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
“Natalia?” Mr. Ong asked in shock as he watched the person he expected to side with him, get up and walk towards Stephen Sy.“Mr. Sy, why don’t we head down together. We’re all done for the day anyway.” Natalia Wu said as she smiled at Stephen.“Right, yes, we’re done!” Carissa kicked Michael Ho’s chair making him jump and quickly sweep all of his things into his bag.Stephen resisted the urge to laugh as Andrew Wong shook his head, stood up and followed Natalia to stand next to Stephen.“What are you doing here, Liam?” Andrew asked in a cold tone.From what Stephen could tell, the two
Stephen calmly made his way to the Chairman's office as everyone whispered about the scene Liam Te had made at the elevator.From what Stephen could gather from the whispers around him, Liam was a constant fixture at the CEO’s floor, and his outbursts were not rare.What was odd to them was the fact Liam’s outburst often happened after he was leaving his father’s office.Liam never dared approach the Chairman’s office, which was why the people in this are were so confident that Liam Te wouldn’t hear them.“Sorry, but are you lost?” A woman asked as she noticed Stephen walking through the hall headed to the Chairman’s office.