Chapter 13

As Ian entered Jas' apartment, he was taken by surprise as she jumped into his arms, hugging him tightly.

"I missed you." Jas greeted as she planted a passionate kiss on his lips.

"What's with the sudden desire to jump me?" Ian teased as he gently placed her back down on the ground.

"Well I just wanted you to know that I love you no matter what." Jas said as she brushed a stray strand of hair behind her ear. "So how did the interview go?" She asked.

Ian looked at Jas' face, she was clearly worried about him. He was happy that he had a woman like Jas, someone that truly cared.

He simply smiled back at her and grinned.

"You got it?" Jas asked in an excited tone as she began to jump up and down.

"Yes, baby. I got the job." Ian told her as he smiled.

Jas quickly hugged him and kissed him again.

"Wow, this is amazing." She said as he released her from his arms. "We need to celebrate. I'll make a reservation somewhere."

Jas quickly walked up to the breakfast bar and got her phone, scrolling through her contacts.

"There is this new place that the girls at the country club were gushing about this morning. It's a restaurant called Bamboo Room, apparently one one of the five princes owns it." Jas told Ian as she placed the phone on her ear.

"Oh, sure, yes. Let's have dinner." Ian said with a smile. "Let me just go and change first." Ian said as he walked into their room.

By the time Ian finally stepped out of their room, dressed in more comfortable clothes, Jas was sitting at the dining table with two cups of coffee for them.

She smiled proudly as Ian walked over to her and thanked her for the coffee.

"I'm assuming you managed to make the reservation?" Ian asked as he raised his mug to his lips and blew on it lightly.

"Yes, and it wasn't easy." Jas said in an exhausted tone. "Apparently they are booked for months. I mean I would expect that, seeing as Raymund Laurence owns the place."

"Hmmmm. . .Raymund Laurence." Ian mumbled the familiar name as he sipped his drink.

"Didn't you go to school with him?" Jas asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Yup." Ian said, giving a simple answer.

Raymund Laurence was one of the five princes, the five sons of the richest and most powerful families in the country.

Their so-called leader was his future boss, the Reyes Heir.

"Yup, what?" Jas asked.

"What do you want me to say, Jas?" Ian asked her with a laugh. "I barely know the guy. Yes we went to the same school but we were classmates twice, once in the fifth grade and again in our final year of highschool. I don't really know him."

"Well it wouldn't have hurt if you and Damien decided to cozy up to those five princes back then." Jas teased.

She, Ian, and Damien had all grown up together having lived practically next to each other.

Ian's home had always been the largest in their gated community and everyone knew growing up that the Lims were the richest.

So when Ian's family fell on hard times people were quick to notice it, and while many of their childhood friends stopped hanging out with Ian, Jas had never left.

Jas loved Ian even when they were children, Damien always complained about being left behind by the two whenever they would disappear to play games.

"Well Damien is a clingy guy, he didn't like me having other friends." Ian said as he rolled his eyes.

"We both know that it was you that didn't like sharing your friends." Jas pointed out. "You never really liked those five, did you?"

"Nope, they were arrogant and annoying." Ian said with a laugh. "I hope they improved."

"I saw Alexander Sebastian in the country club, he still seems arrogant." Jas told Ian.

Alexander Sebastian was the eldest son of the current Senate President and one of the five princes. He came from a powerful political family who had held various positions in government over the years.

Alexander was also known as the playboy prince.

"Alexander Sebastian has a new girl on his arm every few weeks, trust me babe, you don't want me to be friends with that guy." Ian scoffed as he drank his coffee.

Despite knowing that both Raymund Laurence and Alexander Sebastian weren't exactly model citizens and people he would voluntarily interact with, Ian knew that he would have to talk to them eventually.

He was going to be working for the Reyes Group, and the Reyes Family that owned the company had close ties with both the Laurence and Sebastian families.

"Oh, you never told me what kind of job you were hired for." Jas said as she gently placed her cup of coffee down on the table. "So are you going to be a janitor or something?" Jas teased.

Ian wanted to frown at how Jas was mocking the janitors and other blue collared workers, he didn't like it when she did that.

"Jas." Ian scolded in a stern tone. He knew that she wasn't entirely to blame for her attitude towards the lower classes, she didn't act like that just because she wanted to. It was because that was how she was brought up.

"Sorry." Jas said with a frown as she realized her mistake. "So what job?" She asked as she quickly diverted the topic back.

Ian sighed and shook his head, changing Jas's behavior and attitude towards certain things was quite difficult.

"I'll be working as the CEO's personal assistant." Ian said with a proud smile.

"Oh." Was the only response that Jas could utter.