“This is a bad idea.” Hana hissed as they entered another toy store. Hans was carefully taking note of everything that Paolo picked out, making sure. That he knew exactly what his son liked and didn’t like.He had informed his parents the night before that he had a son and both took the news quite well.They were surprisingly calm and happy about the news. Of course they were disappointed that Paolo’s mother was not Hans’ wife, but they were at least happy that Stephen had not forced their son to marry Paolo’s mother. “The press don’t know how Paolo looks.” Hans reminded Hana. “It’s you that they know.” Hana glared at Hans as he insinuated that if anyone was going to be the cause of Paolo’s identity being revealed to the press, it would be Hana. “I would never do anything to harm Paolo.” Hana said as she argued with Hans.“And yet you are here.” He said coldly as glared at Hana. Things were usually much more difficult with Hana around. He needed to be nice to her when she was co
When Stephen heard the news about what had happened, he quickly left his office and ordered both John and Andrew to utilize all of their resources to figure out what had happened.He was glad that he had sent the extra security detail to watch over Paolo. When Hans had told him that he wanted to take Paolo to the mall, Stephen had a bad feeling that something could happen.He knew that Stephen had no ill intentions towards his own son, Stpehen just had one of those bad feelings. Unfortunately, he was right. The press that Robert should have had under control had somehow managed to find out that Stephen’s so called illegitimate son was shopping with members of the Cho and Ong family.Stephen was out for blood.From what they had managed to quickly gather, someone had released information about the trip. “Alona seemed worried about something.” Vanessa told him over the phone as they spoke while on the phone while Stephen was being driven back home. “She wouldn’t tell me, I think she
“They are in Paolo’s room, sir.” A maid informed Stephen as soon as he had arrived. Paolo, Alona, and Hans had arrived before him and Vanessa.They had placed the boy in his room, but according to Hans he was afraid to leave Paolo. The little boy might wake up and find himself alone after what had happened. “Thank you.” Stephen told the maid as he rushed up the stairs to check on his adopted son.When he entered, Paolo was still fast asleep and the adults sat to the side, silently discussing what had happened.“Cousin.” Hans stood up to greet Stephen, who nodded and gestured for him to sit back down.“How is he?” Stephen asked as he walked up to Paolo and gently brushed the hair off of the sleeping child’s face.“He slept soundly in the car as we drove home.” Alona told Stephen as she watched the interaction between Stephen and Paolo.It was clear from the way Stephen acted that he loved Paolo. She saw the same love in Hans’ eyes when he was watching over Paolo, but as Hans had tol
“Are you alright?” Alona said as she joined Hans on the home bar, He was drinking away his pains and worries. “I will be.” Hans said as he finished the contents of his glass.“But obviously you’re not.” Alona said as she dragged Hans off of his chair.“Where are we going?” Hans asked as they walked out the door of the mansion. “Did my cousin ask you to take me away?” He questioned.“No, I’m doing this because you are the victim here that everyone seems to have forgotten.” Alona told him as a driver tossed her the keys to the car that was waiting on the driveway.“The victim that everyone has forgotten?” Hans asked as Alona forced him to get into the passenger’s seat. By the time he realized that Alona was the one driving, it was too late. “Wait, what? You’re driving?!” Hans shouted as Alona stepped on the gas and drove them away from Cho mansion.“Relax, I’ve been driving for years.” Alona told him. “Don’t be so sexist, just because I’m a woman doesn’t mean I can’t drive well.” H
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.
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
“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
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