Stephen looked at John, surprised that Hana would react that way to the news of her grandfather and cousin being locked up for the rest of their lives. It was clear from her file that they weren’t close, but there weren’t any signs that she hated them. “Shouldn’t you want them to be freed?” Stephen asked as he cautiously eyed the young woman. She might seem innocent or act like she was weak, but Stephen had no intention of underestimating people. He had been on the receiving end of that often enough to know that it was sometimes the ones you least expected.Hana looked down, clearly feeling guilty about what she had said.“I don’t want to hurt you, Hana.” Stephen told the young woman in a calm and soothing tone. “I can see that you aren’t involved with your grandfather’s and cousin’s plans. I just need the truth from you so that I know how to move forward.”Hana hesitated as she looked at John and Stephen. “Your men kidnapped Pao Pao and I.” Hana pointed out.“True, but we haven’t

“Do you think the kid is really Stephen Cho’s son?” Alona Ty heard one of her friends from work said as they settled down at a cafe during their break from work. Since she was saved from her ex-fiance’s plans she had been slowly recovering with the help of her cousin, Vanessa, and her cousin’s husband, Stephen Cho. Alona now worked in the business development department of Cho Industries. She was not only getting on track with her career, but she was also now far away from her plotting and meddling Ty family.“It’s not unusual for rich men like Stephen Cho to have illegitimate children.” Another officemate said.“But Stephen Cho seems like the loyal type, one that doesn’t fool around.” Alona told them adding in her opinion.Of course she knew for a fact that Stephen was indeed extremely loyal to his wife, her cousin, and Vanessa had called her right after the news broke out.Unlike her officemates, Alona knew that Paolo Ong or as he would someday be known, Paolo Cho, was not Stephe

“I’m surprised Alona agreed.” Vanessa told her husband as Pao Pao now slept on his lap. Stephen had been watching the little boy, longing to have a child of his own. He was thinking about asking Vanessa if they could start trying when her voice pulled him from his thoughts.“What do you mean?” Stephen asked as he looked at his wife.He then pulled her closer and let her lean her head on him. This was the life he wanted, a family. “She hadn’t fully recovered from the devastation another member of the Cho family has inflicted on her.” Vanessa explained to her husband. “Do you think she would have been afraid of my cousin Hans?” Stephen scoffed. “Although, I have to admit, he is more dangerous than my uncle.”“Aren’t you afraid that he will come after you?” Vanessa gasped, suddenly sitting up. “You messed with him when he was young.”Stephen sighed and shook his head.“Hans and I used to be good friends, really good friends.” Stephen told Vanessa as he recalled his past. “It was just

Stephen and Vanessa decided that they would tell his mother and sister the news about Vanessa’s pregnancy after Hans’ visit. Stephen wanted all the attention to be on the little boy as his future was about to be decided. “It came back positive, by the way.” Stephen told Hana as she sat anxiously with Pao Pao on her lap. “Positive?” She asked with a confused look on her face.She was like this most of the time, she often seemed lost and confused, but in reality she was just processing too much confusing herself.“The DNA test.” Stephen told Hana. He had intentionally decided not to tell anyone about the results until Hans had met Pao Pao, but it seemed important to mention it to Hana now.“He’s my cousin’s son. So he is a member of the Cho family, just not my son.” Stephen said with a shrug as Hana nodded and didn’t say a word.Everyone had already expected this outcome, Stephen had managed to get his hands on the video recordings of that night and he saw Hans enter the wrong room.

“What will you do to him?” Hans said as he eyed his cousin carefully. “I know men like you, you need something to hold over me so you can control me.”“Hans!” Amalia scolded her cousin. “It’s fine Amalia, it’s only normal for Hans to doubt me.” Stephen said with a nod as he handed the still sobbing Pao Pao to Hana.“Still, he should know that you aren’t like that.” Amalia argued as she crossed her hands on her chest and glared at her cousin. “I love you, Hans, I love you almost as much as I love my brother, but this is too much.”“It’s comforting to know that I still stand a step below the great Stephen Cho.” Hans said mockingly as he kept his gaze trained on Stephen. He was wary of his cousin, he had been since he was tricked into sleeping with a woman he couldn’t even remember.“I have no intentions of using Paolo against you.” Stephen told Hans quite honestly. “Even if I did, I know that Paolo is nothing to you.”“He is still my flesh and blood.”“Flesh and blood that you would s