Chapter 27 - 27

"Look, I know the two of you are new here, so we'll be nice." Katrina said with a sly grin as a waiter brought her orders over.

"Katrina." Seth said as he gave her a look of warning from across the table.

"What?" Katrina asked as she glared at her friend. "These new hires should know the hierarchy as soon as they arrive. I am doing them a favor so that they don't make the same mistakes many of the new employees do."

"Mistakes?" Camilla asked as she gave Katrina a curious look.

"Yes! Mistakes!" Katrina said in a loud voice, grabbing the attention of the employees who were seated at the nearby tables.

"What kind of mistakes?" Ian asked as he leaned back on his seat.

"Well looking cocky and smooth like you, for one." Katrina pointed out as she gave Ian a look of disgust. "You're acting like some rich spoiled kid right now. You're a new hire, the lowest of the low. Don't get too comfortable."

"Katrina!" Seath scolded.

"What is it this time?" Katrina asked her friend as she glared at him. "There is a hierarchy in this company that they need to know about. They will learn it sooner or later."

"An unspoken one." Pia, their other friend, added as she continued to keep to herself.

"Yes, an unspoken one which the management tries to 'discourage'." Katrina said, doing air quotes as she said the word discourage.

"Yeah, and you and Mike just continue to push for it." Pia said as she rolled her eyes at her friend.

"It's not our fault I am quite high up in that hierarchy." Mike said with a shrug as he turned to face his friends.

Ian and Camilla looked at each other, both carrying confused looks on their faces. They were way too new to know anything about what the group of friends were saying.

It was only normal for companies to have hierarchies, but the whole mess with Mike being quite high up confused them.

He didn't seem much older than them, he was probably a year or two ahead, but not enough to be something like a manger.

"Look, you've confused them." Seth said as he pointed Ian's and Camilla's expressions out.

"If you and Pia had let me finish what I was saying I would have explained everything by now." Katrina grumbled as she pouted at Mike.

Seth rolled his eyes and took it on himself to explain everything to Camilla and Ian.

"Our friend Mike here isn't just an ordinary corporate slave." Seth told them as he began to explain.

"Hmmm?" Ian asked as he focused his attention on what Seth was saying.

"Mike comes from a rich family, a very rich family." Seth explained.

"If his family is rich, then why is he working at the Reyes Group?" Camilla asked.

Camilla was not an idiot and knew that some children from rich families chose to work for bigger companies before starting to run their family business. They often did this because they wanted to learn from the bigger fish.

The reason why she had asked this question was so that she would sound like an ordinary simple employee.

"Because Mike isn't some simple minded rich kid." Katrina said, joining in on their conversation.

Seth and Pia nodded in agreement.

"Unlike most children from rich families, Mike wants to learn from the best in the business. And who better to learn from than the richest man in the country, Mr. Emilio Reyes III." Seth said with a grin as he looked at his friend.

"Wow, Mike works directly for the CEO?" Ian said as he feigned a tone of admiration and shock.

"Yes and No, but I think I can get him to notice my efforts soon." Mike said as he beamed with pride. "Mr. Reyes is like a mentor, but he doesn't broadcast the employees he mentors."

Ian had to use every ounce of self control to not laugh at this guy.

"Mike is a rising star in the sales department. He has used all of his connections to bring in as many clients to the Reyes Group, going above and beyond his targets." Katrina boasted. "I'm sure he'll get promoted soon."

"Good luck with you on that then." Camilla said as she began to get up and leave the table. "Ian and I need to go. We told our boss we'd be back as soon as possible."

"Oh, right. First day." Seth said with a smile and a nod.

"Quick reminder, people you do not want to offend aside from the bosses, the CEO's assistant." Pia called out as Ian followed Camilla and stood up as well.

"And the future CEO's assistants too, they haven't started but I heard they were hiring." Seth told Ian and Camilla, both of whom wanted to laugh.

"They're just assistants, what can they do?" Mike said as he rolled his eyes at his friends' warnings.