The Secretary's Power (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 17

“How long are you going to keep tagging along under your friend, doing nothing but cleaning up his messes? Have some dignity, Attorney Kim Yang Hoon.”

Not long ago, after receiving a call from the Vice President’s office, Yang Hoon had a conversation with Ji Seok.

Just as he’d fully anticipated beforehand, Ji Seok tried to lure him over.

“Don’t you need to think about your parents? Do you really think they’d be happy knowing you work under Tae Beom? No parent in the world would be pleased seeing their son working under a friend.”

He was unusually blunt, skipping all the usual roundabout phrasing.

It was an offer to join him—to chase a bigger dream together.

“Hyung-nim, you don’t get it. My parents actually really like him.”

Ji Seok offered terms that were shockingly generous, even for an in-house counsel—offering an eye-watering equity split and a salary several times higher without hesitation.

He claimed it was because Yang Hoon was precisely the talent the company needed and worth the investment, but in truth, Ji Seok simply wanted to clip Tae Beom’s wings entirely.

“Our grandfather isn’t that easily swayed. If you think Tae Beom can really become CEO, just give up that hope. He’s not the kind of man who’d ever take back a grandchild he’s already cast out.”

Hmm. Yang Hoon twirled his fountain pen deftly between his fingers.

No matter how much Tae Beom had fallen out of favor, it was still impossible for anyone to predict what might happen.

Ji Seok, confident in securing the CEO position, puffed himself up—but Yang Hoon could sense the fear lurking behind that bravado.

Ji Seok knew all too well that Tae Beom couldn’t be underestimated—that at any moment, he might sink his teeth into his throat.

“Ugh. Not my problem. Honestly, I don’t even know myself.”

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