Secretly Married to a Chaebol Alpha
Chapter 32: SELF-PITY PARTY

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."

***

"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."

"So? Is his company bigger than mine?"

"I know SG Group is a bigger company than a mere entertainment agency," Garam said awkwardly. "Even so, AJ Sunbae-nim is a big senior. If he sues me and people find out about how I threw a chair at him, then the public will curse at me. They won’t care even if AJ Sunbae-nim punched me first. Plus, the industry might drop me. Who would want to work with a junior who physically fights his senior?"

"If you were worried about the consequences, then why did you do it?"

"I thought you were here to console me?"

"This is me comforting you, though?" Song Sihyuk said defensively. "I need to know what set you off so I could decide how I’d fuck up that bastard’s career."

"To be honest, it was more of a me problem. It was childish of AJ Sunbae-nim to pick on me, but I could have just ignored it."

"Well, I would have been disappointed in you had you let it slide."

"Why?"

"If you could be snarky to the heir of the SG Group, then you could do the same to everyone else," Song Sihyuk said, and then he ruffled Garam’s hair affectionately. "What exactly did that bastard say?"

"Sunbae-nim said I was baggage to my group, and that I should thank my members for keeping my career afloat," Garam said, hugging his knees close. He didn’t know why, but it felt easy for him to be vulnerable around Song Sihyuk. "I was hurt because everything Sunbae-nim said was true. I’m the least popular member of the group, and my only contribution to the team is hitting the high notes in our songs. On the stage, I’m the center. But off stage, I’m a nobody."

Yes, he was having a self-pity party.

It wasn’t like he hadn’t achieved anything significant in the last four years as an idol.

But compared to his members, he didn’t have many activities outside their group.

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

Garam was the main vocal and the second eldest member, so he felt responsible for the entire team now that Gong Hanseo— their leader— was in the military.

And, yet, he couldn’t really do anything significant for their group.

"Do you want my help, Garam-ah?"

"I’m not saying all of this to gain your sympathy, Hyung."

"I know," Song Sihyuk said, and then he sat next to Garam on the floor. "I’m not offering help out of sympathy either. Lim Garam, I’m just fulfilling my duty as your husband. It’s literally stated in our contract that I should provide for you— and that includes helping you become more successful."

Right.

Garam was able to debut smoothly because he had Song Sihyuk’s support.

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.

In fact, because his pride was hurt, he almost ruined their group’s reputation.

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.

After all, a junior throwing a chair at his senior would have created a big scandal.

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

Haaah.

Garam let out a long sigh. "It seems like I can’t do anything without you, Hyung."

"And what’s wrong with that?"

"It sucks— I feel stupid and worthless. I hate that I can’t succeed without Hyung’s support."

"Well, you already said goodbye to your independence the moment we got married. Just get over it."

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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