MTLNOVEL Chapter 14: SMOOTH TRANSACTION
MARRIAGE CONTRACT?
"Sihyuk Hyung, that's too good to be true."
Song Sihyuk looked surprised by what Garam said. "I thought you were going to preach to me again. You know, about me being a bad adult taking advantage of a barely legal young man like you."
"Well, you already know that you're doing that. Plus, it's not like I have the moral high ground in this," Garam said, crossing his arms over his chest. "After all, I've already made up my mind to sell myself to sponsors if I don't succeed as an idol in two years."
"Garam-ah, I like how cool and logical you are."
"This is what you call survival instincts, Hyung."
"Then you should accept my marriage proposal."
"What's the catch, Hyung?" Garam asked carefully. "If I didn't find out that you were a chaebol, then I'd just think that you 'proposed' to me because you wanted to sleep with me. But you're the grandson of the SG Group chairman. I'll understand it if you ask me to be your fuck buddy."
"Yah. Kids like you shouldn't be saying lewd terms like that."
Garam just ignored Song Sihyuk's lecture. "You'll gain nothing if you marry me, Hyung. I mean, aside from my body, I can't offer you anything else. So, why do you want to marry me? Tell me— what's the catch?"
Song Sihyuk fell silent for a moment before he spilled the beans: "I want your body, Lim Garam."
"Tell me something I don't know yet."
"No, I'm not saying I want to sleep with you. Wait, I want to get into your pants, of course."
Garam just raised an eyebrow.
This hyung is really shameless.
"But your body interests me in another way," Song Sihyuk said. "If you agree to undergo my little experiment while we're married, then you'll get to enjoy the privilege of being a chaebol's spouse."
"Do I have to be married to you to perform this 'little experiment?'"
"A marriage contract is more powerful than a business contract because I'm an Alpha," Song Sihyuk said haughtily. "The law recognizes an Alpha's spouse as their property, after all. So, if ever you break our contract, the law can give you a harsher punishment."
"You're really a bad person, Hyung."
"Tell me something I don't know yet."
Tsk.
Garam was annoyed that Song Sihyuk repeated what he said to him earlier.
This hyung really hates losing, huh?
"Plus, I need you to be a placeholder. I don't want my family to choose my spouse for me," Song Sihyuk added casually. "So, if I'm already married to you, they'll stop urging me to get married."
"Do you think your family will accept me as their son-in-law?"
"I already made a deal with my family, so don't worry about it."
Garam knitted his eyebrows, finding things more suspicious now. "What kind of deal?"
"I'm actually going to be exiled to New York as punishment for almost killing Lee Taeho," Song Sihyuk said, grinning as if it wasn't a big deal. "So, even if we get married now, you won't be seeing me for at least five years."
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A few nights ago...
THUMP.
Tsk.
Song Sihyuk didn't want to admit this, but it hurt a lot when his father— Vice Chairman Song Jaewook of the SG Group— hit his torso with a golf.
This old man is still as strong as ever, huh?
"I sent you to that shabby loan shark company so you could be as violent as you wanted there. It won't cause a problem since the people you need to beat up there deserve it for not paying off their debt," Vice Chairman Song Jaewook said calmly as if he just didn't hit his one and only son with a golf. "But why did you go and slit Lee Taeho's throat? He may be an illegitimate child, but Chairman Lee treasures his bastard son."
"Lee Taeho touched what's mine," Song Sihyuk said casually— unapologetic, nonchalant. "Abeoji, are you afraid of the HMG Group's chairman?"
His father let out a sigh. "Sihyuk-ah, you're my only son. But, unfortunately, I'm not your grandfather's only son— I have greedy brothers. And you have greedy cousins."
"I'm Grandfather's favorite grandson, though."
"The chairman favors you now because of Shaman Minkyung's vision. However, your grandfather doesn't like it when we fight another chaebol family. In fact, he wasn't pleased when he found out that you slit Lee Taeho's throat."
"I can clean up after my own mess, Abeoji."
"Forget it— I already did it for you."
"What do you mean by that, Abeoji?"
"Chairman Lee was furious, and he said he'd only let this incident slide on two conditions," his father said sternly. "First, he wants me to give up on the bidding for the construction rights of the Sunghwa Apartment."
"Abeoji…"
"We lost billions of won because of that, so you better make it up to the company later."
Song Sihyuk clenched his hands tightly. "What's the second condition?"
"Chairman Lee wants you out of the country for at least five years."
"What?!"
"Apparently, that's how long it will take before Lee Taeho's vocal cords heal completely."
Tsk.
"So, I'm sending you to our company's New York branch, Song Sihyuk," Vice Chairman Song Jaewook said sternly. "You can only return earlier if you contribute in the growth of the New York branch as a company."
It was annoying, but Song Sihyuk had to admit that this punishment was light after he almost killed a fellow chaebol.
Well, we did lose billions of won.
But his father was a competent man who could make up for the loss later.
I'm lucky that Grandfather didn't give me a separate punishment, so I should take this punishment before they change their mind.
Having said that…
"Fine— I'll live in New York quietly for the next five years."
"I hear a 'but,' you brat."
"But give me permission to marry this Beta that I found, Abeoji."
"Do you really want to fall out of your grandfather's good graces?" Vice Chairman Song Jaewook scolded him. "Shaman Minkyung already saw your future. You're going to marry an Omega and have a son with them— a son who will inherit your trait as a Hyper-Dominant Alpha."
Yes, that was Song Sihyuk's secret.
I'm not just a Dominant Alpha— I'm a Hyper-Dominant Alpha, the rarest kind of all.
And that was why…
"Abeoji, I want to conduct a little experiment using my pheromones," Song Sihyuk said, smiling because he knew his father wouldn't be able to resist him when he was acting 'cute' like that. "Please let me marry this Beta, and keep it a secret from the rest of the family."
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