[continuation of the last chapter]

Hyejun felt his stomach fall to his toes upon hearing what Seonghwa just told him. "Wait... What? Who would take him?

Seonghwa shook his head as he trembled in anger. "That's what I need to find out, but I have an itching suspicion of who it could be."

"Let me help you. I know how much he means to you, and I am willing to do anything in my power to help you, son." Hyejun sounded determined and placed both hands on Seonghwa's shoulders.

"You can't help me here... You'll only get yourself hurt. You need to leave, now," Seonghwa demanded with a growl behind his voice.

Seonghwa began to walk back inside, he needed to check the security footage that lined the outside of his home, maybe that would tell him where exactly he needed to go to get his lover back.

Hyejun immediately followed behind his son, he was going to convince Seonghwa to let him help no matter what it took.

"Seonghwa, please. Whatever you need me to do, I can help you. I know more about this than you think I do." Hyejun admitted as he followed Seonghwa into the security room on the far left end of the house.

"And what the hell do you think you know about ANY of this dad?" Seonghwa whipped around, shooting a glare at the older man before him. "What could you possibly know about my line of work? We haven't spoken in YEARS."

"I..." Hyejun hesitated for a moment. "I was contacted by a Samuel Nims just a week before today, saying he was your employer... He told me about the wedding, and that he needed my help with something. He told me that I needed to attend the wedding and be with my son, it was the least I could do after what I'd done to you when you were still just a kid..."

It all of a sudden clicked in Seonghwa's head, which gave him all the answers that he needed to be able to find out where Hongjoong was taken. But now his face began to turn to a shade of red as the anger he felt intensified, he was starting to see red. Seonghwa suddenly charged at his father, throwing his hands around Hyejun's throat, pushing him back into the wall as he had him pinned.

"SO YOU WERE INVOLVED WITH THIS?! YOU GOT HIM TAKEN AWAY FROM ME? WHAT WERE YOU?! SOME FUCKING DISTRACTION SO THEY COULD COME IN AND TAKE HIM?! YOU'VE TAKEN MY WHOLE WORLD FROM ME ONCE AGAIN!" Seonghwa shouted in anger, squeezing his hands tighter around his neck. 

"S-Seonghwa... I... didn't know..." Hyejun choked out as he grabbed at the hands around his throat. "Please... I didn't... know... this would... happen..."

"LIAR! HOW COULD YOU NOT HAVE KNOWN?!" Seonghwa was breathing hard with anger. 

"I just... wanted... to... see my... son..." Hyejun struggled to say the words, tears beginning to come from the corners of his eyes. "I'm so... so sorry..."

Seonghwa suddenly pulled his hands away from his father's neck, taking a step back. Hyejun collapsed to his hands and knees on the floor, gasping and coughing for air.

"You're going to help me find him... And if a single hair on his head is even slightly brushed, I promise I will make sure you never walk this earth again, dad... I fucking promise you that..." Seonghwa growled, trying to refrain from already killing him.

"I'll do anything to help... This is all my fault, I never intended for this to happen, son. I didn't know anything..." Hyejun said as he looked up at his son after he regained his breath.

"Yeah, you never intend for anything to happen, that's how you ruined my whole fucking life before." Seonghwa spat bitterly, then walked out of the security room. "Get up off the fucking floor. We're going for a drive."

Hyejun pulled himself from the floor, rubbing his neck softly as he began following behind Seonghwa. 

After grabbing a set of keys from his desk and switching out the clip of his gun for a full one, Seonghwa made his way out to the garage followed by Hyejun. He hit the button for the garage door to open before both of them hopped into one of the cars.

"There's a spare gun in the glove box, I hope you know how to shoot because I can guarantee this is not ending without a spray of bullets," Seonghwa said before turning on the car and peeling out of the garage.

"Of course I've shot a gun before. There's a lot you don't know about me, son." Hyejun replied as he pulled the spare gun out of the glove box.

"I'm aware of that. Here I thought you were coming to my fucking wedding because you wanted to, but in reality, you were coerced by somebody else." Seonghwa spat back, speeding his way down the street. "I don't want to know shit about you anymore."

Hyejun glanced over at Seonghwa in the driver's seat, sighing out softly as he shoved the handgun into the back of his belt for later. He decided to leave it at that instead of trying to make things better, there was a bigger problem ahead of them.

After about an hour of driving, Seonghwa came to a screeching halt in front of the gates that stood before Samuel's estate. Two large men pointing guns at the car began to approach, but Seonghwa wasn't going to wait to reason with them.

"Duck your head, now," Seonghwa demanded, putting the car back in gear.

"What are you-" Before Hyejun could finish, Seonghwa pressed on the gas to the floor, speeding right towards the men.

Hyejun immediately ducked his head down just before a spray of bullets began firing at the car. Two loud thuds hit against the car as both men were taken out by the speeding car, then another loud crash as they rammed through the front gate.

Somehow, Seonghwa didn't get hit by a single bullet, he barely even flinched when fire was first opened on them. He pulled around the car around the circle drive, wasting no time to stop the car and get out. Hyejun followed right after him, pulling the gun from his belt and having it ready.

As they were approaching the home, two men baring machine guns came bolting out of the front doors. Before they could even aim their guns, Seonghwa didn't even stop coming as he lifted his and made quick, direct headshots without even having to aim.

Hyejun was in complete shock with what he was seeing from his son. He couldn't believe that it was so easy for him to take the lives of others without batting an eyelash, this clearly wasn't the first time that he'd done something like this.

Seonghwa made his way into the house with Hyejun right behind him, the look of bloodthirst and danger in his eyes. Seonghwa didn't care what he had to do or how many people he needed to take out, he was going to get his husband back one way or another.

As they made their way down the series of hallways to Samuel's office, the halls were surprisingly bare. Aside from the men the encountered before, it seemed like there was no one in sight. Which, Seonghwa found it very strange, this place was always heavily guarded with security detail.

When they got to Samuel's office door, Seonghwa could hear muffled screaming coming from inside the room, and he quickly recognized that is was Hongjoong. Without hesitation, Seonghwa took a step back before kicking the door in, his gun drawn and raised in his hand.

Seonghwa saw that Samuel was standing at his desk, he had ahold of Hongjoong from behind with a revolver held against the side of his head. The smaller male was bound with his hands behind his back, a piece of cloth tied around his mouth to prevent him from speaking, fearful tears streaming down his cheeks. Seonghwa trained his gun on Samuel, cold blood beginning to run through his veins. Hyejun followed into the room, standing beside Seonghwa with his gun also drawn.

"I'm surprised by how quick you found out that I took your little pet from you, Seonghwa..." Samuel said in a cheeky tone, grinning with amusement. 

"He's not my pet!" Seonghwa snarled, gritting his teeth. "That's my fucking husband, Samuel! You had no reason for taking him from me on MY fucking wedding day!"

Samuel pushed the barrel of the revolver harder against the side of Hongjoongs head. "You watch your tone, boy... I hold his very lifeline in my hands, I'd be careful if I were you. I had every reason to take him, it was the only way I could get you to listen."

"Samuel, let the boy go and we can talk about this like professional, reasonable men." Hyejun chimed in, swallowing hard. 

"He's far from reasonable, and he's surely not professional judging by his dirty play," Seonghwa remarked, keeping his gun trained. "What is it you want, Samuel?"

"I was so disappointed upon receiving your word about not wanting to take over the business when I go... And, that you wanted to "get out" of this line of work. You know better, Seonghwa, you can't ever get out of this, especially not someone of your rank and power." Samuel said with a slight chuckle. "If you continue to deny your position within this operation, I'm afraid this boy's life is only getting in the way of what you're destined to become, and I'll have no problem changing that."

Samuel lifted his thumb as he pressed back the hammer of the revolver, and Seonghwa could feel panic begin to rise in his heart.

"Samuel, let him go, now. If you let him go, we can discuss this over again... I'll reconsider what I've said, just please let him go." Seonghwa suddenly dropped his gun, putting his hands up in a surrendering manner. "Dad... Put the gun down."

Samuel shook his head as he laughed once again. "I know you better than that, Seonghwa... I know you better than your own father does. Isn't that right, Mr. Park? Who took care of your son while you threw him to the dogs?"

Hyejun blinked in shock before his face started to heat up in anger, his hand tightening around the grip of the gun but he dropped his hands at his side.

"You didn't take care of me either, you groomed and trained me to be your fucking puppet. I was just a pawn in your little game, and before you knew it I became way better than you at your own job. At least my father wouldn't have done something as sick as that." Seonghwa fired back, defending his father at that moment.

Samuel stared at Seonghwa for a while, a wicked smile now forming on his face. "Better than me? You couldn't even pull the fucking trigger yourself when you started working with me. You got others to do your dirty work. Hasn't changed much, has it? At least I'm not afraid to pull the fucking trigger."

Samuel suddenly aimed the gun right at Seonghwa, Hongjoong screaming out as he shook his head. When the gun was fired, Seonghwa turned his head as he flinched, but felt no gunshot make contact. Seonghwa slowly turned his head back as he saw his father standing in front of him.

Hyejun had jumped in front of the bullet, shielding his son from the gunfire. Hyejun instantly dropped to the ground, lifeless, it was a direct kill shot to the heart, blood beginning to seep through the fabric of his shirt. Seonghwa dropped his mouth open in shock, watching his father collapse at his feet.

Seonghwa collapsed to his knees, pulling his father into his arms as he began to sob.

"No! Please no! Dad!" Seonghwa shouted in cries of devastation, pressing his head against his father's forehead as he lay lifeless in his arms. "No... No, no, no, no, no..."

"Not what I wanted out of that... But that'll be good enough." Samuel said as he cocked his head. "Don't tell me you're crying over some lowlife that threw you away, Seonghwa... You're better off. Here's your pet... Now, let's talk."

Samuel set his gun down briefly, grabbing a knife and cutting the ties off of Hongjoong, then shoving the smaller male to the floor.

Seonghwa lifted his head up, tears streaming down his face. "HE WAS MY FATHER! YOU KILLED HIM! HE MAY HAVE THROWN ME AWAY, BUT HE NEVER DID A DAMN THING TO HURT ME!"

With a swift motion, Seonghwa lifted the gun in his hand, pulling the trigger and connecting a bullet between Samuel's eyes. Samuel's head flew back from the force of the bullet, then fell back against the wall behind his desk.

Seonghwa dropped the gun as he continued to sob pathetically, still holding his father in one arm. When Samuel dropped to the floor, Hongjoong looked around completely panicked from the events that just happened. Hongjoong immediately scrambled over to Seonghwa's side, wrapping his arms around the hysterical male as he hugged him.

"Seonghwa... I'm so sorry... I'm so sorry..." Hongjoong held onto him tightly.

"He's gone... I hated him up until this moment... And now I'll never be able to fix that." Seonghwa cried out as he shook his head. "What have I done..."

"Seonghwa... We need to go, we need to go now before more people show up and find out what's happened here." Hongjoong pulled away from the hug as he tried pulling on the taller male. "Come on."

Seonghwa shrugged Hongjoong off of him, holding his father's body closer to his chest. "I CAN'T LEAVE HIM HERE! I CAN'T!"

Hongjoong grabbed ahold of Seonghwa by his collar, pulling on him hard as he started to pull him away from Hyejun. Seonghwa fought hard against him, screaming out as he tried to get back to his father's body.

"STOP! I CAN'T LEAVE HIM, JOONG! LET ME GO! LET ME GO!" Seonghwa cried out desperately.

Despite how strong Seonghwa was, Hongjoong finally managed to pull him away from the body on the floor. Hongjoong had a tight hold on Seonghwa's hand as they ran down the hallway.

Before anyone was able to stop them from leaving, they were able to make it back to the car that Seonghwa had arrived in. Hongjoong made Seonghwa get into the passenger seat, he was too hysterical to drive, so Hongjoong had to drive no matter how shaken up he was. Peeling out of the circle drive, they sped off down the road away from the Nims estate.

Seonghwa slammed his head against the glass of the passenger side door, continuing to sob from the immense heartbreak he was feeling.

No matter how much he hated his father, that didn't change the fact that deep down he still loved him. His father was a rough man around the edges, but the memories he had of his father at a young age still held a warm place in his heart. Those memories kept playing in his head over and over now that he was gone, and he'd never see him again.

Seonghwa got his husband back, but in return, he lost the most important person in his life. A wedding day that he'll never be able to forget.

(A/N: I'm sorry this chapter was rushed and all over the place ;-; pls look forward to the next one.)

****THE STORY WILL CONTINUE IN THE NEXT CHAPTER. THANK YOU FOR READING****