Never Judge

Cedric had just finished a meeting when he realized that Adrianna had sent him a message saying she was going shopping and drinking with her friends to celebrate.

Cedric quickly opened the princes chat and sent a message to his friends.

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Cedric Reyes: Who's in the country tonight?

Ram Abad: I am

Miguel Chan: Me

Eric Chan: Me

Ray Laurence: Not me. Prepping for a proposal.

Alexi Sebastian: I'm here. What mess are you gonna drag us into this time?

Cedric Reyes: Adri's drinking at Hype Bar tonight. Who wants to come with me to make sure she's safe?

Ram Abad: I need a drink, badly.

Miguel Chan: Can I bring your sister Ram?

Ram Abad: Up to you. Your funeral.

Eric Chan: Are we using Ray's room?

Ray Laurence: Yeah, sure. I'll have it prepared.

Alexi Sebastian: I guess I'm going too. Oh Katerina is asking if she could go too. I think Veronica sent her a message.

Cedric Reyes: Yes. But she has to arrive discreetly.

Miguel Chan: Now Nicole wants to come. I can't deal with her and Veronica drunk.

Cedric Reyes: I'll invite Ian along. If you and Eric don't mind.

Eric Chan: I'm more than happy to drag Ian out. He's always so serious. I never thought my sister would like the serious type! Hahaha.

Cedric Reyes: We can have dinner at Nouveau the head over for drinks. See you guys at 7:30 tonight.

Later that evening Cedric and his friends had dinner at Nouveau. It was quite awkward since it was the first time Ian was joining the group, Ian being the silent type kept to himself and only spoke when he was spoken to. Quite the contrast to Miguel and Eric who didn't seem to know when to keep quiet.

Nicole was also quite reserved that night since Ian was there.

"I think I finally found a way to keep Nicole quiet." Katerina teased.

"How?" Eric asked.

"Simple, bring Ian. She's so shy around him, it's so different from her normal personality." Katerina giggled.

"I'm not quiet today." Nicole said, crossing her arms on her chest with a blush.

Katerina ignored Nicole and just laughed at her reaction.

At Hype Bar Adrianna arrived with her friends after a long afternoon at the mall. By the time they got to the bar there was already a crowd, luckily they had a reserved table.

"This is amazing Adrianna! You managed to book us a table near the dance floor." Julia said excitedly. Adrianna had remembered how Ayanna managed to get them a VIP room last time, so she gave Ayanna a call to get a table her friends would enjoy.

"Do you know who owns this place? Raymund Laurence owns this place. Who knows, we might get to see him or one of his friends." Natasha said over the music.

"Don't tell me you're gonna try to snatch Raymund Laurence, you're nothing compared to Ayanna Reyes." Julia giggled.

"Then, one of the other princes. Miguel Chan is quite dreamy, Ramon Abad too, and don't forget Alexander Sebastian, now that guy oozes bad boy vibes." Natasha said as she fantasizes about the boys.

"Too bad the Reyes Heir is married." Julia said with a frown.

"I'm sure being his wife isn't easy. The Reyeses look really scary and intimidating, and can you imagine the number of women that chase after him and fantasize about him? I'm pretty sure some social climbers are trying to figure out how to be his mistress already!" Sofia said.

"That's true! Imagine being the mistress to the Reyes Heir! The Reyes family is truly powerful and truly rich, you could have almost everything. It also doesn't hurt that the Reyes Heir seems to be quite good looking." Natasha gossiped with her friends.

"Adrianna are you alright? You seem bothered." Julia asked Adrianna who was looking quite sad.

"I'm just tired from today. With my workload plus my Uncle Matthew's comments on women earlier today, I just feel drained." Adrianna told her friend.

"Take a shot." Julia said, passing a shot glass.

"I can't. Cedric and I are trying to have a kid, alcohol would make it a bit difficult." Adrianna said, refusing the drink.

"What happened to the whole, no kids till I'm 30 plan?" Sofia asked Adrianna.

"It's just a few years away. I don't mind." Adrianna shrugged.

On the third floor of Hype Bar, Cedric looked out the one way mirror that allowed him to see the partygoers on the ground floor.

"You're so paranoid Ced." A slightly drunk Nicole shouted.

"Ian, make sure Nicole doesn't fall on the floor." Cedric said as he continued to watch the crowd.

"I'm not gonna fall!" Nicole said as she began to slide to the ground. Ian quickly held her in his arms and pulled her back up. Unfortunately Nicole kept moving and landed on his lap.

Ian gave a helpless look at the Chan brothers, both of whom simply laughed at what their sister had done.

"Don��t you care that Nicole is in some stranger's lap?" Veronica scolded Miguel.

"She's old enough to make her own choices, plus I trust Ian." Miguel carelessly said.

"Well I care. I swear you're the most irresponsible man child!" Veronica said as she stood up and moved to Nicole's side.

"I swear I don't know what I did this time!" Miguel complained as he sat next to Alexi who was doing shots with Eric, Katerina, and Ram.

"It's the whole arranged marriage situation. No matter what you do it will always be your fault." Ram teased Miguel.

Ram excused himself from the group to head to the men's room. While there, he heard the sounds of a struggle.

"Don't touch me you bastard!" A girl said and soon after Ram heard someone being slapped.

He decided it would be best to help the woman, since the space was dimly lit so it would be quite hard to recognize him. As he approached, he saw the man attempting to kiss the woman once more.

"Bitch, you want this. You came onto me earlier." The man said audibly.

"You know, no means no." Ram said as he pulled the man off the woman.

"Don't meddle with my business. Don't you know who I am? I can send your poor ass out of here." The drunk man boasted. Ram could smell the alcohol off of him.

Ram pushed the man who stumbled to the ground.

"You truly have a death wish." The drunk man said as he turned to leave.

"You should go, miss. He's coming back with reinforcement, it won't be safe if you got stuck in the middle." Ram told the girl.

"Thank you. Who are you?" The girl said. Something about her felt familiar to Ram as if they had met before.

"Julia! What's taking you so long?" Ram heard a newcomer ask, this time he definitely knew whose voice that was, it was Adrianna.

"Ram, why are you here?" Adrianna asked as she saw her husband's friend.

"You're Ramon Abad?" Julia asked in shock.

"No time to explain. That guys gonna be back here in awhile. You should both leave." Ram said as he tried to send the two women away.

"Is he here?" Adrianna asked sternly.

Ram could only nod and hope Cedric wouldn't get mad at him for letting Adrianna know.

"Fine, let's go back Julia." Adrianna said as she tried to pull her friend back to the main floor.

Unfortunately before they could leave the man from earlier arrived with his friends.

"That's the asshole that cockblocked me." The man said pointing at Ram.

"You know what, come with me." Ram said as he held Julia by the wrist and began to run toward the VIP room.

When Adrianna saw this she ran after them as well.