CHAPTER 17: ILLUSION OF CHOICE

GARAM hated to admit this, but Song Sihyuk was seriously handsome.

He couldn’t help but steal glances from the Alpha while eating his fried chicken.

It’s possible since my father entrusted his assets to my stepmother before he died...

"Lim Garam, don’t cry. You’re gonna turn me on."

Song Sihyuk lifted his head and gave Garam a teasing smile. "You like my face, don’t you?"

And that reminded him...

"I can’t take the house that my childhood friends built for their only son."

Oh.

"That’s your takeaway from everything I said, Hyung?"

"Were those ’high school girls’ your subordinates in disguise?"

"You’re a virgin?"

"Aren’t you glad, Garam-ah?" Song Sihyuk asked, smiling as if he could read Garam’s thought at the moment. "I didn’t have to use force just to make you marry me."

Thankfully, he managed to stop himself.

He knows I like his face!

"Suuure."

Illusion of choice.

But not anymore.

"Hyung, I don’t want to see my stepmother and stepbrother anymore."

"Lim Garam, what’s with that reaction? If you want me to hold you, then you can easily change my mind."

"Well, I have ways to make you say ’yes’ to me in the three days I’ve given you as an ultimatum. So, I’ve already prepared all the necessary documents for our marriage and deal. And I bought the company the day you did your cute PowerPoint presentation."

"Hyung, I saw Lee Taeho’s mother’s viral video," Garam said awkwardly. "It’s hard for me to believe that some random high school girls could beat her up when she has bodyguards with her."

"Ah, I see. You want the debts to be under those bastards’ names?"

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Garam clenched his hands when another realization hit him.

Yep, Song Sihyuk was wearing chic glasses that made him look like a proper businessman instead of a gangster this time.

Dammit.

Ah, that made sense.

"I don’t want to see them anymore, but I want you to make them suffer wherever they are," Garam said in an indifferent voice. He didn’t have the strength to be angry, after all. "Make them work hard labor to pay off their debts. Hyung said you’re going to clear off my debts, didn’t you? But it wasn’t mine to begin with. So, just remove my name as the debtor."

He was disappointed.

That was what Kang Byungho said when Garam’s stepmother tried to use their house as collateral.

"Yes, Hyung. Minwoo Hyung probably didn’t want to face Lee Taeho’s wrath."

My soon-to-be husband is a psycho.

"So, my bride is a virgin," Song Sihyuk said, grinning. "It doesn’t really matter to me, but it surprisingly made me happy hearing that I’d be your first."

"Consider it done," Song Sihyuk said casually. "I’ll find them and drag them back here. But don’t worry, you’ll never see them again. They’ll be too busy doing hard labor anyway."

However, a part of him was hesitating.

"You should use me to the fullest, Garam-ah," Song Sihyuk said, raising an eyebrow. "In exchange for this marriage and everything that comes with it, you agreed to join my little experiment. It’s risky, and it will change your body forever. That’s not a small thing, kid. So, you should be squeezing me to get every single drop of what I could offer you as my spouse."

Tsk.

The duality of this man is insane.

"That’s lame."

But those bastards still sold the house to someone else, and yet didn’t pay off their debts...

All of a sudden, Garam couldn’t taste the fried chicken that he was enjoying just a few moments ago.

Angry.

Hyung looks good in glasses.

Revenge, huh?

My body is the only thing I can offer him, after all.

"Already? But I just agreed to marry you..."

Song Sihyuk laughed when Garam snapped. "My bad. Go ahead. Finish what you’re saying."

But it was a shame that the Alpha took off his glasses when they looked so good on him.

But, in reality, the outcome was already predetermined.

So, he’s still planning to embrace me.

Garam lifted his head and glared at Song Sihyuk. "I’m not crying, Hyung."

"Yes— because it’s theirs in the first place."

However, he was also tired.

Oh.

Plus, Kang Byungho didn’t take their house as collateral.

Once again, Garam got chills when the realization hit him.

"Do you like the view, Garam-ah?"

I’m glad Hyung isn’t my enemy.

Garam avoided the Alpha’s eyes and focused on his fried chicken instead. "Betas have eyes, too, you know? We can appreciate good-looking people, whether they’re Alphas or Omegas."

Well, Garam had already prepared himself for that.

Song Sihyuk’s sinister smile sent a chill down Garam’s spine.

Is it really okay for me to accept everything this man is giving me?

Garam suddenly felt refreshed.

Maybe this was for the best, then.

He didn’t know how to react anymore because his stepmother and stepbrother had already exhausted all his emotions.

"Lim Garam, you can’t accuse someone casually whether you have proof or not. The defamation law in our country is shitty, after all," Song Sihyuk said casually, and then he changed the topic. "Anyway, I bought your crappy entertainment company."

Garam almost screamed ’no’ when Song Sihyuk removed his glasses.

"Garam-ah," Song Sihyuk called Garam’s name affectionately while removing his glasses. "I’ll give you a reward for making me happy."

"I heard what happened from Jung Han. So, your stepmother and stepbrother left the country after selling your house."

"I don’t mean it that way, Hyung," Garam said, irritated that this hyung kept flirting every chance he got. "You’re a horny dog, so I figured you wouldn’t miss this opportunity to take my virginity. You made it clear that you wanted me from the very first time we met."

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Song Sihyuk, on the other hand, was busy arranging the necessary documents that they needed to register their marriage.

This hyung wouldn’t have taken ’no’ as an answer.

Is this the taste of money and power?

"..."

I just want them... gone, out of my life.

"What are you trying to say, Garam-ah?"

"You better not be," Song Sihyuk said, grinning. "I have no intention of consummating our marriage, after all."

Tsk.

Oh.

Ahem.

It was something that he had always wanted to get, but had to give up because he was powerless.

Ah.

"I’m not yet done talking, am I?"

Suddenly, Garam felt that he had the right to use Song Sihyuk for his revenge.

"Huh?"

The moment he agreed to marry Song Sihyuk, he knew that sex would be included in their contract.

"Your stepbrother sold you to Lee Taeho because he needs a huge amount of money to start anew in a different country with his mother," Song Sihyuk said indifferently. "They abandoned you, Lim Garam— they left you to pay off their debts all by yourself."

"I’ll buy back your house by any means," Song Sihyuk said. "As a bonus, I’ll also find your stepmother and stepbrother for you. Tell me how you want to punish them, and I’ll do it worse."

Song Sihyuk made it look like he was giving Garam the freedom to choose whether to marry him or not.

"Do you have proof?"

After all, he knew that Song Sihyuk could deliver all his promises.

Oh.

Wow.

"You’re wrong, kid."

"You can’t sell a house in just a few days," Song Sihyuk said. "So, I believe your stepmother has sold your house for quite some time now— you just didn’t know."

"Huh? Why not?"

"Huh?"

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