Rise Of The Disgraced Heir

"So it will be a whole wardrobe?" Henry asked as he listed down the things Ian needed.

"Ummm…" Ian said as he hesitated, not sure if he could spend that much of the Reyes Group's money.

"Yes, a whole wardrobe." Camilla said as she answered for him.

"Hey!" Ian shouted as she took his wallet from his pocket and handed the company issued card to one of Henry's assistants.

"Relax, I know which is the company card and which is your personal one." Camilla said as she handed Ian his wallet back.

"It's not that." Ian said with a frown.

"Trust me, Marco would scold you for worrying about spending the money. We were given this for a reason, plus if I'm not mistaken there is a limit on the card." Camilla explained.

"Still we shouldn't abuse this money." Ian whispered to Camilla, unwilling to let others hear their conversation.

"Why are you whispering?" Camilla asked, we are the only people here.

"Here is your bill." Henry said as he handed Ian a slip of paper.

Ian took it, ready to see the most expensive bill he will ever lay his eyes on. He knew that hiring Henry was not cheap, and he had only planned on buying one to two sets of clothes, not an entire wardrobe.

"Henry! What is this?" Ian asked as he showed the shop owner the receipt he had handed Ian.

It had one hundred written on it for the whole wardrobe.

"That's how much everything you ordered costs." Henry said with a shrug as he watched the shop assistant swipe the card.

"Why?" Ian asked. "You don't need to give me a discount." Ian told Henry.

"I'm not, that's exactly how much your grandfather asked me to pay when I set up this very shop. One hundred, I know he spent much more than that, but he refused any more payment. So I made it a habit, to you Lims it will always be a hundred." Henry said with a shrug

Camilla smiled at Ian as the assistant handed her the tape receipt from the machine with Ian's card.

Ian tried to protest, but a familiar voice called his name.

"Ian? Camilla?" Ian turned to find Mike waving at him from outside the shop.

"We'll have the items delivered to your place, do you still live at the old mansion?" Henry asked Ian.

"No, I live at Solaire Towers, send it to the executive entrance." Ian told Henry. "Thank you."

"No problem, your family and mine go way back, now shoo. I don't want kids like those in my shop." Henry said as he sent Ian and Camilla away.

Ian couldn't help but laugh at how much Henry didn't want Mike or his companions stepping into the shop.

"Let's go, Henry doesn't want them in here." Ian said as he and Camilla walked out of Henry's shop, waving at Mike.

"Wow, were you just talking to Mr. Herny?" Mike asked in awe.

"Yeah, he's an old family friend." Ian said with a nod.

"Oh, so you aren't a client?" Mike asked.

Ian paused for a moment, considering if he should tell Mike that he was actually buying clothes.

"No, I'm not. I was just saying hi." Ian said.

"Oh, that's too bad. I heard Henry only accepts certain clients, and if he dresses you, you're up there. The richest of the rich, the most powerful men in the country go to him." Mike explained.

"I'm sure Ian knows that." Camilla said with a light laugh.

"He might not." Mike said with a shrug. "Since you are family friends you should ask him for a suit, although according to rumors, one suit from him costs a year's salary."

"Well, I can't afford that." Ian said with a smile.

"Why don't we grab coffee? My treat." Mike said as he pointed towards a popular coffee shop at the end of the hall.

"Sure, why not." Camilla said with a smile as she and Ian followed Mike and his friends.

Ian knew what Camilla was doing, she was extending their investigation outside of their work hours. He knew it was inevitable, but he wanted to spend his first weekend relaxing. Unfortunately that was no longer possible.

It seemed that Mike and his companions were frequent patrons of the shop. As soon as their group entered, the servers greeted them and offered them a table with a reserved sign.

"Come here often?" Ian asked.

"Yeah, every weekend, it's like our hangout." Mike's friend said. "Oh right, my name is Red."

"Red, like the color?" Camilla asked.

"Yes, and this is Joey." Red said as he pointed at their other friend.

"Red and Joey, nice to meet you. I'm Ian and this is Camilla, we know Mike from work." Ian said as he shook hands with the two men.

"Ah, from the Reyes Group, yeah, Mike's got a good gig there." Joey said as he nodded.

"The usual, sir?" A waiter asked as he approached the group.

"Yes, and get my friend's orders." Mike told the waiter as he pointed at Ian and Camilla.

The pair quickly gave their orders as Mike handed the waiter his card.

"So are you guys dating or something?" Mike asked Ian and Camilla with a nasty grin. "Cause you know, in the Reyes Group, we aren't allowed to date our colleagues."

"What?" Camilla asked in a surprised tone as she leaned forward.

"So you guys are dating?" Mike asked as he pointed at the pair once more.

"No." Ian said as he laughed at Mike. "We are just friends, I actually have a girlfriend."

"Oh, wow, did not expect that." Mike said as he was genuinely surprised that Ian had someone else. "I mean, based on the way you and Camilla interact, I'd say you guys were quite familiar with one another."

"Yeah, he isn't my type." Camilla said as she rolled her eyes at Ian.

"Wait so employees aren't allowed to date each other?" Ian asked. "It wasn't in any of the rules I read."

"It's an unspoken rule." Mike explained. "Auntie Priscilla doesn't like her employees being in relationships. It almost caused Clarin Industries to fall in the past."

"Auntie Priscilla?" Camilla asked, checking if she heard Mike say things correctly. She knew that despite the Reyeses allowing her and Ian to be informal towards them, they were quite cold and unfriendly to everyone else.

"Yeah, I thought you guys worked with Mike?" Red asked. "Didn't you know he is apprenticing under the CEO and that he is friends with the Reyes heir?"

"Is that what they are calling him now? The Reyes Heir?" Mike asked.

"Then why aren't you one of the five princes?" Camilla asked Mike.

Everyone knew that the Reyes Heir's friends formed the group called the five princes. Five sons of the five richest and most powerful families in the country.

They were each quite incredible in their own right, and together they could control almost every facet of the country.

"Because I don't want to be." Mike said with a shrug. "Anyway, we're getting off topic. Don't you know who Priscilla Clarin - Reyes is?" Mike asked the pair.

"No. Is she the CEO's wife?" Ian asked as he pretended not to be aware. Priscilla's name was not exactly public knowledge. She operated outside of the Reyes Group, managing her own company.

"Yes." Mike said with a nod. "She isn't just his wife, she is also a very powerful business woman in her own right. She is the last heir to Clarin Industries, without her that company would have crumbled."

"Wow, the CEO's wife is amazing." Camilla said in genuine awe.

"Mike?" Someone suddenly called from behind Camilla and Ian.

Ian froze as he heard the voice, it was Jas.

"Oh, hey, it's my date." Mike said as he winked at Ian and Camilla and got up to walk over to Jas.