explained, continuing Ian's story. "The security team took them down to the holding cells and well, dealt with them." 

"So why is he still so cocky if he already got, dealt with, by the security team of Solaire Towers?" Ashe asked as she did air quotes as she said the words 'dealt with'. She knew it meant that they were probably beaten up or harassed.

"Because we sent him to the police and let him go." Ian said with a laugh. "We're playing the long game with them, so they think they are winning. Manuel has been a cocky bastard ever since. It will be nice to finally put him in his place."

"Why? What did you do?" Ash asked.

"They will lose every single deal they made and they will slowly lose every single cent they have." Ian said with a grin. 

"Isn't that a bit too much?" Ash asked.

"No, not really." Jake said with a laugh. 

"Ash, if you knew what they did to Ian, you wouldn't be happy either. This is already them getting off easily." Camilla told Ash.

"They didn't seem too worried about their financial status earlier." Ash pointed out. "If they were, they wouldn't be purchasing more property."

"It's because we haven't done anything yet." Ian said with a grin. "We are giving them this week. Some minor clients and partners of theirs will slowly be pulling out. Of course that's just normal, it's business."

"And how were you guys even able to do this?" Ash asked as she gave them a curious look.

"You said it yourself Ash, the CEOs assistants are the most powerful people in the company who do not have Reyes in their name." Jake said with a grin.

"We called in a few favors. Marco helped us." Ian said with a smile.

While they were speaking, Jake's phone began to ring.

"Speak of the devil, guess who is calling." Jake said with a grin as he showed Manuel Juan's name.

"Why is his number even saved on your phone?" Camilla asked. 

"I wanted to know when the bastard called." Jake said as he signaled for them to remain quiet as he picked up the call and placed it on speaker mode so that all of his companions could hear.

Jake already had a hunch on why Manuel Juan was calling, but he wanted to hear it for himself.

"Mr. Juan." Jake greeted.

"Mr. Laurel, thank you for taking my call, I understand you are a very busy person -" Manuel said as Jake cut him off mid sentence.

"Cut the crap and get straight to the point." Jake grumbled.

"Mr. Laurel, an employee from the Reyes Group approached us trying to smear your name." Manuel said in a shaky voice.

Jake looked up at Ian and Camilla and grinned.. This was what they had been after, proof.