Secretly Married to a Chaebol Alpha novel Chapter 32

Chapter 32: SELF-PITY PARTY

A few minutes earlier...

"YOUNG MASTER, I’m sorry for failing to protect Lim Garam-nim properly."

Haaah.

Song Sihyuk felt instantly irritated after seeing Shin Geon— Lim Garam’s personal manager-slash-bodyguard— greet him.

He had just arrived at Lim Garam’s apartment complex.

Shin Geon greeted him at the basement parking.

"Jung Han."

"Yes, sir."

Song Sihyuk didn’t have to say anything else.

Jung Han already knew what to do— and that was to punch Shin Geon in the face.

Of course, Shin Geon didn’t fight back. The useless bodyguard just lowered his head and let his nose bleed without wiping it.

"How can you let my wife get hurt when he’s with you?"

Shin Geon lowered his head in remorse. "I’m sorry, Young Master. I’ll do better—"

"No," Song Sihyuk said sternly, cutting off the bodyguard. "You’re fired."

Shin Geon remained bowing. "Please give me one more chance, Young Master—"

"You don’t have the right to be my wife’s bodyguard anymore," Song Sihyuk said, scoffing. "Jung Han, deal with that useless fool."

"Yes, Director Song."

Song Sihyuk then left and headed straight to Lim Garam’s apartment.

When he saw his wife’s face, he felt a rage he hadn’t felt before.

I should have punched Shin Geon myself for failing to protect my brat.

"You should have come to me instead of sulking here all by yourself."

Lim Garam just frowned. "Come in, Hyung."

Song Sihyuk remained standing on the porch, and then he grabbed Lim Garam’s face gently. "Why did you already treat your wound? I was hoping to earn some brownie points by putting ointment on your wound myself."

As usual, Lim Garam just remained silent.

"Do you not need to go to the hospital, brat?"

"It’s just a busted lip, Hyung— I’ll live."

"Your face is your livelihood, so you should have been more careful," Song Sihyuk scolded his brat before letting go of his face. "Did you fight back?"

"I don’t know how to throw a punch."

"Aigooya."

"So, I threw a chair at Sunbae-nim."

Song Sihyuk was shocked to hear that, but he ended up laughing because it was funny.

But Lim Garam wasn’t done yet.

"Sunbae-nim was actually taken to the hospital because he bled a lot."

Pfft.

That made everything funnier.

I need to see it.

Song Sihyuk pulled out his phone from the pocket of his inner jacket and called Jung Han. "Send me the original copy of the CCTV footage from the salon."

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"HAHAHAHAHA!"

Tsk.

Garam was annoyed that Song Sihyuk was laughing out loud, but he was even more annoyed at himself for not finding the Alpha’s laugh irritating.

Sihyuk Hyung’s laugh sounds expensive, whatever that means.

"You really threw a chair at that bastard!"

Tsk.

Song Sihyuk made a phone call earlier to Jung Han— his right-hand man.

"Send me the original copy of the CCTV footage from the salon."

That was the Alpha’s order.

It didn’t take long before Garam realized that Song Sihyuk was talking about the CCTV footage at the salon where the fight happened.

A chaebol’s influence is really scary.

Long story short, the Alpha was now laughing his ass off while sitting on the sofa as if he owned the apartment.

He could hear Song Sihyuk laugh from the kitchen.

"Hyung, it’s not that funny," Garam complained while pouring barley tea into the glass placed on top of the kitchen island. That was the only thing he could offer to Song Sihyuk since he was barely at his apartment anyway. He preferred staying in the dorm with the kids. "Why are you laughing like it’s the funniest thing you’ve seen in your life?"

"Because it is," Song Sihyuk said, clutching his stomach with one hand while the other hand was slapping the sofa’s armrest. "Why didn’t you grab the scissors, though? You should have just stabbed the bastard."

"Hyung is really a bad adult."

"And?"

Haaah.

Garam just shook his head before putting down the tray on the coffee table, then he sat on the floor because he didn’t want to sit next to Song Sihyuk. "Is it safe to assume that you’ve already cleaned up after my mess?"

"Yes. The incident won’t get leaked to the public. We’ve already made the witnesses sign an NDA," Song Sihyuk explained. Finally, the Alpha stopped laughing. "The only one we need to deal with is the idol you got into a fight with. If he threatens to sue, tell me."

"Hyung, AJ Sunbae-nim is from a big company."

In short, my members are the ones keeping us famous.

It’s too late to hesitate now— I’ve already thrown my pride away when I signed that contract five years ago. Plus, my pride won’t help my group maintain our success.

If Sihyuk Hyung wasn’t here to clean up after my mess, then the reporters would have had a field day already while tearing me up. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

A scandal that would have been enough to end my career, regardless of whether AJ Sunbae-nim started it or not.

Garam glared at Song Sihyuk. "As expected, Hyung doesn’t know how to console other people properly."

"I’m making you face reality— you need that the most right now," Song Sihyuk said unapologetically while patting Garam’s shoulder. "If it’s any consolation, I’m only giving you opportunities. You still need to work hard. Lim Garam, I’m a businessman. If your group hasn’t succeeded even after the immense support that I have given you, then I would have dropped you already and asked you to retire."

Oh.

Weirdly, that actually made Garam feel a little better.

That’s right— Sihyuk Hyung is a businessman. If our group didn’t manage to return his investment, then he wouldn’t have continued supporting us. Even though Sihyuk Hyung is rich rich, it doesn’t mean he enjoys losing money.

"I don’t understand why you’re feeling bad when your group’s success is also your success, though," Song Sihyuk said while playing with Garam’s hair— his fingers twirling the end of his locks. "Lim Garam, how can you say that you have the least contribution in your team when you’re the sole reason you were able to debut in the first place?"

Oh.

Oh.

Song Sihyuk made a very valid point.

Yes, Garam was the reason they were able to debut.

Their previous shitty CEO wouldn’t have been able to support their group the way Song Sihyuk had supported them all these years.

Our old crappy management didn’t have that kind of budget.

"Garam-ah, you’re the core member of your team," Song Sihyuk said. "Those kids wouldn’t have been able to work without you in the first place."

"But my contribution to the team is you..."

"And I’m yours, Garam-ah."

Aigoo.

That was so freaking cringe.

Yet, for some reason, Garam couldn’t help but smile.

This hyung really sucks at comforting other people.

"You look so fucking cute when you smile, Garam-ah," Song Sihyuk said, gently grabbing Garam’s face to make him look at the Alpha. "Do you want me to teach you how to kiss now?"

Oh.

The time has come, huh?

Garam knew his place as someone who benefited from Song Sihyuk’s financial support, so he had no intention of denying his sponsor-slash-husband what he wanted.

I’m already lucky that Sihyuk Hyung is only asking for a proper kiss.

Having said that...

Garam avoided Song Sihyuk’s eyes, hoping that the Alpha wouldn’t notice him turn red. "Only if you promise you’ll stop at just kissing for now, Hyung."

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