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.

are you doing here?" He questioned coldly, his voice calm

shared looks, their faces marred with uneasy expressions

to his feet, straightening his

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

around and answer the question," Ryan

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

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

Jason chuckled darkly before

"I knew you

on me. You probably underestimate me because you think I have nothing. I'm 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

flared through Ryan. Jason was clearly targeting him purposefully and he had no idea what the

a bad idea for your young brother to challenge you for the CEO position. He's

second born and the only

Kingsley is a

sister can't be the second heir because she's a woman? Franklin, are you

wondering if

truth was, he didn't really have an issue with Ryan. The man had made the company thrive. However, Celeste had secretly met

what