Chapter 44

"We didn't know you were friendly with minion number 2." A female teammate of theirs said in a bitter tone as Camilla and Ian returned to their desks.

"We aren't exactly friends." Ian said, shaking his head as he tried to disassociate himself from Seth.

"Really? Then why did the kid come looking for the two of you?" She asked.

"Calm down Ash." Another teammate said as he reprimanded the woman named Ash.

"Well, Fred, they should at least know what kind of person Seth Dean is." Another employee said.

Ian and Camilla looked at Fred with a questioning expression on their faces.

"Look, if you guys want to know how we met Seth and his little group we can tell you." Camilla told their teammates. "It's not exactly like some sort of secret meeting where we got accepted into their cult."

"So how did you meet them?" The woman named Ash asked as he gave Camilla a disgusted look which annoyed Ian.

"We were minding our own business on our first day at the Reyes Group when Mike decided to impart some words of wisdom to us." Ian said as he rolled his eyes.

He decided to answer for Camilla since he didn't appreciate the way Ash was talking to her.

"So what do you think of them?" The one called Fred asked.

Ian assumed that he was like the leader of this group since everyone took his opinion into account and they all kept quiet when he spoke.

"Mike is annoying." Camilla said as she rolled her eyes. "And that girl that keeps hanging around him, what's her name again Ian?" Camilla asked.

"Katrina." Ian responded with a groan as he thought of how annoyed he was when they met her at the cafeteria.

"Right her, Katrina, she's just a pain." Cilla said as she shook her head.

"What about Seth and the other two girls they hang out with?" Fred asked.

"We didn't get to talk to them much." Ian said with a shrug. "Seth's not loud or boastful. I don't know how he is so I can' pass judgement."

"Fair enough." Ash said with a nod. "Seth's only issue is that he is friends with Mike, but they came in together so I guess he has no choice."

"Yeah, Mike and Katrina were boasting about how Mike was the CEO's apprentice. Seth didn't seem too happy with what they were doing." Ian pointed out.

"That's a ton of bullshit." Fred said, surprising everyone in the group.

"Wow, that's harsh coming from you." One of their teammates said with a a laugh.

"Well I'm pretty sure the CEO doesn't have an apprentice." Fred told them as he shook his head. "It's his fault we are in this situation now, and I pity our new manager, Jake."

"Why?" Ian asked as he gave their new teammates a confused look.

"It's not exactly safe to talk about this now, maybe later over lunch." Fred said with a frown.

"Just know that this is the worst possible team you could belong to in Krisanta Land. We have the worst sales and the worst reputation." Ash said as she shook her head and frowned.

"It wasn't always like this." Fred said with a sigh. "Things were better before, much fairer. The Reyes Group has always been fair, at least at the top."

"Yeah, then pricks like Armand hire tiny pricks like Mike. I swear I think they are related." Ash argued.

"Are they?" Camilla asked.

"Nope." Fred replied with a laugh. "But with the way Armand favors Mike you would think they were related." He said as he shook his head.

"I thought the Reyes Group was the fairest company in the country giving equal opportunities to its employees?" Ian asked as he tried to get more information out of the group.

"It is. Well at least the higher ups are, but they can't keep an eye on the little ones like us. That's where the abuse of power happens." Fred explained as he shook his head. "We can see the bosses try, but Armand is just really rotten fruit."

"Aren't you worried that he will hear you?" Camilla asked as she looked around.

"They don't give a shit about us." Ash said with a laugh. "We are the lowest of the low here.

"We should all go, Jake might end up waiting for us at Nouveau if we don't go down now." Fred said as everyone began to stand up and move.

Ian noticed how they all packed up their things and made sure to securely lock them in their drawers.

"We've been pranked more than once." Fred explained as he noticed Ian's curious expression.

Ian frowned as he realized how miserable the conditions were for the team they had joined.