Never Judge

"Mr. Von, you are right my wife is not a commodity to be traded." Cedric said in his Reyes Heir tone. He wanted Dennis Von to feel like he messed with the wrong person, it was, after all, going to come tumbling down on him soon. "I have never sold my wife for any reason, both my wife and I have remained faithful to one another throughout our marriage. Is your first born even yours?" 

The people watching gasped as Cedric questioned the legitimacy of Dennis\' eldest son. This offended him greatly and he threw another punch, this time Cedric was ready and maneuvered to defend himself as Leon had taught him. This caught Dennis Von by surprise causing him to stumble and fall on his face, the Cedric he knew didn\'t have such an aura, nor did he defend himself, he was now a far cry from the boy they used to bully in University.

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"Mr. Von, this will reflect badly on the company." Krista Von said as she tried to calm him down.

"You should listen to your employee, Dennis." Cedric said in a harsh tone. 

Dennis looked around and noticed that they had gotten the attention of most of the patrons of the restaurant. He frowned, but he calmed down. It seemed he realized how important his image in public was to the company. 

He placed an arm around his half sister\'s waist and looked at Cedric.

"Let\'s go Krista. I\'ve lost my appetite." Dennis said as he pulled Krista closer to him.

The young woman swatted his arm away and made a slight frown. 

"Tell the owner the food isn\'t good here." Dennis Von said as he left side by side with Krista.

When they were out of earshot Jo looked at him and asked. "Shouldn\'t have your bodyguard saved you earlier?"

"I\'m not as helpless as I seem." Cedric said with a laugh as he waved, they had finally found Tom.

Tom rushed up to them with a smile, in the past six months he had been prompted and moved at least three times. He was very excited to tell his friends about it. 

"Cedric, Jo, let\'s sit over there." Tom said in a cheery tone.

"Tom. I reserved a different table." Cedric said with a grin. Cedric knew that the moment they stepped into his private dining area Tom would know something was wrong. As a manager at Constellations he would know that this room was for the exclusive use of the owners of Constellations. The public might be unaware of who really owned the chain of hotels, but as a higher ranked employee Tom would have come to learn that it was owned by the five princes. It was a hidden asset that they were keeping away from their parents, mainly because they weren\'t sure if it would disqualify Cedric from being named the Reyes Heir or not. 

"But this is one of the best tables here!" Tom complained as they walked away.

"Who was that?" Jo asked Cedric. The three of them had gone to different universities after highschool so both Tom and Jo had little to no clue about what Cedric had to suffer with those bullies.

"They bullied me in university. Some of them liked Adrianna and even courted her back then." Cedric said with a shrug.

"He seemed like he was ready to hurt you!" Tom exclaimed.

"They did, back in university. They would beat me up and treat me like their slave." Cedric explained. "They haven\'t changed since then. Part of me hoped that they would, I mean I am not someone that wants to wish bad on others." Cedric said with a shrug.

"Sir" a well dressed man appeared and greeted Cedric with a bow. He spoke low enough so that others would not hear. Since Cedric took on his role as the Reyes Heir he had slowly been revealing his identity to key members of all of their businesses, including Constellations and its sister companies. 

"Boss?" Tom asked. The man who was bowing to Cedric was Tom\'s boss\' boss\' boss. He was the general manager for Constellations Resort.

The General Manager knew that Tom was the Reyes Heir\'s friend, and Cedric had told him from the start not to give Tom any preferential treatment. Cedric knew that his friend was good at his job, he just had the unfortunate disadvantage of graduating from a lower tier university.

The General Manager nodded at Tom and patiently waited for Cedric\'s response. Cedric smiled and asked the General Manager to lead the way. They were then brought to a back room that had another door behind it. 

"We shouldn\'t be here." Tom said hesitantly. He knew what was behind the door and it was clearly off limits to people like them.

"Hmmm, is this place special?" Jo asked. He already knew that there was a secret dining room there, Miguel had treated his whole team here once after a difficult operation. "I\'m pretty sure we can be here Tom. Right Cedric?" 

Cedric didn\'t say a word and simply nodded. 

"This way sir." The General Manager said as he opened the door to an exquisitely designed room.

"Did you know that the interior for this room was designed by Veronica recently?" Cedric asked as they walked in.

"Yeah. Every employee knows that, how did you?" Tom asked with a puzzled look. 

Cedric laughed. "Cause I asked her to do it. She was really quick with it too. She finished it less than a month." 

"Impossible." Tom said with his sudden realization. 

"Tell us, what\'s your theory." Jo said with a laugh as he took a seat.

"I don\'t even want to say it!" Tom said in embarrassment. 

"Can I tell him?" Jo asked Cedric as Cedric sat down. Cedric simply nodded in reply to Jo\'s request.

"Cedric is the Reyes Heir!" Jo proudly said.

"Why did you find out before me!" Tom asked Jo.

"You aren\'t even going to ask if it\'s true?" Cedric asked Tom.

"It\'s too ridiculous to be a lie." Tom said with a shrug. "And on top of that we\'re in this room. Even us managers have never stepped foot into this room!" Tom exclaimed.