Rise Of The Disgraced Heir

With all the plotting and planning going on, the week rolled by quickly for Ian. Before he knew it, it was already Friday night and his phone was buzzing non-stop with Seth's call. 

He had just come from a meeting with Marco, finalizing their plans on how to catch Mika and Armand as they tried to frame him.

John had confirmed that Mike was planning on using Ian's laptop to send out the message and to delete any obvious evidence of the email coming from him.

Ian would only discover the evidence if the matter was thoroughly investigated and the IT team of the Reyes Group did a sweep of Ian's emails.

They knew that Mike's best chance would be to send the email out on the weekly sales team meeting which was moved to Monday.

Ian assumed it was moved to that day in order to give Mike and Armand time to plot how they would draw him away from his laptop and for him to leave it open.

"Just answer your damn phone." Camilla grumbled as she looked at the phone in Ian's hand..

"It's Seth." Ian said.

"Exactly, it's Seth, either it's an important call or he is planning something fun, so pick it up." She encouraged Ian.

"Fine." Ian said as he picked up the call.

"Do you and Camilla have any plans tonight?" Seth asked.

"No, why?" Ian responded. "Wait, let me ask Camilla."

"Ask me what?" Camilla responded in an annoyed tone, it was her turn to be cranky now.

"He is asking if we had plans and I accidentally answered for the both of us when I realized you might have plans." Ian said quickly.

Camilla laughed at what Ian said and shook her head.

"No, I don't have plans. But it's nice that you decided to ask." She said.

"Okay, now I'm sure, we are both free." Ian said confidently over the phone to Seth.

"Perfect!" Seth said excitedly. "A new bar just opened. It's called Hype, and I have VIP passes to the grand opening."

"I didn't peg you as a party kind of guy." Ian said with a laugh.

"I don't usually go to these things, but the owner is an important person and if I don't go it would be offensive." Seth said in a hesitant tone.

"We can go, but we might run a little late. We still have some work to do and we need to go home and change." Ian told Seth.

"It's fine, it's a party. We shouldn't be early. I'll see you later then, bye." Seth said as he dropped the call making Ian chuckle.

"I guess we are going to a party tonight." Ian said with a laugh. "I'm not even sure I have anything that I can wear to go to a bar."

"Isn't Henry supposed to deliver your new wardrobe today?" Camilla asked.

"It should have been delivered earlier at lunch." Ian said with a nod. "Knowing Henry, he is waiting for us to get home so that I can see my new clothes."

"Let's get work done quickly then." Camilla told Ian.

Ian nodded at Camilla as she promptly left his office. He saw the pile of documents on his desk and sighed, it would take a long time for him to get through everything. He doubted if they could even attend the party.

The plan against Mike and Armand had been taking up so much of their time that even Marco was behind his day to day work.

It was a miracle that the CEO wasn't mad at them. He already had three assistants and still the workload kept piling up. 

Ian couldn't help but wonder how Marco did everything on his own in the past. 

He was half way through the documents on his desk when he heard a knock coming from his door.

Ian turned around to find Marco standing with his bag slung on his shoulders.

"The boss said to take the rest of the night off." Marco informed Ian. 

Ian glanced at the bag Marco was carrying and raised an eyebrow at him. 

"I can't not work, I won't tonight but I will tomorrow." Marco confessed. 

"I didn't even say anything." Ian said with a laugh as he shook his head. "But I did know you were hiding some work in that bag."

"Just get your ass out of the office and home. The Reyeses have an event to go to tonight, so I won't be surprised if they suddenly need some information from you." Marco remarked.

"We are going to a party with Seth later." Ian told Marco.

"Hype?" Marco asked, catching Ian by surprise.

"Yeah, he said he had to go and that he couldn't offend the owner or something." Ian explained.

"Then you might run into the Reyeses, I'll inform the boss that you will be there." Marco said with a nod. "Just in case he needs information he'll know that it's hard to hear your phones. They will probably have someone find you."

"Do I need to keep my ears open?" Ian asked.

"You always do, Ian." Marco laughed. "Rumors are what help us, sometimes there are facts laced in with those crazy rumors."

"Like about Raymund Laurence being gay?" Ian asked.

"I said sometimes." Marco said as he shook his head and left.

Ian quickly cleared his desk and found Camilla waiting for him in the hallway as he stepped out of his office.

"Apparently the Reyes Family will also be at the bar opening we will attend tonight." Ian told Camilla as they made their way to the car. 

"I guess it's work chasing us everywhere." She said with a grin. "The owner must be someone important both to the Mafias and the Businessworld."

"Seth did say it was someone he did not want to offend, so it's entirely possible." Ian told Camilla.

"I can't deny that I'm curious to find out who owns the place." Ian admitted, not knowing that he was about to bump into a familiar figure that would shock Seth.