When Vanessa and Stephen returned to the city a few weeks prior, both of them had already sent out his application to various companies. “Are you sure you don’t want to work for your family’s company?” Stephen asked as they drove towards the city. “Nope.” Vanessa confidently answered as she fixed her make up. “I want to make a name for myself, carve my own path.” “Your grandfather won’t be happy.” Stephen frowned as he thought of how much Vanessa’s grandfather loved her. He longed to have a family that would have cared about him that much. “My grandfather will be happy as long as I am.” Vanessa confidently answered Stephen. She had, in fact, spoken to her grandfather already and broken the news to him. The old man had been sad, but he allowed Vanessa to work elsewhere, adding that maybe her experience working for others could be applied to their family company in the future. “You know, grandpa likes you.” Vanessa told Stephen as she glanced at her fiance. “As a matter of fact
“I never believed that you were dead.” Eldrich Cho was already in his seventies, but he continued to have a strong and powerful aura around him. Over the years Stephen had seen him in the news, he may no longer be involved in the management of the business, but he could still influence it greatly. “How come, grandfather?” Stephen asked as he felt his and his grandfather’s auras battling it out in the small space. “Because you aren’t some weak kid that could be killed by a car accident.” Eldrich Cho chuckled. “Plus your uncle has been acting oddly ever since your father announced that you had died in a car accident.” Stephen nodded as he took in everything Eldrich Cho had to say. “Uncle William saved me.” Stephen kept his head down as he tried to seem like he owed William Cho his loyalty. “You can’t fool me boy.” Eldrich Cho suddenly said. “Don’t pretend you are his pawn, I can see right through you.” Stephen grinned at his grandfather and shook his head. “Young Master.” Mr. K
When the bodyguard brought back Stephen’s car, Mr. Kai suddenly appeared and handed Stephen an envelope.“What’s this?” Stephen asked as he opened it. He was shocked to find that inside was his grandfather’s last will and testament.“It’s an official copy. His lawyers authenticated it.” Mr. Kai said. “Also inside is the bank card, Master Cho said you are to use this to build the persona required for the role.”“Alright.” Stephen said with a nod.Mr. Kai produced another set of documents and handed Stephen a pen.“After you sign this you will be Stephen Cho again.” Mr. Kai informed Stephen.Stephen took a deep breath as he reviewed the documents. Long ago there was a time when he wanted to simply forget who Stephen Cho was and move on with his life. But, when he saw Liam Ye today there was a burning desire in him to reclaim who he was.He signed the documents and handed it to Mr. Kai, who made sure everything was in order. “One more thing, sir.” Mr. Kai said before Stephen could lea
“This is crazy!” Vanessa exclaimed as a waiter entered, bringing their food to them. While the waiter was there, Vanessa and Stephen were both quiet, not wanting to speak about Stephen’s new job. When the waiter finally left, Stephen began to explain things. “I met with Master Cho, he’s an old family friend, someone from my past.” Stephen scrambled to find an acceptable explanation. “Master Cho?” Vanessa asked, wide eyed with shock. “Why would Master Cho want to see his company destroyed? Stephen, are you sick or something?” Stephen sighed and shook his head. “Master Cho would rather see his company crumble rather than to hand it to one of his sons.” Stephen told Vanessa. “He wanted to pass it to his grandson, but the guy died.” “And what? He wants you to act like the dead guy?!” Vanessa was practically shouting at this point. “This is crazy Stephen!” “Vanessa calm down, I’m not going to act as anyone I’m not.” Stephen tried to calm her. “Then what?” Vanessa asked. Stephen
Stephen and Vanessa experienced an odd week of peace between the time Stephen talked to her about joining Cho industries. Within that week his clothes arrived and they settled on keeping his current eye color which was black. Stephen worried that anything brighter would attract unwanted attention. Eventually his first day in the office rolled by as he drove Vanessa and himself to work. “Are you nervous?” Vanessa asked while they were stuck in horrible traffic. “A little bit, but I’ll just treat it like normal work.” Stephen gave her a smile as he struggled to hide his anxiety for the day ahead. “You don’t have to lie to me, you know.” Vanessa frowned as the light turned green and Stephen continued to drive them to work. “Fine.” He grumbled as he noticed they were nearing their destination. “I am nervous, but I’ll get over it by the time I get there.” “You can do it.” Vanessa reached out and held Stephen’s hand. He continued to drive in silence, getting strength from Vanessa’s p
Stephen and Amanda went through most of the floors quickly, skipping most of them since Stephen wouldn’t be interacting with the people there.By the time they reached the thirtieth floor where the operations team was assigned, Stephen was already quite tired as he tried to absorb every bit of information Amanda offered.“Here we are!” Amanda said excitedly as she stepped out of the elevator and Stephen followed her.“This floor and the one below is occupied by the operations department, there are quite a lot of employees working on the operations of Cho Industries.” Amanda said with a smile as she led Stephen through the hall.“You were hired as an assis
“Chairman.” Stephen calmly greeted as soon as he recovered from the initial shock.He had to stop himself from glaring at his grandfather. He almost forot that he was supposed to be a mere employee, not the chairman’s grandson.“Mr. Sy, why haven’t you come over to my office?” Eldrich Cho told Stephen as Stephen resisted the urge to roll his eyes.“Chairman Cho, Miss Amanda has been giving me a tour of the office. I also believe that it’s more important to learn about the company and my co-workers.” Stephen replied. He could tell that his team members and Amanda were getting anxious behind him, who wouldn’t? They were standing before the Chairman of their company, a man who had the power to fire them on a whim.They were also witnessing their new boss answer the Chairman directly as the chairman had just claimed to have personally hired Stephen Sy.To their surprise, Eldrich Cho laughed and smiled, something that the people of the company hadn’t seen him do in a long time. “I am bey
Eventually, Stephen and the others managed to escape the chatty Kyle Choi with Andrwe Wong and Michael Ho frowning at the guy.“Why didn’t you tell him that you’re our new boss?” Andrew Wong asked Stephen when they finally made it to the elevator with Natalia Wu, Carissa Tan, and Amanda.“Tell who? What did we miss?” Carissa Tan asked as she looked at the three men.“Kyle Choi came up to us with rumors about our new boss.” Michael Ho said, laughing at the situation. It seemed he had managed to recover from the initial embarrassment.“Oh, what did he say when you told him Stephen was our new boss?” Carissa asked, giggling and eager to find out what had happe