Chapter 163: DEAL WITH THE DEVIL
"GARAM-AH, I’ll be gone for a moment. I’ll try to come back as soon as possible. But, in the meantime..." Song Sihyuk trailed off while removing his jacket. And then he put it on top of Garam’s body, right above the blanket. "Wear this. My pheromones won’t easily disappear since I’ve been wearing that suit all day."
Yeah, Garam could tell.
The pheromones that lingered on Song Sihyuk’s jacket were thick and overflowing.
It should last for a few days, at least.
"Where are you going, Hyung?" Garam asked curiously. "Can you already leave the hospital when you just had surgery?"
"I’m fine now. Since I’m an Alpha, my recovery rate is higher and faster than normal people," Song Sihyuk said. "Are you worried about me?"
"No."
"I thought so," Song Sihyuk said, not pushing his agenda like he would have surely done if it were the old Song Sihyuk. For some reason, in just a short span of time, the Alpha seemed to have changed already. "Anyway, I’ll try to come back as soon as I can. Call me if you need anything. Well, you can also call me even if you don’t need me."
"Why would I call when I don’t need you?"
"Right. Just call me if you need me, then," Song Sihyuk said, and then he looked at Seong Kyungmin. "Keep an eye on my wife, okay?"
"You don’t have to tell me what to do to take care of my patient," Seong Kyungmin said, rolling his eyes at Song Sihyuk. "Just make sure your doctor gives you an ’okay’ before you leave the hospital. You’re still a patient, Sihyuk-ah."
"Yes, I know," Song Sihyuk said, looking back at Garam again. "See you later, Garam-ah."
Garam just nodded.
I have no choice but to see Sihyuk Hyung again.
Anyway, when Song Sihyuk finally left...
"Dr. Seong, I heard your conversation with Sihyuk Hyung earlier," Garam said. He actually didn’t want to bring it up, but his curiosity got the better of him. "I was already awake when you said it would be better for me to remain an Omega."
Yes, he was actually awake then.
So, he also heard when Song Sihyuk said this: "I don’t want to do something that Lim Garam would hate. So, please go and find another solution, Seong Kyungmin— my wife has to go back to being a Beta, no matter what."
Garam felt bitter that it took him almost dying before Song Sihyuk finally learned how to respect his decisions.
But, at least, Hyung isn’t trying to be controlling anymore.
"Yes, I won’t lie," Seong Kyungmin said while nodding. "I believe staying as an Omega would be better for you. Based on my observation, you got weak because you stopped being intimate with Song Sihyuk. You’ve been fine for the last five years because your body got used to being separated from him."
"My Omega father-in-law would send me Hyung’s clothes and other stuff that was full of his pheromones."
"Yes, that too. Even so, it doesn’t change the fact that Song Sihyuk wasn’t next to you. Hence, your body had to get used to his pheromones alone," the doctor explained. "However, everything changed when you met Song Sihyuk again. Your body became hyperaware that the owner of the pheromones you loved was just next to you. Hence, it was wondering why you weren’t sleeping with Song Sihyuk yet."
Aigooya.
Dr. Seong is just as blunt as ever.
To be fair, Dr. Seong Kyungmin was the best in his field. Hence, Garam wasn’t his first patient. That was why the doctor was already used to being involved in his patients’ sex lives.
"Dr. Seong, do you believe that having sex with Sihyuk Hyung will cure me?"
"That’s my hypothesis, yes," Dr. Seong Kyungmin said while nodding. "But, of course, I won’t force you to change your mind. You’ve already made your decision to return to being a Beta. It’s for your own good, too."
"For my own good? How?"
"You want to escape from Song Sihyuk, don’t you?"
Oh.
"But you can’t do that as long as you are dependent on Song Sihyuk’s pheromones," Dr. Seong Kyungmin said carefully. "However, if you return to being a Beta, then you won’t need Song Sihyuk anymore."
Yeah, that was what Garam wanted the most— to be free from Song Sihyuk.
However...
Why do I feel uneasy?
***
"I THOUGHT I needed to do something more extreme to make you come to me, Sihyuk-ah."
Song Sihyuk rolled his eyes at Cho Dongpyo.
Yes, he left the hospital to meet his ex-lover.
But he wasn’t stupid enough to meet him alone.
Hence, he met the bastard at the café in the hotel owned by their company.
"Does sending people to my parents’ house to spike my food not being extreme enough for you?"
Cho Dongpyo smiled ’innocently.’ "I don’t know what you’re talking about, though."
"You can deny it all you want, but you’re the only one with enough audacity to do something like that."
This bastard should have rotted in jail five years ago.
Unfortunately, when Song Sihyuk lost his memories, he also lost interest in Cho Dongpyo’s case.
Hence, this bastard was able to walk free after the case against him was dropped.
"Sihyuk-ah, if you believe that I really did that to you, then why did you agree to meet me this time?" Cho Dongpyo asked curiously. "You’ve been ignoring me all this time."
"You know why I want to see you now," Song Sihyuk said, rolling his eyes again. "You have the cure to Hailey Syndrome, don’t you?"
"Yes, but I won’t give it to you for free."
"I know that. And I have no intention of asking it for free anyway."
"You know I’m not going to ask for money, don’t you?"
Song Sihyuk nodded. "I’ll give you my pheromones— as many as you want."
"I’m glad we’re on the same page, Sihyuk-ah," Cho Dongpyo smiled triumphantly. "Let me explain first why the medicine that we created works, unlike the other medicines made to cure Hailey Syndrome."
Song Sihyuk just nodded.
After all, he wanted to know the reason why Hailey Syndrome was considered an incurable disease.
And, yet, the Cho Triplets manage to create a cure.
"Most experts claim that they don’t know the reason male Omegas suddenly weaken after giving birth. It’s not that they can’t tell the reason— they just refuse to accept the truth because it will ruin the Alpha-Omega bond that they oh so cherish," Cho Dongpyo said, a hint of sarcasm in his voice. "Most of the experts in this field are Alphas, after all. If they acknowledge the truth, they are afraid that Omegas would have the choice to leave them."
"What do you mean by that?" Song Sihyuk asked, furrowing his brows. "How can the truth ruin the Alpha-Omega bond? Isn’t it already an established fact that a bonded Alpha and Omega pair has to stay together forever?"
Song Sihyuk and Lim Garam weren’t bonded.
After all, he hadn’t bitten his wife’s nape yet.
However, he had always felt like he was bonded to Lim Garam from the start.
As a Hyper-Dominant Alpha, I believe that whoever I choose becomes my fated pair— and that what makes me different from other Alphas.
"Alphas just come up with a new reason every day to keep their Omegas by their side," Cho Dongpyo said, smirking bitterly while shaking his head. "But an Omega can be freed, even if they are bonded to their Alphas. In the first place, them becoming overly dependent on their Alpha’s pheromones is the number one cause of Hailey Syndrome."
Oh.
That matched well with Lim Garam’s attachment to Song Sihyuk’s pheromones.
My wife isn’t that dependent on my pheromones before.
"That’s how me and my sisters started developing a medicine that will help the Omega stop depending on their Alpha’s pheromones," Cho Dongpyo explained. "Once your Omega starts taking the medicine that we created, their ’craving’ for your pheromones will decrease significantly. Once they stop depending on your pheromones, their body will start healing itself."
"That sounds too convenient that I find it hard to trust you."
"I didn’t say that it doesn’t come with a few side-effects, did I?"
"What kind of side-effects are we talking about here?" Song Sihyuk asked, frowning. "I don’t want Lim Garam to suffer more than he already has."
"The side-effects are directly aimed at the Alpha the Omega is bonded with," Cho Dongpyo said. "In short, you’re the one who’s going to suffer, Sihyuk-ah."
***
GARAM thought Song Sihyuk would be gone for at least a day.
So, he was pretty surprised when the Alpha returned just after two hours.
Plus, Song Sihyuk also brought something that he didn’t expect.
"This is the medicine made to cure Hailey Syndrome. I know you already chose to be a Beta, but this medicine will help you stop getting weaker as you wait for your body to complete its transition," Song Sihyuk explained. "Ah, this medicine isn’t available legally. But I assure you that it’s effective."
Garam furrowed his brows, and then he pointed at the bottle of pills that Song Sihyuk was holding. "Where did you get that, Hyung?"
"The Cho Triplets."
"You met up with them?"
"I just met Cho Dongpyo."
Ah, Cho Dongpyo.
Isn’t that person Sihyuk Hyung’s beautiful ex-lover?
Garam knew it was none of his business.
But, for some reason, he felt annoyed.
And it was annoying how he felt a little jealous.
Yes, this is jealousy— something that I can’t deny even if I want to.
"I thought you already had a bad fallout with that person," Garam said. His voice sounded bitter even to his own ears, but he couldn’t help it. "Why did you meet up with Cho Dongpyo, Hyung?"
"It doesn’t matter whether we had a fall-out or not— Cho Dongpyo has the cure to your disease, Garam-ah," Song Sihyuk said in a serious tone. "I’m willing to turn a blind eye to whatever he had done to me before if it meant saving you."
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