Never Judge

"You will pay for the damage!" Lorisa demanded. 

"Sure." Cedric said as he shoved his hands in his pocket, he suddenly realized he didn\'t carry a wallet on him today.

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"What? No money?" Lorisa mocked.

Cedric wanted to laugh at his situation, he was one of the richest men in the country and yet he had just managed to make himself seem poor once again. 

He waved for Ian to come over, Ian was ready in case Cedric asked him to do something drastic to the couple. He had already taken his phone out and was ready to call for the security team waiting outside.

"Ian, do you have a check with you?" Cedric whispered.

Ian wanted to laugh when he realized that his boss seemed to have forgotten that he didn\'t bring any money.

"I do." Ian nodded as he struggled to control his laughter.

"How much?" Cedric asked loudly.

"Will you really borrow money to protect your pride?" Anton Cruz, Lorisa\'s husband asked in a mocking tone.

"I\'m not borrowing." Cedric said flatly.

"Fine, pay me a hundred thousand." Lorisa quickly demanded.

"Your dress isn\'t worth that much." A spectator suddenly said as she stepped forward. She was young and beautiful wearing a black pantsuit and high heels. When Cedric saw the woman he was suddenly reminded of Katerina, she bore the same aura as the eldest Sebastian daughter.

"What are you talking about? Your fashion sense is clearly off!" Lorisa accused the woman. "This is a limited edition Frank Dress. A hundred thousand is cheap for this dress." Lorisa boasted, Cedric knew that the designer Frank was a rising star in Italy and his work cost hundreds of thousands.

"Simple, because your dress is a fake." The lady accused.

Lorisa stepped forward to slap the woman, but as her hand came down towards her face the woman caught Lorisa\'s hand making her scream in pain.

"You don\'t believe me?" The woman asked. "My name is Selina Buan and my company is the top fashion house in the country. There is only one version of that dress and it\'s sitting in my showroom. So if you are trying to tell me that the dress on you is an original it means that you either stole it or that\'s a fake." Selina said, as she crossed her arms across her chest and looked down at Lorisa.

"Impossible, the woman in the store said this was an original!" Lorisa said with a gasp.

"Social climbers like you always stink from a mile away." Selina said as she turned and walked away.

"Thank her properly." Cedric ordered Camilla who quickly jumped into action and chased after the woman. 

"You really have no shame." Cedric said at Lorisa before finally tuning to leave as well. 

Ian quickly spoke to the owner and apologized for the fiasco they had caused, the owner was kind and said that it wasn\'t their fault so no apology was needed.

"That was a close one." Ian said with a laugh as they walked out.

"Get me more information on that woman. She has potential." Cedric told Ian who simply nodded in reply.

Camilla was soon walking back to join them. She simply nodded towards Cedric to say that she had done what he had asked her to do. Not wanting to cause a scene any further, the group returned to Mor Co. in silence. 

When they got back up to the office there were already a lot of people waiting for them. It seemed news that the boss wasn\'t in had spread and people who were previously afraid to come up had gone up to the top floor to talk to Ian and Camilla about things they needed the CEO to approve.

While Ian and Camilla dealt with the people that had gathered, Cedric sat at a table on the side to get a little work done.

"Mr. Cedric, aren\'t you going to help Mr. Ian and Miss Camilla?" Dave asked Cedric.

"Mmmm, they don\'t exactly need my help." Cedric said distantly.

"What are you working on?" Mae asked.

"Aren\'t you two a little bit too free?" Cedric asked, raising an eyebrow.

Mae simply shrugged and looked at him as if she was waiting for something.

Cedric sighed. "I\'m reviewing some potential investments for the Reyes Group, they are extremely confidential so no, you can\'t see." Cedric said as he continued to type on his laptop. Of course what he said was true, except for the fact that the information that he was looking at was a little bit more high level than what anyone else would manage to see.

"Dave, Mae. Go down and pick up some documents from the head office." Camilla called out, they had finally managed to send everyone away and the floor was silent again.

Mae and Dave nodded and ran over to the elevator. When the door finally closed, Camilla and Ian walked over to Cedric\'s side.

"You\'re grooming them well." Cedric said as he continued to type on his laptop, replying to several emails. 

"Thanks." Ian said with a smile. "We have an update." Ian told Cedric in a more serious tone.

Cedric simply leaned back and nodded.

"The woman arrived at the house today." Ian reported. "As usual we weren\'t able to see her face, but she came by car, it had no plates or any identifying marks."

"It seems dad has been making an extra effort in hiding this woman." Cedric said as he scratched his chin. "Did you check with Damien if he could help in investigating who goes to this house?" 

"Yes. I spoke to Damien, but he couldn\'t get much. Someone much higher up is helping your dad." Ian said with a sigh.

Cedric closed his eyes and pinched between his eyes. "It seems dad has asked Uncle Jose for help." His uncle Jose Sebastian, Alexi, Katerina, and Natalia\'s father was the sitting president so no one was higher than him in the government. "Has anyone else come to the house?" Cedric asked, hoping to find out more about the woman.

"She wasn\'t alone. There were two others with her." Ian reported. "It\'s the first time she brought others with her."

"If this is a mistress she might be introducing my dad to her friends." Cedric didn\'t want to say it out loud, but everyone was right, what else could it be other than a mistress.