“Mr. Hao, it’s been a while.” Stephen greeted as he and Edward Hao walked away from the Ling family home. “Stop pretending Stephen, no one can hear us.” Robert Ke said with a laugh as he joined the two men. Stephen smiled and looked around. He noticed bodyguards of the Ke and Hao family keeping people away as they moved further into the garden away from the public’s eyes. “It’s been too long.” Edward Hao said as he hugged his friend. “We knew you weren’t dead, you couldn’t be, you just couldn’t.” “Is it safe to speak here?” Stephen asked.  They were still on

When Vanessa opened her eyes the first thing she saw was Stephen.At first she smiled and looked at him lovingly, Stephen had hoped that she had forgotten about the previous night, but he was wrong.Her expression quickly went dark as soon as she remembered him with that woman, Amalia Cho. Then she recalled how she was chased, gagged, and later knocked out by those bodyguards from the Hao and Ke families.“You bastard.” Vanessa spat as she sat up and slapped Stephen on the face.Stephen was not at all surprised by her reaction, it was within his expectations.Vanessa on the other hand was shocked when Stephen didn’t get mad. He simply sat there and accepted the slap she had just dealt.“You’re crazy.” She hissed as she glared at him.“No, I deserved that.” Stephen said with a sigh as he looked at her apologetically.“What?” Vanessa asked as he looked at him in shock. “Are you admitting that you cheated on me?” “No, no, I’ve never cheated on you.” Stephen said, shaking his head. “But

When Alona and William both noticed Vanessa’s shock they both believed it was due to the fact that he was the son of the Chairman of Cho Industries, a business titan in his own right.William of course knew that Vanessa’s fiance was his nephew. He calmly assumed that Stephen had not told Vanessa who he was since she wouldn’t believe him anyway.“I know it’s a lot to take in, but I do love him and he loves me.” Alona was practically pleading for Vanessa’s approval.Vanessa shook her head, realizing how the situation looked to her cousin.“I’m sorry, I should be more enthusiastic about your relationship.” Vanessa said as she smiled at her cousin and at William Cho. “I’m really happy for you, Alona. I’m just going through a lot right now. So how did you two meet?” Vanessa had heard rumors that the second son of Eldrich Cho had divorced his first wife when she couldn’t give him a son and was now dating a younger woman.She never expected her cousin to be that younger woman. “Well, I was

“Stephen, why did you have to do that?” Amalia grumbled as she placed a cold patch on the black eye that was starting to form on Robert Ke’s face. “I’m your brother, he’s not supposed to touch you.” Stephen said as he glared at his friend.“Seriously, Stephen, this shit now?!” Amalia asked, angry at her older brother. “You were dead for six fucking years! Robert and Edward were there for me, Robert and I fell in love. It has nothing to do with touching or whatever shit you have up your head!” “She isn’t a vulnerable little girl, Stephen.” Edward told his friend. “Plus, aren’t you a little bit more liberal than our families? Touching, seriously?”Stephen sighed and shook his head as he walked up and poured himself a glass of whiskey.“Fine, I might have overreacted a little bit.” Stephen admitted as he walked up to Robert and checked his friend’s bruise. “A little bit?! A little bit?! This thing is going to leave a mark Stephen, I have two interviews and a press conference tomorrow.

In another part of the city, Stephen sat behind his desk, working on the multiple plans and options his team had started work on.As promised, Catherine Ying’s team had sent over the necessary information and everyone was buried in work. Stephen did his best to focus, but with everything going on with his personal life, it was quite difficult. “Mr. Sy.” Michael Ho said as he knocked on Stephen’s office door.“Yes Michael? How can I help you?” Stephen asked as he looked away from his laptop. “Mr. Ong asked me to call you to his office, he said he has another project for our team.” Michael Ho said with a frown, he knew that he didn’t have any good news for Stephen.“He already knows we’re working on this big project.” Stephen grumbled as he got up and closed his laptop. “I wonder what he will give us this time. Let’s go.”“Sir, he said he wants to speak to you alone.” Michael told Stephen as he frowned.“Very well.” Stephen frowned as he left and headed off to Mr. Ong’s office.When