Never Judge

As Camilla held on to Lucius' arm, the reporters shouted over each other to get a statement from her. 

Of course, they all wanted to know, why did one of Cedric Reyes' most loyal soldiers go over someone else's side?

It was no secret that Lucius Ting and his Arch Group were a competitor of Mor Co., which Camilla was in charge of. So it was huge news to see her on his arm while Cedric was at the other end of town welcoming their latest partners.

Despite all the questions that the reporters were shouting, Camilla tuned them out and simply focused on walking up to the bar with Lucius. 

"He will fire you from Mor Co. for sure after this." Lucius whispered as they entered the bar. 

"He isn't that petty, plus he has a reputation he needs to protect. As long as I do well in Mor Co. then he won't fire me." Camilla said with a shrug as the doors closed behind them. 

"You haven't gone to the office in months." Lucius pointed out with a raised eyebrow.

"You've been spying on me?" Camilla asked.

"You didn't know?" Lucius asked her back, making Camilla laugh.

"Of course I knew." Camilla scoffed as she let Lucius lead them to the VIP section of the bar. "I've been working remotely. Cedric allows me as long as I bring in the money." She explained. 

"And here I was expecting he would be an extremely traditional businessman." Lucius Ting commented as he laughed at his own ignorance. 

"If he were a traditional businessman, using traditional practices, the Reyes Group would have long succumbed to newer, more innovative companies." Camilla said with a laugh. "He is very smart and not easy to defeat."

"Are you telling me I can't take him down?" Lucius asked his girlfriend with a smirk.

"No." Camilla said, shaking her head as she felt Lucius' arm wrap around her waist. She was so tempted to slap his hand away but she resisted the urge. She had to keep up appearances.

"You are being very confusing, Camilla." Lucius said in a stern tone as he pulled her closer to him.

"You need to think outside of the box to beat Cedric, and sometimes even those that think outside the box like my brother still don't make it." Camilla said with a frown as she tried to act the part of the broken hearted sister.

"I'm sorry, my question reminded you about Aiden." Lucius said as he lifted her chin and looked her in the eyes.

"It's alright." Camilla said as she pretended to stop the tears from falling. 

"I swear to you Camilla, I avenge your brother." Lucius said as he gently stroked her cheek. 

Camilla closed her eyes and leaned on to Lucius' hand. They stood like that for a moment as she tried to sell how hurt she was in terms of Aiden's death.

"Sir, your guests are waiting for you." Called out a voice that Camilla recognized to be one of Lucius' staff members. 

"Sorry." Camilla said in a sad tone as she tried to seem apologetic for delaying him.

"Nothing is more important than you now." Lucius said as he planted a kiss on Camilla's lips.

When they pulled away Camilla smiled up at Lucius who smiled back down at her.

"Is my brother there already?" Camilla asked Lucius' employee.

"Yes Miss." The staff member said. "He arrived a few minutes before you, he is waiting at your table."

"Thank you, you may go." Lucius said.

Lucius took Camilla's hand in his as he quickly walked towards their table.

"What's the rush?" Camilla asked as she tried to catch up with him while she was in heels.

"There is someone I am excited for you to meet." Lucius told her as they finally reached his table.

Camilla saw her brother glaring at a very pretty young woman. Benedict frowned as he looked at her, it was clearer that Benedict knew this person and was not happy to see her there.

"You know each other?" Lucius asked Benedict and the woman.

"Our paths have crossed in the past." Benedict said as he continued to glare at the woman across him.

"Great, so I don't need to introduce you." Lucius said with a smile as he pulled Camilla closer to his side. 

"Who is this?" The woman asked in a disguised tone.

"Someone ten times your worth." Benedict interrupted. 

Camilla gave her brother a confused look as he continued to glare daggers at the woman.

"I'll explain at home." Benedict told her as he kept his eyes on the woman.

"So is this your new play thing, Lucius?" The woman asked as she eyed Camilla from head to toe, judging every inch of her.

"She isn't, I'm serious about her." Lucius said as he wrapped a protective arm around Camilla's shoulder.

"Lucius, it's fine." Camilla said with a frown, pretending that the woman had offended her. She pushed Lucius's arm off and walked over to sit next to her brother.

"Camilla, please, no it's not like that." Lucius said, practically begging Camilla not to misunderstand the situation.

"She's clearly someone important to you, Lucius." Camilla said as she looked at the woman. "You were so excited to introduce us and yet the moment she lays eyes on me she assumes I'm just one of your playthings? How many playthings do you even have Lucius?" Camilla questioned.

"Oh shit, this is her?" The woman said with a gasp as she suddenly realized that Camilla wasn't just some eye candy that Lucius had brought along to the party.

Benedict laughed at the woman's expression as hir face paled. 

"I warned you." Benedict said as he continued to laugh.

"Shut up, how do you even know her, you worthless piece of shit." The woman cussed.

"Benedict is Camilla's brother." Lucius said.

"Yeah, nice one, his sister is dead." The woman said as she rolled her eyes at Lucius.

Clearly this woman had been quite close with Benedict, confusing Camilla even further.

"Nope, she's alive." Benedict said, shaking his head. "And this is her."

"Camilla, meet Louisse, my strategist and sister." Lucius quickly said before Benedict could say anything to make things worse.

"Oh." Camilla said as she looked at Louisse. "I didn't know you had a sister." 

"My parents had a daughter after they adopted me, she's even younger than you." Lucius said with a shrug.

Camilla looked at Benedict as he shook his head. 

"Don't look at me, I didn't know she had a brother." Benedict confessed to Camilla. 

Camilla cursed in her head, this did not show up in any of their investigations, how could Lucius have a secret sister that did not show up in any documents?