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.

here?" He questioned coldly, his voice calm

marred with

his feet, straightening his tie

doing here? Am I not a Kingsley too?" He asked in

playing around and answer the question,"

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

fell over 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 suddenly in a power play. After some time, Ryan scoffed and said, "The first thing you do after revealing your identity

Jason chuckled darkly before

knew you

more than qualified to sit on that seat just like you and I should be given a chance to showcase my skills. Who knows, I can run

Jason was clearly targeting him purposefully and he

cleared his throat and said, "Mr Kingsley, I don't think it's a bad idea for your young brother to challenge you for the CEO position.

heir? Diane Kingsley is the second born and the only second heir, the

Kingsley is a woman, Mr

"Are you saying my sister can't be the second

hesitated, wondering

made the company thrive. However, Celeste had secretly met Franklin and asked for his assistance to make Jason the CEO. She promised to

what