Her Return, His Regret by Natie

When Ryan arrived at work, his assistant, Lawrence Scott, came to him and reported, "Sir, there's an emergency meeting. The shareholders were summoned and they are waiting for you."

Ryan furrowed his eyebrows as he asked, "What's the meeting about?"

"I'm not sure... no one is saying anything," Lawrence replied.

Ryan wondered why the shareholders were suddenly creating trouble after being quiet for many years. It had been a while since they called for an emergency meeting. Usually, this occurs when some of the members are unhappy about something. Unease crept into Ryan and settled in his stomach. He had a bad feeling about this but he walked confidently to the conference room.

However, he stilled when he saw someone he wasn't expecting to see there.

Jason. His half-brother.

Jason Anderson Kingsley was seated at the far end of the long mahogany table, looking smug. He was dressed in a tailored navy suit, leaning back in his chair with a smirk playing on his lips.

The man looked like he had come to create trouble and he was enjoying it.

Ryan narrowed his eyes at the young man. Now that he knew who he was, he could finally recall why he felt Jason looked familiar. Unlike Ryan who took after Charles and Miles, Jason took after his mother, Celeste Anderson.

In Ryan's mind, Jason had been planning this with his mother for some time. Perhaps dating Lora was part of the plan too, luckily that never went far.

After taking a seat at the head of the table, Ryan's jaw tightened as he glanced at Jason.

He questioned

with uneasy expressions at the rising tension

got to his feet, straightening

not a Kingsley too?"

around and answer the question,"

"I'm here because I belong here, dear brother. In fact, I'm challenging you for the

the place, the tension becoming so thick that one could cut through it with a knife. The board members exchanged glances, unable to bring themselves to interrupt the two siblings who were

Jason chuckled darkly before

knew

just like you and I should be given a chance to showcase my

through Ryan. Jason was clearly targeting him purposefully and

the shareholders, Franklin Hall, cleared his throat and said, "Mr Kingsley, I don't think it's a bad idea for your young brother to challenge

and the only second heir, the others are third and fourth in line," Ryan responded

Kingsley is a woman,

glaring at the old man. "Are you saying my sister can't be the second heir because she's a woman? Franklin, are you sure you want to be going

hesitated, wondering

Kingsley. The truth was, he didn't really have an issue with Ryan. The man had made the company thrive. However, Celeste had secretly met Franklin and asked for his assistance to make Jason the CEO. She promised

what