To Save Our Families, Let's 'Marry' (BoyxBoy)

Chapter 10

 "There's a second breach! They are liquidating assets again and selling customer information simultaneously!" Everyone's head snapped back to the door, revealing Ramy, Haerin behind him holding up a tablet streaming the news. Caroline felt shocked, her own computer hadn't gone off at this despite her programming. However, she didn't let her shock slow her down. "Henry, get on the other computer!" Her son had already sprung into action, the older son not standing around uselessly either, neither the husband.

Samuel called his wife, within moments having her help the genius programmers hold fort so they could focus on the main priority, customer confidentiality. Meanwhile, Marcus was coordinating with the security to put the building on lockdown and start a hunt to find which terminal this second wave had come from; all thoughts of the former plan to weed out the mole with mind games were gone.

The Lore's watched as the family seamlessly reacted to the crisis, minimal talking but somehow communicating perfectly, almost as if the whole family were telepathically connected. Each working on their own part yet somehow meshing it into a system that worked.

John knew that if it was just him and Hanna in a similar situation, they could coordinate in such a manner, but he was also confident that did not extend to working with him entire family. He and his wife were both amazed that the four person unit worked so fluidly, that the Reyes's sons were both adept to working within crises.

Archer and Joshua were both equally shocked, however they couldn't stop signs of amazement showing on their faces. They had worked within their parents' company since graduating, both quickly rising to high positions, not just because of their family but also because of their leadership skills and specialisations. And while Archer – as the first son – got some training here and there on how to run the company as a whole, he was rarely involved so heavily during high stress situations such as this, it tended to be human resources or finances or public relations. He was more involved with overseeing projects within the company. Joshua was in a similar situation, even though he was younger, working with the shares and finances, he had seen his fair share of panics within the department, but like his brother he tended to be an overseer since their employee always seemed more than capable.

The young man was perhaps the most amazed by this. He knew that he was lacking in skills, in fact after the encounter with Henry that weekend, he was made painfully aware of it. However, he had thought that perhaps it as the man being of a social nature with a good eye for reading people. However, now that he watched him typing furiously fast, perfectly calm despite his family's livelihood at risk, despite the responsibility of innumerable people being partly on his shoulder; Joshua could see that the young man was diversely skilled.

He couldn't help but admire him, however he also cursed the slow inferiority complex that had blossomed since meeting Henry.

Meanwhile, his family had slowly shifted their attention from the well-oiled machine of the Reyes family to their own second son. Seeing him so intently looking at Henry, and only Henry, they just found themselves more and more assured that there would indeed be a marriage.

Their thoughts were not unprecedented.

Unbeknownst to Joshua, as he was staring in awe at his peer, the worry lines on his face from the last couple days had disappeared, his face now calm with a mellow smile faintly visible on his lips.

The image was almost serene.

Of course every one of the prestigious family members were beautiful, and it was no doubt that the Reyes' were on the same level, however Joshua's looks were unique even among them. His delicate features, lean body and translucent looks made him stand out amongst the others because while they were all good looking, he was perhaps the most beautiful of the bunch.