Hana's hands shook with each move she made. It was finally the day that she had been waiting for, the day she would step foot into Park Group. Her appearance at the company would solidify her position and title as the main heiress of the Park family. The very thought of it made her anxious all night, unable to fall asleep, leading to hours of lying in bed with her eyes wide open.

She smoothed her dress, running her hands along the material as she stared at it in the mirror, a beige and black coloured Gucci dress that hugged her curves at the right angles and fit her body like it was tailored for her. The dress chosen after hours of talking and arguing with the coordinator and Chaewon. Her hair pulled up into a high ponytail with some light makeup to complete her look and beige pumps to match her dress. 

She took a deep breath, reminding herself of the things she learnt from the previous month. For the last one month, Hana had gone through rigorous training under her grandfather and her secretary on everything she needed to do and everything she needed to know. Her grandfather said she was ready but Hana wasn't so sure. Hana knew there wasn't any room left for doubt, she wasn't just Hana anymore, she was the heiress of a multi-billion dollar company and she had people - her family who believed in her and she wasn't about to let them down. 

At the most oppurtuned timing, a knock on the door disrupted Hana's thoughts. A maid walked in, bowing in the presence of Hana. 

"Young Miss Hana. Breakfast is being served." 

"I understand. You may leave." 

The maid bows once again, retreating out of the room swiftly. Hana shuts her eyes, taking deep breaths to calm herself before opening her eyes and staring at her reflection in the mirror. She was ready, she can do this. She walked away from the mirror and out of her room, heading down the steps into the dining room. She takes a seat beside her grandfather who looks at her with a proud expression plastered on his face. 

"Today is quite a big day for you, Hana. Your mother wanted to be here for you but unfortunately, she needs to be in London for an important meeting." 

Hana nods her head, a small smile graced her lips, "It's alright. I understand, grandpa. She is busy as well but at least, I'll have you there. Chaewon and grandma will be at the shareholders meeting as well. That's more than enough." 

Her grandfather seemed pleased as the family continued eating in silence. Her grandfather's secretary walked in, bowing as Hana's grandfather puts down his utensils. 

"Chairman. It is almost time to leave if we do not want to be late" her grandfather's secretary informed them. 

Hana puts down her utensils as well, dabbing the sides of with the napkin. 

"Very well. Let us head out then" her grandfather announces as he stands up to leave his seat. 

Hana, Chaewon and their grandmother also leaves their seat following behind Chairman Park as they walk into the foyer. The butlers and maids were lined up accordingly as they bid the family farewell. Two Bentley Mulsannes were parked in front of the main entrance, the doors opened and the drivers ready on standby. Two black Escalades were also present, one in front and another behind the Bentleys, men clad in black waiting beside the cars.  Hana and Chaewon took one car while their grandparents took another. The drivers closing the doors and hurriedly moving to get into the driver's seat as the entourage left the compound.

The entourage was close to arriving at the company as Hana grew anxious, her palms sweaty and her legs shaking habitually. She felt Chaewon sliding her hand over hers, holding it tight. Hana looked over to Chaewon and gave her a reassuring smile. She wasn't the only one who was nervous today. A few turns later, the entourage pulled up in front of a glass building. From the car, Hana peered out of the window and  saw an army of executives waiting outside, ready to receive them. The door is pulled open by the bodyguards as Hana and Chaewon slid out of the car, waiting for their grandparents to walk ahead of them before taking another step. 

The army of executives immediately bowed, a loud chorus followed, "Welcome, Chairman! Madam! Young Misses!" Chairman Park nodded, "Thank you, everyone for the warm welcome!" The executives allowed the four of them to walk into the building first before following behind them. The entourage headed up to the conference room where the board meeting was being held. As they stepped in, they took their respective seats at the table with Hana and Chaewon sitting together beside their grandmother and their grandfather seated at the center of the long conference table. The spokesperson stood by the mic stand and announced, "Welcome, everyone to Park Group's annual shareholders meeting. Today, our main agenda is the appointment of our new Chief Director, Miss Park Hana. Before we begin that, Chairman Park would like to share a few words." 

Chairman Park leaned forward towards the mic, "Thank you, speaker. Now, I won't bore everyone out with a long speech but first thing I must clarify is that my choice to reveal my oldest granddaughter to the public and the board late was so she could prepare herself for this journey. She will lead Park Group along with President Park and in doing so, she will continue my legacy. So, I would like to officially welcome my oldest granddaughter, Park Hana to the company," he looked at Hana, a small smile graced his face, "Welcome, my dear child. I trust you will do great things for this company." 

Hana smiled, bowing her head gratefully. The room bursts into a full on applause session as the loud claps reverberated through the conference room. Hana stands up, a hand over her chest as she bowed deeply towards the executives. 

"Thank you, Chairman Park. Now, let us welcome our new Chief Director, Miss Park Hana up to say a few words" the spokesperson announced. 

Hana slowly gets up from her seat to stand behind the podium, her eyes centered upon the executives seating round the table. 

"Thank you, speaker. Thank you, Chairman. The reason I am able to join Park Group today is all thanks to the grace of my family. As the Chief Director of Park Group, I swear to work my hardest to ensure that the company prospers and will reach even greater heights. With the help of my sister, Chaewon and all the executives in the board, I hope to achieve many things with everyone and I ask for your kind advice and help. Allow me to thank you in advance," Hana then stepped to the side of the podium, bowing once more before straightening her back and standing with a confident smile. 

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The board meeting was over as Hana's grandparents and Chaewon wanted to return home. Hana bid them farewell, sending them off at the main entrance before she headed upstairs to her office, escorted by Joohyuk or Nam Biso who had arrived shortly after the meeting ended. The elevator stopped off on the 35th floor as the elevator doors creaked open, allowing Hana and Joohyuk to step out. On her way to her office, she passed by an office space, separated by a glass panel between where she stood and was filled with close to 20 staff buzzing about. Joohyuk explains that there are two separate TF (Task Force) teams inside who work directly under her. 

Hana nods, continuing down the hallway, through a wooden door where she saw double doors with the name plate, 'Chief Director', written upon it. Joohyuk moved swiftly from behind Hana to open the door for her, stepping aside to allow Hana into her new office first. 

Hana looked around in awe, from the furniture to the colours, everything was just the way she liked it. Large windows brought in a lot of natural light which put her in a good mood because she also had a great view. 

"President Park ordered me to ensure that everything was to your liking. She had everything inside the office customed and arranged neatly because she knew you didn't like clutter" Joohyuk spoke up. 

Hana turned around, smiling at Joohyuk as she made a mental note to thank her mother. Despite only being with Hana for a month, her mother had somehow found out all of Hana's likes and dislikes. She was spot on this time. Hana walked up the marble steps, her pumps made a click clack noise with each step she took. She pulled out the chair, taking a seat on it before sighing as she sinked deeper into the chair. Joohyuk stood in front of her without a single noise. 

The door opened as delivery men walked in one by one bearing gifts as they left it on the floor. Hana immediately perked up as she looked at the gradually increasing amount of gifts. 

"Nam Biso. What are all that?" Hana question Joohyuk. 

"Ah, yes. These are all congratulatory gifts sent by the Park's acquaintances and Presidents of each of Park Group's subsidiaries," Joohyuk mentioned as Hana's attention was focused upon the huge bouquets of flowers and several other boxes, "I believe your friends sent you some gifts as well." 

Hana snapped her head toward Joohyuk once he mentioned her friends. 

"Miss Ha Sooyoung sent you 400 stalks of roses along with a card. Miss Kim Jiwoo sent you two boxes of pizza and ramen with a letter," Joohyuk listed one after another,  Hana on the other hand was distracted by the heavenly smell of pizza and ramen that was left on the glass table, "Miss Haseul sent you a box of handcrafted artisan cupcakes. Miss Vivi sent you a box of Chateau Lafite 1869. Miss Jungeun also sent you a gift but I'm afraid I am unaware of the box's content." 

Hana sighed, she couldn't believe her friends were still so supportive of her even when she never told them anything. She had also forgotten how rich her friends actually were, all hailing from chaebol families but they were humble about it. That was why Hana never had any issues hanging out with them because they were all so cool about it, they never flaunted it like others.

She still remembered how it was back then, she was the only scholarship student among her circle of friends but even then, she wasn't made to feel insecure or degraded but she felt rather accepted and loved. That was the reason why she loved her friends, they treated her like she was their equal even when her status was in no way on par with theirs. However, things were different now. Nobody could ever anticipate Hana's true identity as a chaebol. 

Hana was startled by the amount of gifts that were now occupying half of her office, she shook her head in disbelief when she saw there were more boxes being lifted in. 

"What are those?" Hana pointed at the newly placed boxes which were wrapped neatly using gold wrapping paper, "Who are they from?"

Joohyuk walked towards it, picking up the card hidden inside the bouquet of flowers on top of the boxes.

Joohyuk opened the card, reading out loud, "Congratulations on your appointment! From Madam Jeon." 

Hana's brows furrowed as she growled out orders, "I dont want them. Have them sent back inmmediately." 

Joohyuk hurriedly moves according to Hana's commands and has the workers return and carry the boxes back out. He then bows, leaving Hana alone with all the gifts. She stands up from her seat, heading straight for her friends' gifts. She picked up Sooyoung's card that was sticking out from the top of the flower basket, opening it, You surprised me, Hana. It was very unexpected but I'm happy that you've found your family. Congratulations, kid! 

Hana's lips stretched into a big smile as she closed the card, slipping it back onto the flowers. Sooyoung always knew the right words to say and it never failed to put Hana into a good mood. She moved on to open Jiwoo's letter. It was a very Jiwoo letter. Yah! Minatozaki, no, wait, Park Hana! How dare you keeps such a large secret from me! I am angry but happy at the same time. I know you've always been alone since your mother passed, so I'm glad you found your family. Be happy and fighting! Also, don't be a stranger! 

Hana couldn't help but chuckle as she placed the letter back. Hana's attention was drawn towards a small packaging beside Jiwoo's gifts, examining it closely, it was a Harry Winston case. She opened it and out came a card with the words 'I trust you'. Hana knew it was from Jungeun, there was bo doubt there. She moved the card aside to see a beautiful charm bracelet inside. She couldn't help but feel guilty because she kept a lot of things from Jungeun for so long and she made Jungeun worry unnecessary. 

She made a mental note to explain everything to Jungeun when the time was right. Hana didn't bother going through all the gifts as she returned to her seat with the container of ramen. She called in Joohyuk and told him to take the pizzas out and give them to the staff to eat while she ate the ramen. 

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Hana was hard at work, looking through the documents that was submitted to her when a knock on the door interrupted her concentration. 

"Come in!" 

The door opened revealing Joohyuk who walked in, closing the door behind him before walking up the steps, bowing as he stood in front of Hana. 

"Jeonmunim. I found what you asked for" Joohyuk says, holding out the file in his hands towards Hana. 

Hana looks up, putting the document in her hands down to take the file from Joohyuk's outstretched hands. 

As she flipped through the file, she said, "Report." 

Joohyuk spoke up, his words flowed out so smoothly, it was like a script, "I've contacted, interviewed and reviewed all the CCTV footage to find out whether anyone had visited your mother prior to her death. There weren't many people who did. One being Chairman Park, you and last is someone very familiar to you--"

Hana arched a brow towards her secretary, "Well? Don't keep me waiting." 

"Madam Jeon."

Hana clenched her fists, her face contorted in anger as she bit back her anger. 

"What did they talk about? Do you have any witness who heard them speak?" Hana questioned through gritted teeth, trying to suppress her anger. 

Joohyuk seemed hesitant as he said, "Yes. There was one nurse who overheard them. But---" he paused, his pupils shook as he couldn't look at Hana, unsure of whether he should tell. 

Hana's eyes darkened, her voice commanding as she demanded impatiently, "Spit it out, Nam Joohyuk! This is an order!"

Joohyuk knew he had no choice but to speak as he sighed, continuing his words, "Madam Jeon told your mother that you were not good for her daughter. That you were a burden to her daughter's life. She wanted your mother to tell you to stay away. She threatened your scholarship as well. The nurse couldn't hear anymore because she saw Madam Jeon leaving the hospital room and not long after, your mother began convulsing." 

Hana threw the file, sending it flying across the room as she panted heavily, slamming her fists onto the table with a huge bang. She was seething. Joohyuk took a step back involuntarily, genuinely frightened by Hana. He had never seen her lose her cool, nor has he seen her so angry.

"My mother was already dying. She was sick and that! THAT VILE WOMAN! She angered, hurt and threatened my sick mother. She was the cause of my mother's pain and I was dumb enough not to know!" Hana spat out angrily, she was basically screaming at that point, she then snapped her head towards a pale Joohyuk, "Did Jeon Heejin know of this?" 

Hana was looking at her secretary for answers. Joohyuk quickly recovered from his fear. 

"No, Miss Jeon was kept in the dark this entire time" Joohyuk replied. 

Tears of anger and frustrations began to flow down Hana's cheeks as she wiped them away roughly with the back of her hand.

"I will get my revenge," Hana started, her eyes was a bit crazed, her voice chilling and dark as she said, "Mark my words. That vile woman will pay for what she has done. I will make sure that she pays for every pain that she has caused my mother. I have a huge surprise in store for her and she won't even see it coming."