Stephen paced across the room, he was anxious. “Thirty minutes.” Andrew said as he entered Stephen’s office and handed him a glass of whisky.Stephen raised his eyebrow, wondering why Andrew was handing him a glass of alcohol before the biggest presentation of his life.“It’s to help with the nerves, you can’t deny that you are anxious.” Andrew insisted that Stephen take the glass.Stephen sighed, shook his head, but took the glass.He finished the contents and slammed it on the table.It didn’t matter if he broke anything, at the end of the day everything in the building would become his.His identity as the Stephen Cho would be revealed and the name of his murderer would be known by everyone.“I know you are doing the presentation, but I did a run through, just in case you decided that you weren’t ready.” Despite having only known Stephen for a short time, Andrew could already read him like an open book.He could already somewhat anticipate what Stephen needed. He was prepared to f

“How dare you accuse me with such flimsy evidence?!” William Cho shouted as his nephew. “You need to try harder Stephen, you ungrateful brat!” For his age, William Cho was quite fit, he climbed over the table and grabbed Stephen by the collar of his shirt. Unfortunately for William, he was shorter and less fit than Stephen, he couldn’t even lift Stpehen off the ground, he only pulled the young man forward. “Watch what you say next uncle.” Stephen warned with a grin on his lips. “You never know what cards the other side has.” William Cho had no idea how influential Stephen was now, how powerful the young man had become in his own right. At the beginning, William had Stephen closely watched by his people, but he soon became bored, thinking that his nephew was quite useless and didn’t really do much to better himself. William was gravely mistaken in this matter, his men just missed the signs. So as time went on William had his people watch Stephen less and less, until they made t

“Will your family be there?” Everyone heard Cookie’s familiar shrill voice over the speaker. “This was recorded the morning of the party.” Stephen announced, giving context to the conversation they were all about to hear.“Of course they will be there. I’m sorry I can’t ban them, but you know how my father is.” Vincent said as he tried to placate his angry mistress. “Well, everyone except my son. He leaves for university today. We didn’t even bother telling him about the party.”“He would have moved his schedule had he known there was an event, father.” Liam said, joining in on the conversation.When Stephen first heard this recording, he was honestly shocked that Liam was aware of what was going on. He had expected his half brother to be innocent, but he was wrong. “You are my better son, Liam.” Vincent Cho praised his illegitimate son. “Then why can’t he be your heir?” Cookie Ye questioned.“See, it's all a harmless conversation! We weren’t plotting anything!” Vincent Cho despera

“How’d it go boss?” Carissa asked as she saw Stephen, Andrew, and Amalia approaching. Everyone on the team had been on edge since Stephen left to do the presentation. “Gather everyone in my office.” Stephen told Andrew who nodded and went off to look for every member of his team. Something about Stephen’s demeanor and attitude had changed and Carissa could see it. She began to become nervous thinking that the presentation had not gone well and they would all lose their jobs. Seeing the unease in Carissa’s eyes Stephen placed a hand on her shoulder and sighed. “It went well, don’t worry.” Stephen explained as vaguely as he could. “Let’s go to my office and wait for the others, I still have a lot to explain to everyone.”Carissa was confused with Stephen’s words, but she nodded and went with him and Amalia into Stephen’s office.They didn’t have to wait long for the others to join them. They hadn’t gone far since most of them were anxious about the presentation.“Cookie and Liam we

The press had gathered outside the lobby of Philip. They were all eager to hear what Eldrich Cho had to say. It was quite rare for the old man to personally call for a press conference. “Did your boss say anything?” One of the reporters asked a man dressed in the uniform of Ke Network. “No. He should have had prior information, he always does, but this time he just told us to prepare today.” The reporter told his companion.Inside Philip Tower, both Robert Ke and Edward Hao sat down waiting for Stephen and Eldrich Cho to make an appearance.Stephen had given them prior notice since they would still be affected by the announcement. Prior to his death it was well knownt that the young masters of the Ke, Hao, and Cho families were best friends. After Stephen had died, they were the most affected. When the elevator doors opened, Robert and Edward quickly stood up, bowing towards Eldrich Cho, greeting their senior properly. “Why am I not surprised that you are here?” Eldrich Cho tea