Chapter 21 - 21

"Who the heck are you?!" Ian asked in a loud voice as he refused to make the car move.

Not waiting for the girl to answer, Ian rolled down his window and called out to one of the guards.

"Guard!" Ian shouted. "Get this woman out of my car please." He asked.

The guard simply stared at him and look extremely confused.

The woman laughed, tossing her head back and shaking her head.

"They won't make me leave." She said with a cheeky grin.

Ian raised an eyebrow as his eyes darted back and forth between the woman and the guards outside. They were still just standing there, looking at Ian and the woman.

Ian took a deep breath and calmed himself, she was probably someone important for the guards not to stop her.

"I won't start the car if you don't tell me who you are." Ian warned as he leaned back against the driver's seat.

"Really? You would risk being late?" The woman asked.

"R Tower is 30 minutes away. I have time." Ian said with a shrug.

"True, but it's a 30 minute drive, 5 minutes to park, maybe 2 minutes to get up to the CEOs floor." The woman told Ian as she listed down how long it would actually take him to get to his desk.

"How do you even know I work at R Tower and at the CEO's floor?" Ian asked as he gave her a confused look.

"Fine, as much as I am enjoying this, we will be late." The woman said in surrender. "I'm Camilla Montero, the other assistant. So drive, we'll be late."

Ian sighed and started the car. He wasn't sure if the woman was telling him the truth, but why would she even lie.

"I don't believe you, but you're right we'll be late." Ian said, giving his curt response as he drove them away from Solaire Towers.

"Thanks." Camilla said as she opened the car's vidor and looked at herself in the mirror.

"Don't you have your own car?" Ian asked as he focused on the road.

"The one the Reyes Group assigned to me?" Camilla asked as she tied up her black hair that fell to her shoulders into a ponytail.

"Yes, the one that looks exactly like the one I'm driving right now." Ian grumbled.

"Un- Mr. Marco said I could get it today." Camilla said.

Ian didn't miss out on the fact that she had almost called the CEO's assistant her uncle. Was she some rich kid that used her connections to get the job. If that was the case then Ian was very disappointed in the Reyes Group.

"How did you even know who I was?" Ian asked as they approached an intersection.

"Well the lobby we use only houses three people." Camilla explained. "You, Me, and Leon, the Reyes Heir's bodyguard, and I know Leon. He leaves Solaire at 4am and comes home at 10pm."

"How long have you been living in Solaire?" Ian asked. "By the sound of it you've been there for months."

"I've only been here for a month or so, Leon has lived there longer." She explained.

Ian nodded as he looked up at the shining tower in the distance. It was R Tower, one of the most notable landmarks in the business district of the capital. He took a deep breath as it slowly sunk in that he would be working there starting today.

"It's green." A shy voice said, making Ian step on the gas. He was quite surprised that Camilla had gone from bloistrous to shy from one moment to the next.

"Amazing, isn't it?" Camilla asked, shattering the silence that had taken over the car.

"Which?" Ian asked as they neared the office.

"R tower." Came Camilla's sort reply.

"Yes, it's amazing." Ian said with a nod as he turned towards R Tower.

"I never expected that I would work here, all my life I thought I wouldn't get far, and yet, here I am, at the Reyes Group." Camilla said in a thankful tone.

"Oh." Was all Ian could say as he was taken by surprise by her words.

"Did you think I was some rich kid?" Camilla asked Ian with a laugh. "I promise, I'm not. I had to work hard just to get this job. There were hundreds of applicants all from good families and all from good schools and I beat them."

"There was a job posting for this role?" Ian asked, the surprise evident in his tone.

"Yep, but not a normal one." Camilla said with a shrug. "The Reyes Group approached several promising people our age. After all the rounds of interviews were done they only picked me."

"So there was only one open position?" Ian asked.

"No, there were always two. They just didn't like anyone else." Camilla said with a laugh.

Ian was surprised at what Camilla had just said. The Reyes Group had interviewed hundreds of potential employees and picked only Camilla, while he was picked up because he just so happened to bump into Katerina Sebastian.

"They have to be very particular with the people they hire for our jobs." Camilla added as she noticed Ian deep in thought.

"It's not going to be easy, that's what I was told." Ian said with a sigh as he entered R Tower's underground parking.

"No. I mean, someday we will be taking over Marco's job, and from what I've seen, it's more demanding than a small company's CEO." Camilla said with a nod as Ian parked the car.