“Well then,” Stephen said as he chuckled at the brothers. “I think you have more to settle with your brother.” “Will you allow us the freedom to do as we wish with him?” Manuel asked Stephen.“Just don’t kill him.” Stephen said, waving him off. Stephen then paused and looked at John. “Leave a doctor with them, I want to make sure Jacob doesn’t die.” Stephen told his second-in-command. “Death would be a mercy, and he doesn’t deserve that kind of mercy.”John nodded as Stephen got up and left. Stephen left the man at his brother's mercy, he still needed to deal with the others.Andrew was waiting for Stephen as he walked out of the bar."On to the next one boss?" Andrew asked as he held open the door to Stephen's car.Stephen nodded as he climbed in. He quickly called Edward to inform his friend that they were on their way. "Angel called, she wanted to come." Andrew informed Stephen as they drove away. "Tell her no." Stephen said. "Her cousin will have my head if something happen
“Brother.” Angel hissed as she entered the office accompanied by five guards. “Why are your men treating me like a criminal?”“They are there to protect you, do you have any idea how dangerous the people in this prison are?!” Warden Yu said angrily. “I know how dangerous they are, I worked with Stephen and Robert to take your fresh batch down.” Angel argued. She then turned to look at Stephen and glared at him.“I demand to speak to Gabrielle, I have a score to settle with her as well.” Angel said in a stern tone as she walked up to Stephen. To everyone’s surprise, Stephen simply smiled and sighed. “You can't seriously be considering letting her speak to them?” Robert asked as he entered the room, joining their group.“Nice of you to join us. I think you’re a little late.” Edward teased. Robert simply rolled his eyes and ignored his friend’s jab. “It’s not as dangerous as you are all making it sound.” Angel grumbled. “Stephen, you are the most logical here, tell them that it is
When Angel entered the room with the multiple guards and her brother, Gabrielle’s head snapped up and it was clear from her expression that she didn’t expect to see Angel. “Well this is an interesting predicament we are in.” Angel chuckled as a guard brought over a chair for her to sit on. “What are you doing here?” Gabrielle hissed. “You don’t know, do you?” Angel asked as she threw her head back and laughed. “So your boyfriend was caught fucking some whore while you were at home trying to gain more favor and money from your grandfather.” Gabrielle spat at Angel, making the other woman flinch with a disgusted look on her face. Warden Yu was quick to hand his sister a handkerchief to wipe the spit off of her face. “You really should think hard about who you are going up against.” Angel said as she glared at Gabrielle, wiping the spit off of her face. Angel smiled at Gabrielle, gone was the sweet innocent woman that Angel presented herself in public as. It was clear from the loo
“Where are you going?” Robert asked as they all followed Stephen out of the prison. He had ordered for Gabrielle to be returned to her cell and informed Warden Yu that he would return to finish speaking to the others.“Home.” Stephen said as he stopped and looked around.“Andrew!” He shouted, making his assistant quickly surge to the front.“Boss?” Andrew asked as he quickly took out his phone, ready to take notes based on what Stephen was about to say.“Find out what you can about Gabrielle’s child. I want to run a DNA test against me.” Stephen announced.There was an eerie silence as everyone processed Stephen’s words. They all looked at him, shocked, confused as to why Stephen would run a DNA test with a child that couldn’t be his.“Stephen, if you are sure that her child isn’t yours, why would you even ask for a DNA test to be done?” Angel asked.“Oh.” Robert suddenly gasped, making everyone turn their attention to him.He looked around as if trying to figure out if he was the o
“What do you plan to do with the cousin?” Vanessa asked Stephen. “Nothing.” Stephen shrugged as they sat down on a couch. “She is no one important and soon enough I will have enough evidence to prove that Gabrielle’s child is not mine.”“What if they are already working on making the news explode online?” Vanessa questioned her husband.“Then we stay silent.” Stephen said as he brushed a stray strand of hair from his wife’s face. “What if they take that as you being guilty?” Vanessa questioned.“Love, you’re smarter than this.” Stephen chuckled. “I think we need to go on a honeymoon now since you are way too stressed.” Vanessa rolled her eyes at him as she tried to stand up and leave.Stephen pulled her back down, making her land on his lap. To keep her balance, Vanessa had to wrap her arms around his neck. “I like us like this.” Stephen teased as he planted a kiss on her lips. “My image in the public doesn’t matter to me Vanessa, not when you know the truth.”Vanessa nodded as s
“I think he thinks the child really is his.” Gabrielle’s cousin said proudly as she arrived back home to meet with the rest of their group.“Did he accept him?” Another cousin asked as she looked at the cute little boy they had come to love. “Do you think he will take Pao Pao away from us?”“It’s the Cho family.” The first cousin said as she shrugged. “They will take him and raise him to be like them. At least Gabrielle and grandpa will have a chance of walking free again.”The second cousin, Hana, sighed and shook her head. She never truly understood everyone’s obsession with power. “Miss, there is a visitor.” A maid told Hana as Pao Pao came running up to her.The little boy jumped on to her lap making Hana laugh while their other cousin rolled her eyes in annoyance.“Well I will be extremely happy to see that kid gone, he’s nothing but a pain in the ass.” She said as she walked out of the room, allowing Hana to deal with the guest.“Pao Pao, you need to be quiet, alright? Behave
“He looks so harmless.” Vanessa cooed as she looked at the little boy.Stephen sighed as he looked at the sleeping boy. He was innocent in all of this but his mother decided to drag him along.“Can’t we protect him from all of this?” Vanessa asked as she looked up at her husband.Stephen knew that he was taking a risk when he decided to let Vanessa meet the little boy, and he was right.Vanessa pitied him, he knew she wanted to help him, Stephen did too.Even his aunt, the poor young Hana who was currently in one of the spare bedrooms was just an unwilling victim to all of this mess.
The little boy stared at Stephen and blinked his wide hazel eyes. Those eyes alone were enough to tell Stephen that the kid was his cousin’s. It was such a rare distinct eye color that there was no way the child wasn’t related to Hans.“I want my auntie Hana!” The boy started to cry out, confusing Stephen and his companions.The child didn’t look for his mother or great grandfather, rather he searched for the young woman who was resting in another room. “Your auntie Hana isn’t feeling well, little boy.” Stephen said in a somewhat cold tone.“Stephen!” Vanessa hissed as she pulled the child on her lap and gently stroked his head, trying to calm him down. “He’s a child, he might belong to the Ong family but he is innocent.”Stephen was caught off guard by her words but wasn’t entirely surprised. Vanessa had the tendency to see good in all people and to protect the most innocent of them all.As a child, Paolo was one of the most innocent ones out there. “I know you.” Paolo suddenly d