The crowd that was once a buzz with noise suddenly quieted as they watched Ayanna Reyes - Laurence walk up to the stage. They were surprised, they had expected a mber of the PR departnt to speak to them, not a mber of the Reyes Family.
"I am glad that you could all make it here today." Ayanna said as she flashed them a rare smile.
She watched as the caras began to flash, they wanted to capture that smile. She too often carried her cold expression, driving people away. She knew that she had a resting bitch face, and she was more than happy to use it. Being too kind was a disadvantage for people like her.
"I am sure you have heard many rumors about my family recently." Ayanna began as her eyes scanned the crowd, she wanted to assess how they were feeling. "I'm not here to clarify things or to give our family's statent."
She saw as a wave of confusion passed through the mbers of the press. It was a natural expression, why was she up there then, if not to speak on behalf of the Reyes Group and the Reyes Clan?
"I know, you are confused." Ayanna said calmly. "I am here to introduce you to the person that will be giving the statent." Ayanna said with a grin.
She paused to let the audience absorb and understand her words.
"mbers of the press, no one could best explain the situation other than my brother." Ayanna announced peaking everyone's interest once more.
She spotted as the caran lifted their equipnt and waited for her to call out the man they were waiting for.
"Just this morning you saw him arrive with and my husband and my father." As Ayanna said this the mbers of the dia began talking amongst themselves, Ayanna knew that they had their own theories.
"Brother, would you care to join ?" Ayanna asked with a grin.
As she said this Cedric walked out from the makeshift backstage.
When the mbers of the dia saw Cedric they were still shocked, they had an idea that it could have been him, especially after he arrived in the luxury car this morning, but nothing was confird until now.
"He is different." A reporter told the caraman next to him. "It's like a mix, it's odd but it works."
"Yeah." The caraman said as he continued to snap photos of the CEO with his face uncovered. "Before he was just scary and intimidating. Now I feel like he is this mature man that is very respectable. I an he is still intimidating."
"I only noticed now how handso he actually is." A female reporter next to them said with a sigh. "He is gorgeous."
"You won swoon over every intimidating CEO type." The male reporter said with a laugh.
"No, no. I feel as if he is even more handso than Eric Chan!" The female reporter exclaid.
"What? No." Another reporter said, joining in. "Eric Chan is better looking."
"Okay, leave that debate for the gossip column." The caraman said with a laugh.
"Speaking of which, what do you think those people who sared his na will do." The first female reporter asked. "Many of them gossiped that his wife was a mistress, and that their son was illegitimate."
The male reporter couldn't help but laugh. "Who knew that the child they were calling illegitimate is actually the next Reyes Heir."
"Knowing the Reyeses, they won't be easily forgiven or forgotten." The second female reporter said, shaking her head.
"I wonder why he had to keep his identity a secret." The male reporter said, thinking out loud.
"We could never fathom to understand how the brains of the rich and powerful works." The caraman said as he continued to follow Cedric on the stage.
"I'm sure they will answer that." The second female reporter told her companion.
"If they don't I will bravely ask the question." The first female reporter said with a nod.
On the stage, Cedric walked over to the podium. As he reached his sister he gave her a tight hug.
He knew Ayanna was shocked with the public display of affection, traditionally they avoided such displays, it helped dissuade their enemies from thinking that they could kidnap one mber and hold them hostage.
"Good afternoon. My na is Cedric Reyes, and I am the CEO of the Reyes Group." Cedric said in a cold tone as he flashed an intimidating grin at the press.
Everyone had gone silent as they waited for what he would say next.
"I understand that you have many questions and I will try to address them with my statent. We have a limited ti for questions so I hope you will keep your concerns on topic." Cedric said. He paused and watched the crowd, their attention remained glued on him.
"I have kept my identity a secret because for the past thirteen years I had participated in an old Reyes Family tradition, our poverty training." Cedric announced. "In those thirteen years I lived alone, isolated from the rest of the Reyes family, learning how everyone else lives. It was during this ti that I t my wife, the mother of my son."
Cedric noticed how the eyes of the won in the crowd turned soft when they heard him ntion his wife. He wanted to make it a point to tell everyone that Adrianna married him for who he was and not for his money.
"Adrianna had no idea who I was until recently, so if anyone dares to accuse her of being with for my money, I am warning you now, she is not." Cedric said as he glared at the audience. "I hope this statent on my identity will suffice for all of you."
Cedric knew that it would never be enough for the mbers of the dia, they would always want to know more, but him saying that would definitely deter them from digging any deeper. It was all they needed to know about him.
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