The Secretary's Power (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 92

Chairman Ha silently attended his daughter-in-law’s memorial service, as if simply fulfilling a duty. After a brief period of offering food, the ceremony concluded by burning the spirit tablet.

He suddenly gazed for a long moment at his daughter-in-law’s face in the framed portrait. After all, isn’t a posthumous portrait meant to be made from a photo capturing the happiest, most radiant moment of one’s life? Her bright smile seemed to confirm precisely that.

He guessed it must have been after she married his son Kyun Ho, and especially after giving birth to their son Tae Beom.

Back then, Chairman Ha was even more vigorous, and Yusun Airlines stood proudly at the pinnacle of the world under his bold leadership.

At that time, he summoned his son’s secretary—his daughter-in-law Eun Jeong—to his office. It was their first and last private meeting.

He engraved harsh, almost torturous words onto her small frame, and Eun Jeong shed tears silently, drop by drop. She must have been utterly devastated, yet since his son wouldn’t let her go, she ultimately fled from this world.

“I never thought I’d be looking at you like this.”

Though he knew the smile in the portrait wasn’t directed at him, Chairman Ha spoke to his smiling daughter-in-law anyway.

At that time, Chairman Ha couldn’t tolerate anything less than the best—he wanted everything, including his son’s marriage and his grandson, to be tied to Korea’s most prestigious family, and he truly believed that was right.

“Though I’m your elder in this life, in the next, you’ve arrived before me—you’re the elder now. I’m honestly afraid of your scolding; how can I close my eyes peacefully these days? That’s the thought that’s been on my mind.”

Chairman Ha’s face broke into a faint smile—an expression so refined and free of resentment or hostility his daughter-in-law had never witnessed during her life.

“Still, I suppose I’ll have to go someday. When I get there, please don’t scold me too harshly. What could I have known back then? Even now, at my age, half my life is regret and half experience. I truly didn’t understand.”

Lifting his heavily wrinkled eyelids, Chairman Ha slowly moved his dry lips.

“No—go ahead and scold me as much as you like. I’ll be watching every moment until I finally arrive. When I see you there, pour it all out on me, and whip me as much as you want.”

As if to say: Don’t pretend to apologize now. I’m not ready to forgive you yet.

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