Chapter 96 - 96

Ian closed his eyes as he leaned against the car door, slowly falling back asleep.

He was so happy when John had intercepted him and Camilla in the lobby of Solaire Towers earlier that morning. It seemed like the driver was some psychic that could figure out that he was too exhausted to drive.

"You know you got lucky that I decided to go down to the lobby today." John said as he drove the pair to work. "If I hadn't I wonder what kind of accident you would have gotten into by now." 

"You guys do know that I can drive right?" Camilla asked as she glared at the two men who were sitting on the front seats.

"You can?" Ian asked, genuinely confused by Camilla's statement.

"Yes, I can. That's why I have a company car too, you idiot." Camilla told Ian as she rolled her eyes at him. 

"You always make it seem like you can't drive!" Ian argued back.

"I just said it would be less practical to take two cars, not that we can't take two cars." Camilla said as John laughed at their conversation.

"You guys act like siblings." John said as they neared R Tower. "Fighting and still being friends. I can tell the next few years will be entertaining."

"Why do we have to be in the office so early again?" Ian groaned as he kept his eyes closed.

"Because we are joining Ash on her work route today to meet a bigshot client. So we need to do our morning debrief before we meet up with Ash." Camilla explained as she once more rolled her eyes at Ian.

She couldn't believe he had forgotten when she started ringing the doorbell to his apartment. 

"Right, Right. How did I forget that?" Ian said as he sat up and scratched the back of his head.

"Need me to drive you there?" John asked as the entered the basement parking of R Tower.

"As much as I would prefer if you drove for us, it would look suspicious if a pair of low level employees like us had a driver." Camilla explained. "We can get away with it now, here in R Towe, but not where we are meeting up with Ash."

"I'll meet you guys up here tonight then." John said with a nod as they parked the car and headed up together.

When they finally made it to the CEO's floor, Marco was already waiting for them.

"Do you ever sleep,  Marco?" John asked the older man as he laughed.

"Good morning, John. I'm surprised these two let you drive them to work." Marco said as he ignored John's joke.

"Ian was too sleepy to drive them." John said with a laugh as he recounted the scene earlier that day. "He was so sleepy that I managed to hop into the driver's seat before he could even complan."

"You need to start sleeping earlier Ian." Marco pointed out as they walked into Marco's office.

Ian glared at John for ratting him out, but he knew it was the truth.

"It's a good thing you are there John, I need you to do some things for me and the boss." Marco told the driver as he sat down behind his desk

"Finally, something for me to do." John said with a laugh as he made himself comfortable on Marco's couch.

"Hah, when he comes back you'll barely sleep." Marco said as he waved Ian and Camilla over.

"I have a few years." John said with a shrug.

"Go make us some coffee then while your life is still relaxed, unlike the rest of us." Marco grumbled.

"It's not like you don't like it." John answered as he got up and walked to the coffee machine. 

"How is your little operation with the Juan family coming along?" Marco asked Ian.

"Well after Hank threatened them, they all followed." Ian said with a grin. "I guess they found it odd that there were new assistants to the CEO of the Reyes Group."

"Even with me people still question if I am just pranking them or not." Marco pointed out. "You'll get used to it eventually."

"I plan on giving the Juan family a false sense of hope." Ian informed Marco. "I want them to feel like they've won."

"Then your meeting today should come to your advantage." Marco said with a smile.

"What do you mean?" Camilla asked.

"Didn't you know who Ash's clients are? The big shot CEO and his son." Marco said with a laugh as he realized that the pair didn't even ask Ash for any details.

"No way, we're meeting with Manuel and his father?!" Ian asked, wide eyed with shock.

"Yup." Marco said with a nod.

"How did you find out before us?" Camilla asked as she tilted her head to the side. 

Ash had never mentioned the name of who her client was. Jake didn't say anything either when they were planning to meet. How did Marco find out ahead of them?

"We were in a mall yesterday and I just so happened to overhear a conversation between Manuel's mother and younger socialite." Marco explained. "It was really funny because she was saying that the meeting with the sales person was a partnership."

"I've heard a lot of people do this." Ian said with a laugh. "They do anything and everything to look better. They always pretend to know someone they don't just to seem more influential, it's honestly quite annoying."

"How did you know it was just a sales meeting with Ash?" Camilla asked.

"The woman had the gall to say she was meeting with an executive from Krisanta Land, then she proceeded to give Ashley's name." Marco explained. "I wanted to laugh so hard when I heard it, I immediately called Jake."

"I guess they will be in for quite a shock when they see Ian and I at the meeting." Camilla said with a giggle. "They think we work for Solaire Towers."

"They will just assume that Solaire is owned by the Reyes Group, it's not like that hasn't happened before." Marco said with a shrug. "By the way, before you leave, there are a few things we need done. Remember the files left from last week? It needs to be done by tomorrow morning."

"Okay." Ian and Camilla both said with a nod. "We can work on it after the meeting later."

"Next all that gossip you gathered, Ian. The boss wants to hear about it on Friday. We have another event to attend and I think this time your family is invited. So you will just have to play your part as you." Marco said with a smile.

"Coffee?" John said in a chirpy tone as he placed the cups in front of Marco and the other assistants.

"John, the boss should arrive at any moment. You need to be there when he does." Marco told John in a serious tone.

John simply nodded in response.

"We'll get a head start on those documents and leave in an hour or so." Camilla told Marco as she dragged Ian out of the office.

"I can already feel that it's going to be a long day." Ian grumbled.

"I wonder if you can tolerate not moving your plan forward." Camilla said with a grin. 

"Well I can't move it forward. We still need to catch Mike and Armand pulling the strings and taking projects from Jake's team.." Ian said with a wink as he disappeared into his own office.