“What the fuck do you think you are doing, Amalia?” Stephen hissed as he pulled his sister to a secluded area that people rarely went to.“Oh please, don’t pretend you didn’t want to slap that bitch in the face, Stephen.” Amalia replied, pushing her brother away. “We both know you want to confront her about your death.”“This is not the time or place, Amalia.” Stephen said in a stern tone. “You know I would never scold you, but that was pushing it too far. Grandpa sent you to my team to learn, not to make a mess.”“A mess?! A mess?!” Amalia wasn’t shouting but her tone was quite powerful. “We both know that those people are at fault, you lost six fucking years
“Miss Amalia! Stephen! Andrew! Are you three alright?” Isabelle asked in a worried tone as soon as they arrived back from the Executive floor.“We’re fine, Isabelle.” Stephen said as he smiled, trying to show the woman that nothing was wrong.“We were so worried that the Vice President fired you and Andrew.” Natalia said as she carried a worried expression for the two men.“Awww, Natalia, do you actually care about us now?” Andrew teased, making Natalia roll her eyes at him.“Don’t get used to it.” Natalia scoffed, making everyone laugh.“It was a family affair. The person in charge is still my grandfather.” Amalia said in a stern tone. “If anyone is at fault if was Cookie Ye. She shouldn’t air our dirty laundry in public.”“So none of you were fired?” Michael asked as he looked worriedly at them.“Nope, relax kid.” Andrew said as she laughed at Michael. “Let’s just get back to work.” Stephen told them as he walked into his office.To his surprise Andrew followed him in and shut the
“Andrew knows.” Stephen told Vanessa as he drove away from her office, with two security vehicles trailing them at a distance. “He knows what?” Vanessa asked, giving Stephen a confused look. So much had happened on Stephen’s end that day, Vanessa felt like she couldn’t keep up. “He knows that I’m Stephen Cho and not Stephen Sy.” He sighed as he kept his eyes on the road. “Did this happen before or after your laptop got hacked?” She asked, as she gave him a bewildered look.“Not too sure when my laptop got hacked, but I’d like to forget about that for now.” Stephen said, ignoring the fact that his team went home frustrated and disappointed. No matter what they did they couldn’t get everything exactly the way it was. There were pieces of information that only Stephen’s laptop had. In the end, Stephen decided that it had been a long and difficult day for everyone, so he sent all of them home to get rest.“So how did Andrew find out?” Vanessa asked, confused by how things ended.“Gr
Stephen glared at his uncle from across the table, his arms crossed on his chest.“I know, I should have told you.” The older man sighed as he stood up and walked closer to Stephen. At least his uncle knew that he was at fault, not Stephen.“Told me? You were fucking dating Alona when I died!” Stephen raised his voice at his uncle. “You’re old enough to be her father, are you that desperate to get rid of me?”“I am not trying to dispose of you, Stephen.” William Cho said in a stern tone.“Without me in the way, your son can inherit.” Stephen reminded his uncle, stating the facts as it lay before them. “I already told you, I can’t have a child.” William reminded his nephew as he pulled a document from his pocket. “Here.”Stephen looked at the folded piece of paper and hesitated. “You can fake that document.” Stephen hissed.“But I didn’t read it, have it authenticated by a doctor. Hell, go to the hospital where I had this done.” William Cho insisted as he shoved the document on Steph
Stephen already knew his uncle’s plans to have him followed. As he walked away, several of his bodyguards accidentally bumped into his uncle’s mean.“Niel!” One bodyguard greeted William’s men. “What are you doing here?”“Master William was here. He had dinner with his fiance and his fiance’s cousin. Why are you here? Is the Chairman here?” The man named Niel asked in a panic as he looked around.If the Chairman was there and William Cho had left, then he would be in big trouble.“Relax, we’re on scouting duty.” The bodyguard chuckled.“What did you do to get punished with scouting duty?” Niel asked. “Messed up something with the schedule, didn’t have enough bodyguards. Luckily nothing happened, but Mr. Kai was furious and sent me and some of my men to scout a few potential venues for a dinner meeting.” The bodyguard said with a shrug. He knew that he needed to give Stephen and Vanessa as much time as possible to leave. So he had to extend the conversation. “Who did Master William
Vanessa sat behind Stephen’s desk at Cho Industries, completely focused on trying to recover the information that had been lost.At first they thought it was impossible, but when Vanessa arrived in the office the day before and studied the laptop, she told them that she could recover the files. She just needed time.Over the past two days, Vanessa sat silently behind Stephen’s desk, while Stephen and his team worked on other aspects of the project. They did their best to stay out of her way, and after the incident, Stephen had asked for the lock of his office to be replaced.His laptop also never left his or Vanessa’s sight. They took it with them to lunch and even took it home. Vanessa had even worked on it while they were at home. She only stopped when Stephen dragged her to bed. He reminded her that she worked best with a rested mind.“Miss Vanessa, Mr. Sy asked me to get you some coffee.” Isabelle said as she placed a cup of hot coffee on the table, careful not to spill it. “
“Please, tell Mr. Sy I didn’t want to do it, I was forced to do it.” Stephen could hear Michael Ho begging. The guards that stood in the room with him remained silent, unmoved by his pleas. “Hello? Stephen?” Vanessa asked as she answered Stephen’s call.“I’ll be a little late. Something came up.” Stephen told his fiance.“Alright. I’m done recovering all your files by the way. Why don’t I just go home then we can head over to the party together?” Vanessa suggested. Stephen was silent for a moment as he considered what needed to be done. “What if I sent someone over to bring you your clothes? I’m not sure how long this will take.” Stephen said as he looked through the monitor that showed him an image of Michael Ho in the other room.“Alright.” Vanessa said. “I’ll call you in a bit.” Stephen told her as he ended the call and quickly went up to their room. He chose a simple dress that he knew would look good on his fiance, he quickly asked a bodyguard to bring it to the office.“Am
“Are you ready?” Stephen said as he held his fiance’s hand. He knew that the last time she had to face her entire family was on the day they were supposed to announce their engagement. “I should be asking you that.” Vanessa chuckled. “I know my family didn’t treat you well last time, and to be honest, you deserve an apology.” “Vanessa, you are the only who’s acceptance matters to me.” Stephen said as she smiled lovingly at her. “Plus, I’m sure that when my real identity comes to the surface, your family will be begging for my forgiveness.”Vanessa laughed and shook her head, of course Stephen was right.If there was anything that mattered to the Ty family, it was their image and their connections. They couldn’t have imagined offending the heir to the Cho family because they thought he was poor.“Let’s go in and get out as soon as we can.” Vanessa said with a smile as she slid out of Stephen’s car. A bodyguard quickly came up to Stephen’s side and took the car keys from him.Eldric
“The Lu family is working with the underworld?” Hans asked as he glanced at his cousin in disbelief. Over the years the Underworld was one part of Marina City that both families had failed to control. If the Lu family managed to pull into their fold the leaders of the Underworld and Stephen was not the head of the Essen Mafia, they would have easily crushed the Cho family.“They don’t, sir. At least not yet.” John clarified as he spoke to the cousins over the phone.“What do you mean?” Hans asked.“No one person can rule over the underworld of Marina City, let alone this country.” John told Hans. “The city and this country is too diverse for any one person to take control. There is also the matter of people like the Lu and Cho families that make taking control even more difficult.”“Isn’t the Essen Mafia powerful enough to get them to follow?” Hans asked as he looked at his cousin.“Not as just the Essen Mafia.” Stephen said with a smile on his lips. “Huh?” Hans was now even more
When Stephen declared the changes when it came to who would inherit the Cho family fortune in the future, Ina was no longer able to keep the reporters in line.Stephen decided to end the press conference there and move on.He, Vanessa, and Hans all left the stage and returned to Stephen’s office at the top floor. They were greeted by Paolo’s laughter as they entered the room, he was playing with Amalia and Robert. “Shouldn’t you be putting out the fire I just started downstairs?” Stephen asked as he gave Robert an amused look.His friend was never big on children.As a matter of fact, Robert was probably the one that was most against having children in their friend group. So it was quite the surprise for Stephen to see Robert happily playing with a child.“They don’t need me to put out that fire.” Robert chuckled as his phone began to ring next to him.“Shi-” Robert began to curse.“Language!” Both Hans and Stephen shouted, making Robert jump in surprise. “You two are going to scar
Paolo Cho was a handsome child, it was something that the reporters couldn’t deny. He had received amazing genes from the Fredrikson, Ong, and Cho families, making him probably one of the best looking children around.But when Paolo Cho smiled he won the hearts of everyone in the crowd, even those that wanted to speak badly of the Cho and Fredrikson families.They might have been bribed by the Ong families and their allies, but there was no denying that Pablo Cho was happy.Pablo waved at the crowd and smiled. He then hugged his father as he shied away from the crowd again.People couldn’t blame the little boy, he had lived his entire life in hiding and now, all of a sudden he was in front of hundreds of people. Every single one of the reporters wanted to snap a photo of him or his father. It was obvious that Paolo was already getting uncomfortable with the situation.“I’ll bring him in.” Amalia volunteered as she took Paolo from Hans, allowing him to stand straight and glare at the
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“Ah, I see you’ve noticed it.” Stephen said as he saw the confused expression on some of the reporters' faces.Not everyone had seen a DNA test in the past. Normally when businessmen and actors were trying to prove they were not the father of a child, the match would be much lower compared to what was flashed on the screen.“Allow me to explain for those who are seeing a DNA test for the first time.” Stephen said with a smile. “The report you are seeing behind me says that I am somehow related to Gabrielle Ong’s child. Now for those that are familiar with the genealogy of the Ong and Cho families, we are not in any way related.”The members of the media nodded as they slowly absorbed the information that Stpehen was telling them.Most were genuinely surprised at how kind Stephen sounded and at how willing he was to explain the situation to them.Normally, leaders in the same position as Stephen had little to no patience to explain trivial thing such as these, but Stephen took his tim
The parking lot of Philip Tower was filled with people chatting among themselves.It was no mystery what the Cho family was about to announce, they all knew that the biggest issue of that time was if Stephen Cho did or didn’t have an illegitimate child.Many people claimed that it was just a ploy of the Ong family to get their members out of jail.Others said that there was truth to it, especially since Gabrielle Ong was Stephen’s ex girlfriend.No matter what rumor people believed they all still wanted to be there. They all wanted to hear the truth and they all wanted to report it first. Inside the lobby of Philip Tower, Stephen looked out at the crowd that had formed.He had never expected that these many people would be interested in their personal lives. He thought that mostly gossip columnists would appear, but it seemed that every kind of reporter stood in their office’s parking lot.“You can’t seriously be surprised.” Hans said as he stood next to his cousin.“I just didn’t th
“We need to make a press release, the media will not leave us alone if we don’t.” Amalia told her brother as they sat around the meeting table in his office.Among those Stephen had invited were people he believed were crucial when it came to the matter of Paolo Cho’s identity.“Have you gotten the Ong family under control?” Stephen asked as he looked to his cousin.He knew that only a few days had passed and that Hans had his hands full watching over Paolo, but they needed to make sure that the Ong family wouldn’t cause them problems.“Almost, there are still some who are trying to question my ability.” Hans said with a malicious grin. “My people are making sure they understand who I am today.”Stephen nodded, impressed by Hans’ efficiency with dealing with the matter of the Ong family.“So we can schedule a press release today, the news agencies will publish it tomorrow and everything will be settled.” Amalia said as she thought of the timeline in her head.“No, we won’t just releas
Miguel and Manuel might come from a weaker family than the Cho’s but they had begun as Stephen’s friends, so Stephen decided to accompany Miguel to the airport the next day.He had offered for Miguel to use his private jet and the younger Villanueva brother happily accepted the offer.Stephen and Manuel stood on the tarmac with Miguel as they said their final goodbyes.“I’m guessing I won’t see you for a while, boss.” Miguel teased him.Technically now it was true that Stephen was their boss. With the trade to protect their family name, they were more like his henchmen doing his bidding rather than his partners through a treaty.“Most likely.” Stephen said with a nod.His wife was pregnant and he had no intentions of leaving her alone for too long. “I just wanted to say, thank you.” Miguel told Stephen. “You helped us back then and you helped us again now. Jacob would have ruined our family if news got out about his cases.”Stephen nodded, then he realized something, he forgot to as
Stephen had been exhausted by the night before.Paolo had woken up in the middle of the night and cried out for both Hans and Stephen. Stephen had been sleeping with the little boy at the time, but he refused to calm down unless his Daddy Hans was there.It seemed Paolo had settled on what to call them.Hans was Daddy, and Stephen was Papa. In the same way, he called Vanessa his Mama. When Stephen had asked a maid to call for Hans, his cousin seemed like he was about to burst into tears because his son had called for him.“Boss?” Andrew called, waving his hand in front of Stephen. “Sorry, Paolo had a hard time sleeping after yesterday’s incident. What were you saying Andrew?”Stephen asked as he tried to focus on the discussion at hand.“The bidding for the latest piece of land that that government has put up for sale starts in a week. The procurement director wanted to ask if you wished to purchase it.” Andrew informed Stpehen as he handed him the details of the piece of property.