Rise Of The Disgraced Heir

As soon as the security team of Solaire Towers was able to hand over the plate number of the taxi Jas had ridden, Camilla made sure to pass on the information to Marco.

Ian had calmed down and was now drinking coffee in her living room as he tried to logically process what was going on with his girlfriend.

"I can't believe she did this." Ian said with a sigh as he heard Camilla approach.

"It isn't your fault." Camilla said as she tried to comfort Ian. "You aren't to blame in any way."

"I should have told Marco about Jas dating Mike." Ian said with a frown as he shook his head. "I thought this would be like all of her other fake dates. She would be with them for a month or two until a deal was made then she would tell her dad that she couldn't be with that person.."

Camilla sat down next to Ian and placed a hand on his shoulder as she tried to comfort him. She was at a loss for words, she didn't know what to say or what Ian wanted to hear.

All Camilla could do was to sit next to Ian and listen.

"Things are different this time." Ian said as he looked at Camilla. "She never went as far as trying to help the person she was dating."

"Ian, I don't think you should be jumping into conclusions before we know the whole story." Camilla advised.

She didn't want Ian to hate Jas because of this. It was completely possible that their suspicions were wrong and that Jas was simply acting like a jealous girlfriend.

"Tell me, Camilla, in what way could we be wrong?" Ian asked as he looked his partner in the eyes.

"She was jealous." Camilla said.

"If she was just jealous my personal phone would be enough, that's where I message you anyway." Ian hissed.

"She couldn't know that." Camilla said with a frown.

Just as Ian was about to argue back, the doorbell rang and Camilla stood up to check who it was. She hoped it would be Leon so that they could at least have some semblance of peace of mind with his news.

Camilla opened the door and smiled when she saw that it was Leon. 

"I don't think I have good news." Leon said in a low voice as he took a peek into  the room. "Is Ian alright?" He asked.

"Well, not exactly, but come on in. The sooner we get over this, the better." Camilla told him as she held the door open.

"Thanks." Leon said with a smile as he waved at Ian.

Ian gave him a slight smile and nodded as he gestured for Leon to take a seat.

A maid soon came out with refreshments for Leon before finally making herself scarce once more.

"Please tell me you have good news." Ian said, practically pleading with Leon to tell him something good.

"Unfortunately, I don't." Leon told the pair as he placed a ziplock on the table.

Inside the bag were several devices that Ian recognized as small voice recorders. He frowned as he looked at them.

"Are we sure it was Jas that planted these?" Camilla asked as she wanted to give Ian's girlfriend the benefit of the doubt.

"Yes. We checked the living room camera and we saw her planting them there." Leon explained.

"Where else did you find them?" Ian asked in an expressionless tone, making Camilla worry. She had no idea what was running through Ian's head right now and that was dangerous.

"Just in the living room and the bedroom, I don't think she had the opportunity to plant it in other places in the apartment." Leon explained. "From what we saw, she was never alone in the kitchen. The staff are trained never to leave the kitchen if there is another person aside from the owner."

"And my office?" Ian asked, he knew that if Jas had planted listening devices there, it may have picked something up from when Camilla was speaking to Marco.

"I don't think she knew that that room was your office, she completely ignored it." Leon said. "We checked all the rooms and those two rooms were the only ones with listening devices."

"This was premeditated." Ian said with a frown as he realized that Jas couldn't have done this if it wasn't planned.

"It was." Leon said with a nod. "I'm sorry Ian, I know she's your girlfriend, but she planned this."

"So meeting her last night at Hype was not an accident?" Camilla asked as she gave Ian a concerned look. 

She knew that Ian had been hopeful that things would improve between them because of how things had gone last night, but now it seemed to take a turn for the worst.

"Do you think Mike could be behind this?" Camilla asked as Ian remained unresponsive.

She assumed that he was thinking of a reason, any reason for Jas to do what she had done.

"It's not impossible." Ian said with a frown. "But why would he have her bug my apartment, he doesn't know who we really are."

"Jas could have told him." Leon suggested.

"I doubt it." Ian said as he shook his head. "If Jas had told him then he wouldn't have plotted to frame me and he would have started being careful around Jake and our other teammates. Nothing has changed in the way he acts."

"It's Marco." Camilla said as she showed her phone to the two men before picking up the call. 

"He must have already found her." Leon pointed out. "Marco's people are very effective, not to worry, we are building our own team too to add to their skill set."

Ian and Camilla were quite confused with what Leon told them so they both decided to simply brush it off and focus on the matter at hand.

Camilla focused on speaking to Marco, while Ian continued to think about how foolish he was to think that Jas would risk being seen with him just to spend the night.

"I hope Marco has had much better progress than us." Ian said as he heard Camilla say hello. "Because if we simply rely on what we have found, it doesn't make sense at all."

"Ian, she's with Mike." Camilla revealed as she gave Ian a concerned look.