Rise Of The Disgraced Heir

"Are you sure you want to challenge me on that?" Ian asked as he spoke to a stubborn businessman. 

This person was the last one on his list and yet he refused to believe that Ian worked for the Reyes Group or that he was an assistant to the CEO.

"The CEO only has one assistant, Marco So." The man said. "You can't tell me that this is some special number that only you guys have, I'm sure this can easily be requested."

"So you are willing to risk your company and its position just because you refuse to believe me?" Ian asked. 

"I've known the Juan family for decades, they would never stupidly cross the Reyes Group or the Reyes Family. They are smarter than that." The man insisted.

Ian sighed and shook his head. This was the third businessman that refused to believe who he was and who he worked for.

"If I am not mistaken your company's office is on Reyes Group property, am I correct?" Ian asked the man.

"Yes. Everyone knows that, that's common knowledge." The man said in a confident tone.

Ian was starting to get annoyed at this person as he insisted that he was just a scam, so Ian decided to increase the consequences by a little bit.

"And if I am not mistaken all of your shops are in Elisia Malls." Ian pointed out.

"Again, public knowledge." The man said confidently.

"Then sir, I suggest you save this number. I'll be speaking with you tomorrow." Ian said as he dropped the call.

"Another one that wouldn't believe you?" Camilla asked as she relaxed on the couch having finished her list before Ian.

"Yeah, and this one was way more annoying." Ian said with a laugh as he dialed a number that Marco had given him.

"Don't worry I still got more refusals than you did." Camilla said with a laugh as she handed Ian the list of people that didn't want to believe that she worked for the CEO.

"How did you get through the list so fast?" Ian asked.

"I just chose not to reason with them, plus they all interact with the Reyes Group the same way. Their money is in M Bank and their offices and homes are on Reyes Group property."  Camilla said with a laugh as she remembered how they had chosen not to believe her.

"Wow," Ian said as he placed the phone to his ear. "I didn't even touch the bank money but you went there."

"Well, they annoyed me." Camilla said with a grin. "Plus they were sexist saying a woman would never be able to handle the work required from the Reyes Group."

"They are stupid, you are a great employee and they are stupid." Ian said with a laugh as the person at the other end of the call answered.

"Yes Ian?" The voice said, making Ian laugh. 

"This is your number Hank?" Ian asked as he was quite surprised that he would be the one asking Hank to do things. The other man was, after all, Reyes.

"Aren't you going to ask me how I knew it was you?" Hank asked as he refused to answer Ian's obvious question.

"I assume our numbers are programmed into your phones or something." Ian said as he told Hank of his suspicions. 

"Very smart, yes that's how I know. So what does Marco need?" Hank asked Ian.

"Why would it be Marco that needs something, can't it be me?" Ian said with a laugh.

"True, but usually Marco is the one that needs something on a Saturday night, I swear that man needs to get a life." Hank grumbled, making Ian laugh.

"Actually it's me that needs something. Well a couple of things." Ian said as he scratched his head.

"Alright, spit it out, what do you need?" Hank asked.

"I need several companies threatened by Reyes Group subsidiaries." Ian explained. "It's a personal matter of mine and Marco said we could do this."

"Oh, nice, we get to have some fun." Hank said with a laugh. "Text me the list of companies and put what you need done to each of them. It's been a while since we messed with people, I missed this."

"Wow, I thought you would be pissed." Ian said over the phone.

"It's boring when you have to act all professional and prim and proper." Hank grumbled. "I need to have my fun too. I'm already pissed at my cousin that he gets to have all the fun while we work at the Reyes Group."

"Your cousin?" Ian asked.

"The Reyes Heir, but I've already said too much. Just send me the list and get out of Marco's place as soon as you can before he drags you over to work, bye." Hank quickly said as he dropped the call, making Ian laugh.

"It was Hank?" Camilla asked. She was just as confused as Ian  to find out that they were asking a member of the Reyes Family to do something for them.

"He said he was excited to threaten them. I mean it seemed like he really wanted to." Ian told Camilla.

"Hank has always been odd." Marco said with a laugh as he entered the office. "Are you guys done?" He asked them.

"Yes, I just need to send this list to Hank and we're done." Ian said with a nod.

"Alright, just clean up after and join me in the dining room." Marco instructed. "If you can't find it ask a maid, one of them is always standing outside the office door just in case we need anything.

"Okay, this shouldn't take long." Ian said with a nod as Marco left the room.

"Did Marco seem a little off to you?" Camilla asked as Ian continued to type the list on his phone to send to Hank,

"Maybe he is tired." Ian said as he kept his attention on what he was doing. "Hank did say that Marco works a lot. Even Marco admits to that."

"I don't think that's it, but then again I could just be over thinking." Camilla told Ian as she began to put their things aside. 

She knew that Ian would be too busy to remember the documents that Marco had given them. They were supposed to help the pair navigate things behind the scenes.

"Done!" Ian said proudly as soon as he sent the message to Hank.

"Shall we join Marco for dinner?" Camilla asked as she got up and stretched. "Wow, I didn't realize how long we were sitting." She commented.

"Let's get going. I want to sleep early tonight. I barely had any sleep earlier." Ian grumbled as they walked out of the office.

"Well it's your fault for taking a walk at two in the morning. I mean who does that?" Camilla asked.

"My walk was very productive." Ian told her as he rolled his eyes. "We know about Seth because of that."

"Sir, ma'am, Mr. So asked me to take you to the dining room." A maid said as they stepped out into the hallway.

"Oh, thank you, lead the way." Camilla said with a smile.

"Mr. So also asked me to inform you that there is another guest tonight and he hopes you can both be on your best behavior." The maid informed them.

"I have no idea what that's supposed to mean, but yes, we'll behave." Ian said with a grin.

"This way." The maid said as she led them down the hall. 

"What do you plan to do about Seth by the way?" Camilla asked. "You know that Manuel and his sister were at Solaire Towers to impress him, will you tell him about Manuel?" 

"I think we should, but I just don't want him to do anything. I don't want Seth to think that our friendship with him is just based on the fact that we can use him." Ian explained.

"I'm sure he knows that that isn't the reason." Camilla said as she tried to calm his worries.

"We'll see tomorrow over dinner." Ian said with a nod as they walked into the dining room.

"Ah, Ian, Camilla, come, let me introduce you to my fiance." Ian heard Marco say as they entered the room.

When Ian lifted his head and saw who was seated next to Marco his jaw dropped. This woman was Marco's fiance? How was it possible?