<h4>Chapter 199: NECESSARY VIOLENCE</h4>


    "DAD, look at this burger. It’s bigger than my head!"


    Pfft.


    Garam couldn’t help but smile at what Gunwoo said.


    Well, his son wasn’t wrong.


    Right now, they were having lunch in a famous fast-food restaurant in New York known for its burgers and generous servings of fries.


    <i>It’s okay since I only let Gunwoo eat fast-food from time to time.</i>


    "You don’t have to force yourself to finish it all if you can’t, baby."


    "No, I can finish this, Dad. It’s yummy!" Gunwoo said, and then the kid continued wolfing down his ’giant’ burger. "But when are we meeting Daddy? I wanna see him already, Dad."


    "Just be patient for a little bit," Garam said while wiping the sauce off the corner of Gunwoo’s mouth with a table napkin. "We need to prepare a <i>surprise</i> for your daddy first."


    It may look like that only the two of them went out.


    But some of the ’civilians’ in the restaurant were actually their bodyguards.


    <i>Appa can’t apany us today because he’s investigating the branch office where Sihyuk Hyung is supposed to be working right now.</i>


    "Garam-ssi, I’m sorry for beingte. The conference endedter than expected."


    Oh.


    Garam smiled and shook his head. "It’s alright, Dr. Seong. Thank you foring all the way here."


    Dr. Seong Kyungmin had a conference in Brooklyn.


    When the doctor heard that Garam and Gunwoo were in Manhattan to look for Song Sihyuk, the doctor asked if they could meet.


    <i>And here we are now.</i>


    "I hope you don’t mind, but I ordered for you, Doc," Garam said. "We got you the same burger and friesbo that we have."


    "Oh, it’s fine. Thank you," Dr. Seong Kyungmin said after sitting next to Gunwoo. "How much do I owe you, Garam-ssi?"


    "It’s my treat."


    "Are you sure?"


    "Yes, I used Sihyuk Hyung’s card."


    Song Sihyuk left one of his limitless credit cards with Garam before he left.


    <i>I only epted it for Gunwoo.</i>


    "Then it’s fine," Dr. Seong Kyungmin said,ughing softly. "Anyway, I asked around when I met up with my colleagues in Brooklyn. Some of them had seen Song Sihyuk recently."


    "Really? Where?"


    "In various ces, but one thing wasmon— they’ve all seen him with the Cho Triplets."


    Garam almost crushed the cup of softdrinks in his hand. "Those triplets again?"


    Dr. Seong Kyungmin nodded. "A colleague had also seen Song Sihyuking in and out of Hanmi Chem’s branch office here."


    Hanmi Chem was the biggest pharmaceuticalpany in Korea.


    <i>And it’s owned by the Cho Triplet’s family.</i>


    "Plus, our colleagues said that they found Song Sihyuk strange. Like he’s not himself," Dr. Seong Kyungmin said worriedly. "Apparently, Song Sihyuk was grumpy when they met him."


    "Isn’t Sihyuk Hyung normally like that anyway?"


    To be honest, Garam wasn’t sure if they should be talking about Song Sihyuk like that in front of Gunwoo.


    Fortunately, his son was busy with his lunch while humming happily to himself.


    <i>Yep, my son fell in love with this fast-food restaurant’s burger.</i>


    "Yeah, Song Sihyuk’s default setting is being a jerk," Dr. Seong Kyungmin said while nodding. "But the crazy part is the fact that Song Sihyuk doesn’t seem to recognize them. I mean, Song Sihyuk barely acknowledges people around him. But he won’t ignore people from prestigious families that SG Group works with."


    "Lee Chan-ssi also said that Sihyuk Hyung seems to have a faulty memory these days," Garam said worriedly. "Doc, do you think he’s suffering from amnesia again?"


    "Song Sihyuk’s amnesia before was partly caused by his unstable pheromones. If that stubborn jerk is working with the Cho Triplets again, then I’d say it’s possible," Dr. Seong Kyungmin said. "That’s why I wanted to see you before you go and meet him, Garam-ssi."


    "What do you mean by that, Doc?"


    "In case Song Sihyuk doesn’t recognize you and act like a violent jerk, you need something to protect yourself with, Garam-ssi."


    Dr. Seong Kyungmin then handed a fancy-looking fountain pen to Garam.


    Oh.


    It wasn’t the first time Garam saw something like that, so he immediately recognized what the pen was for.


    "Is this an Anti-Alpha Pen, Doc?"


    "Yes, and the sedative in that pen is specifically made for special Alphas like Song Sihyuk," Dr. Seong Kyungmin said, and then he covered Gunwoo’s ears with his hands. "Stab Song Sihyuk with that in either his neck, shoulder, or chest. That’s strong enough to knock him down."


    And after Garam knocked down Song Sihyuk...?


    <i>Oh, I know what to do now.</i>


    "Thank you, Doc," Garam said, nodding. "I’ll use this Anti-Alpha Pen well."


    <strong>***</strong>


    FINDING Song Sihyuk wasn’t that hard when Garam had Lee Wonjae on his side.


    And Lee Chan, too.


    <i>Sihyuk Hyung’s aide had no choice but to spill Sihyuk Hyung’s location after Appa grilled him.</i>


    It seemed like Lee Chan wanted them to find Song Sihyuk.


    <i>Anyway...</i>


    That was how Garam and Gunwoo arrived at the shabby office that Song Sihyuk was, apparently, using these past few weeks.


    To be fair, the office was decent-looking.


    <i>I only called it ’shabby’ because it’s so simplepared to Sihyuk Hyung’s office in Korea.</i>


    "Daddy!"


    Garam lifted his head and looked at the door when Gunwoo suddenly ran towards it while calling his Alpha father.


    <i>Oh, Hyung is here.</i>


    He didn’t want to admit this, but his heart slightly thumped hard and fast upon seeing Song Sihyuk enter the office.


    It had been a while, after all.


    "Daddy, I missed you!" Gunwoo said, hugging Song Sihyuk’s leg. "Carry me, Daddy!"


    Song Sihyuk furrowed his brows, and then he looked down at Gunwoo coldly. "Who are you?"


    What the fuck?


    Garam was more pissed than annoyed when the realization that Song Sihyuk had lost his memories again hit him.


    And it even got worse when Gunwoo started crying.


    "Daddy, it’s me— Gunwoo. I’m your son," Gunwoo said between sobs. "You don’t remember me anymore?"


    "I don’t know you, so get off me," Song Sihyuk said coldly. "I don’t have a son."


    Of course, that only made Gunwoo cry harder.


    And that was enough for Garam to march towards Song Sihyuk while holding the Anti-Alpha Pen tightly in his hand.


    "I’ve had enough of you and your bullshit, Song Sihyuk."


    Yes, Garam just spoke rudely to the Alpha.


    Song Sihyuk lifted his head and shot Garam a cold look. "Who the fuck— argh!"


    The Alpha wasn’t able to finish what he was about to say because Garam stabbed him in the neck with the Anti-Alpha Pen.


    Garam was angry, so he stabbed Song Sihyuk pretty hard.


    <i>Serves him right.</i>


    "Wait, this is too strong," Song Sihyukined lightly while holding his neck, already wobbling when he wasn’t even moving. "Where did you get this, Garam-ah?"


    Huh?


    Garam was surprised when Song Sihyuk called his name fondly, but he didn’t get the chance to confront the Alpha because he had already fallen to the floor— unconscious.


    "Daddy!"


    Meanwhile, Garam could only blink slowly while processing everything.


    <i>So, Hyung doesn’t have amnesia?</i>


    But why did Song Sihyuk pretend that he didn’t recognize Gunwoo?


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