Chapter 103 - 103

"Still trying to wrap your mind around this?" Camilla asked with a laugh as she glanced back at Ash.

The other woman had a distant expression on her face and had remained silent since they left Solaire Towers.

They could now see the familiar shape of R Tower as they approached the office building that lay in the heart of the capital.

"We're still the same people." Ian said as he kept his eyes on the road. "We didn't change, you just found out something new about us."

"Yeah, but we were accusing you of being friends with Mike when in fact you are at the sales department to help us." Ash said with a frown.

Camilla could see that Ash regretted the way they had jumped into conclusions when they saw Ian and Camilla speaking to Seth.

"You know, Seth isn't what you think he is either." Camila began to say when she noticed that Ian gave her an angry glance.

"Keep your eyes on the road." She scolded Ian.

"It's not our place to tell Seth's secrets." Ian told Camilla as they drove up to R Tower. 

"I'm not telling his secrets, just clearing his name." Camilla said as she tried to explain her side.

"Camilla is right though, Seth isn't friends with Mike by choice. He just ended up getting associated with that bastard." Ian hissed as he drove them to the parking area exclusively reserved for the CEOs staff.

"This is my first time here." Ash said as she looked around. "It's much nicer than our parking." 

"Obviously." Ian said as he rolled his eyes and parked his car.

"Come on." Camilla told Ash with a smile as she got out.

As the group walked towards the elevator, Ash kept looking around. Since this was the CEOs parking area, there were guards stationed everywhere.

"Who's this?" John asked as he jogged up next to Ian and Camilla.

"An officemate." Camilla told John.

"Does the boss know that  she knows?" John asked as he looked at the two assistants. 

"Probably, Jake had to tell her." Ian said.

"Ah, she's the agent that had Manuel as a client. I'm so sorry for you." John said as he looked Ash in the eyes.

"Stop messing with her." Camilla told John as she dragged ash into the elevator.

"Wow, she's in a mood." John told Ian as they followed Camilla and Ash to the elevator.

"No John, you just like pushing people's buttons." Ian said with a laugh as he shook his head.

"So, what happened?" John asked.

"I don't want to keep telling the story." Ian grumbled.

"Did you guys corner that Mike guy?" John asked.

"Not quite, but he approached Manuel and it seems Manuel is more scared of Jake than he hates me. So he called Jake to report to him." Ian told John. "I thought Uncle Emilio had errands for you, you're done?"

"Not quite, I'm just back because Marco asked me to come back." John said as the elevator reached the CEO's floor. "I guess it has something to do with your little mess." 

"I didn't cause the mess." Ian said as they stepped out of the elevator.

"Yeah, that trash just chose to follow you." John said with a laugh as they walked through the CEO's floor.

Ian turned to glance at Ash, she was clearly in awe and at a loss with her surroundings. It was something completely new to her.

This floor was a place that most employees never got to see.

"This way." Ian said as he gestured towards their office. 

"So our office is right next to the CEOs so that if he needs anything Marco can go to him." Camilla explained. "We really don't do much for the CEO since we are still learning. We're training to be assistants to his son in the future."

"Ian, Camilla!" Marco greeted as he walked up to them with Jake and Hank.

"Marco." Ian said with a nod. "This is Ash, she's the sales agent that had Manuel as a client." 

"Nice to meet you Miss Ash, I'm sorry about you having to deal with the Juans and being so involved in all this." Maroc said with a kind smile.

"It's alright, sir." Ash said with a nod as she tried to hide how nervous she was speaking to someone who was practically at the top of the corporate ladder.

"The boss wants to see us." Marco told Ian's group as he pointed at the door that led to the CEOs office.

"Should Ash come too?" Camilla asked.

"Yes. She has too." Marco told them as he led the way to the office.

"Nervous?" Ian heard Camilla ask Ash.

"A bit, I mean who wouldn't be nervous about meeting the CEO of the Reyes group." Ash told Camilla. "Mike always boasted about all his fake private mentoring sessions with him."

"Well, Mike's a liar and he's done more harm to this company than good." Ian said as he added his opinion to the conversation. 

"We all kind of knew, we just found it odd that everyone that went against Mike ended up quitting or failing." Ash explained. 

"Well, he messed with the wrong people this time." Ian said with a laugh as they entered the office.

"You seem to be in a good mood, Ian." Emilio Reyes said as he sat behind his desk.

"Uncle Emilio." Ian said with a respectful nod. "We were just talking about some people getting their just deserts."

"I heard about your plans against the Juans, nice touch by the way." Emilio Reyes said with an approving smile. 

"We were actually talking about Mike Robins." Ian said with a grin.

"Ah, the kid that claims to be my apprentice." Emilio Reyes said with a laugh. "And this must be Miss Ash from Krisanta Land's sales department, am I correct?" He asked as he spotted Ash.

"Yes, sir." Ash said as she bowed towards the CEO.

"Everyone please, take your seats so we can discuss this." Emilio Reyes told them.. "If we don't finish this in time, Marco will throw a fit on how delayed my schedule is."