Secretly Married to a Chaebol Alpha novel Chapter 171

Chapter 171: UNSTABLE PHEROMONES

AH, the room is suddenly filled with Sihyuk Hyung’s pheromones.

Garam was surprised, not because of the Alpha’s scent, but because he wasn’t supposed to smell them.

The medicine I’m taking is supposed to help me return to being a Beta.

And, honestly, he hadn’t been able to smell pheromones recently.

Ah!

Garam realized that he had smelled Song Sihyuk’s pheromones earlier— when the Alpha was fighting with his uncle.

I didn’t realize because I was worried about Gunwoo back then.

"What’s wrong, Garam-ah?" Song Sihyuk asked worriedly. "Did my confession shock you—"

"I can smell your pheromones, Hyung."

"Huh?"

"I’m not supposed to smell pheromones anymore, but I smelled yours," Garam said awkwardly. He didn’t expect to have that kind of talk with Song Sihyuk, after all. But he also thought it was something that he shouldn’t hide from the Alpha. "Did the Cho Triplets give you a defective medicine?"

"That can’t be," Song Sihyuk said, but even he didn’t sound convinced. "Can you smell other people’s pheromones aside from me?"

"No, only yours, Hyung."

"Oh. We should call Seong Kyungmin, then."

"Can we do that later?" Garam said, sitting on the edge of the bed carefully as to not awaken Gunwoo. "I’m tired, Hyung. I want to rest in the meantime."

"Of course. We can even just call Seong Kyungmin over."

"That’s too troublesome for Dr. Seong."

"And that’s why I pay him handsomely."

Garam couldn’t argue with that.

Plus, Dr. Seong is an adult. If he can’t make it due to his other job, then he won’t come.

"When should we call Seong Kyungmin?"

"I wanna go home first, Hyung," Garam said. "I don’t feel comfortable here at Grandfather’s house. Plus, your relatives are scary."

"Then I’ll drive you and Gunwoo home."

"I want to go to my house this time, not your parents’ house."

"But I already moved out of my parents’ house, so you won’t be uncomfortable, Garam-ah. I’d like it if you stayed with my parents a little longer. At least, until the issue with the inheritance is sorted."

"I don’t want our son to get used to living in your parents’ house now that he has started school, Hyung. If you’re worried about our safety, don’t be. I’ll ask Geon Hyung and Junho Hyung to live with us again. Geon Hyung is my bodyguard, anyway."

As expected, Song Sihyuk didn’t look happy.

"Hyung, you can just send extra bodyguards for Gunwoo— I won’t complain if it’s for the safety of our son."

Song Sihyuk fell silent for a moment, and then he nodded in the end. "I get it."

Garam should have known that Song Sihyuk had a different idea.

***

"DAD, is this our new house?"

"Yes, baby," Garam said, smiling while watching Gunwoo run around the living room. "It’s not as big as your grandparents’ house, but it’s not bad, right? We also have a garden here, so we can have a barbecue party later."

"Yehey, I love barbecue!" Gunwoo said, and then he carried Baby Jina. "Jina-ya, Oppa will feed you something yummy later!"

Jina’s face beamed. "Yummy! Meat!"

"Yeah, meat is yummy!"

Pfft.

Jina is 3 while Gunwoo is 5. There’s only a two-year gap between them, but Gunwoo already looks like he’s in elementary school while Jina looks so small. So, he can carry Jina like that like she weighed nothing.

And it probably didn’t help that Jina was smaller than toddlers her age.

Even so...

"Be careful, baby," Garam reminded his son. "Don’t drop Jina."

"I won’t, Dad!"

Even so, Garam was relieved to see Shin Geon silently following the kids when Gunwoo walked to the garden to play with Jina.

"Junho Hyung, thank you for coming with us here."

"It’s not something you should thank us for, Garam-ah," Shin Junho said while shaking his head. "We are your staff, and you pay us well."

Pfft.

Garam laughed because it was obvious that Shin Junho was only joking.

I mean, it’s true that they are my staff members. Geon Hyung is mine and Gunwoo’s bodyguard, while Junho Hyung is my aide. But we’ve been together for so long that I know they chose to stay with us because they see us as family.

"Garam-ah, are you sure you’re not sick anymore?" Shin Junho asked worriedly. "You sleep a lot these days."

"Oh, it’s only because I was tired from the funeral, Hyung."

To be fair, trying to hide from the reporters during the funeral was the most tiring part.

Of course, it was resolved easily because of how tight the security was.

But even the Song Clan couldn’t completely cut off the reporters since the death of the founder of the SG Group was important to the country.

Fortunately, the reporters didn’t catch me.

"Oppa, you should rest, then," Mija said worriedly. "Take the wild ginseng that I found in the mountains."

Yes, Mija also decided to continue living with them.

I can’t decide if Mija is like a little sister to me, or a daughter.

"Thank you, Mija-ya," Garam said, pausing for a moment before asking: "You received a hefty inheritance from the late chairman, Mija-ya. Do you need help in managing your wealth? We can hire a professional."

Plus, it doesn’t look like she’s interested in money.

And I hope the child stays that way.

They are in that conference to learn more about pheromones between an Alpha and Omega pair with a strong bond, so I’m hoping they’ll learn something about mine and Sihyuk Hyung’s case.

***

"I’M BACK, Garam-ssi. Let’s schedule your appointment tomorrow."

I should tell Sihyuk Hyung.

Sihyuk Hyung hasn’t contacted me for a whole week now.

I should feel relieved!

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