~~~ EXO - For life ~~~

Even though she knew, she will probably see him here, she was still stunned. All the sad memories were playing in her head like a film, making her want to run past him and hide.
But then she felt Baekhyun shift closer to her, still not touching her, she was aware of their proximity and his suddenly tensed posture.

"What are you doing here Iseul?" her dad said, while he glanced behind him, if there was someone who could possibly hear them or see them, turning his focus back on her, he noticed third person present here, narrowing his eyes on her escort.

"Good evening, Director Kim," Baekhyun next to her spoke, with voice she never heard him use before. This finally made her divert her sight on the person beside her, she was once again shocked by the transformation, which has happened to his face. His lips were pressed together, while his eyebrows frowned, clenching his jaws, which almost made him look dangerous.

"Mister Byun, what are you doing here? Weren't you supposed to be in Japan?" Director's Kim face darkened, when his eyes landed on her companion. The atmosphere in the air was getting thicker and thicker.

"I had business to attend here, sir," Baekhyun's lips twitched in distain. Her Dad's eyes narrowed, while he was trying to burn holes in Baekhyun.

"This is not place for you to be. The same goes for you," dad turned his focus back on her, making her heart squeeze in pain, when he said those words. She knew, why she was so nervous about coming here, the possibility of meeting him, was too high. And she had to bump into him right at the beginning. His remark made her feel so small. Before she could say, that she is sorry and take her leave, Baekhyun took away her opportunity.

"You are wrong. I might not have the right to be here, but it's certainly hers," Baekhyun growled, while taking her by hand, wrapping his fingers around her wrist. She was blown away, by his firm response. She kind of knew, he knows stuff about her. Did her father told him about her, that is why he approached her? No, her father would never voluntarily talk about her. That can't be it.

"Baekhyun," she hissed at him. She didn't want to start a fight, even though Baekhyun looked like he doesn't want anything else. He finally glanced at her, after eagerly glaring at her dad. His eyes were burning pools of dark chocolate. It took her a few seconds to get over the sight of him.

"I'm just telling a truth," he stated, still looking at her, but she shook he head. Before she could disprove her escort's conviction, her dad spoke.

"Iseul, can I speak to you in private for a second," She turned her gaze from Baekhyun, automatically nodding her head. She wanted to follow him, wherever he goes, but Bakehyun't hand was still on hers.

"Let go Baekhyun," she whispered to him.

"Don't you dare to agree to anything he says," he grumbled with unknown emotion in his voice, still not letting her go. What is his deal? "Promise me," he insisted.

"Baekhyun," she wanted to shook him off, but he was stronger. Her dad was impatiently tapping his foot, waiting for her to join him.

"Promise!" Baekhyun said with urgency in his eyes.

"Oh... okay," she wasn't sure if she can keep this one, but she couldn't say no. With that he loosened his grip on her wrist and she suddenly felt like she doesn't want to leave him behind, not having an idea why.

She went to her waiting father, following him to the room, not far from the elevator. There was a lot of people around, so she maintained the distance between them, making it look like, she is not with him and then quickly went inside, closing the door behind them. It looked like they found themselves in conference room, with long oval shaped table and lots of chairs.

"Iseul, what are you doing here? You said you will be in England, not coming back again," he didn't bother with small talk. He never did actually.

"I kind of happen to be here, despite the fact I promised myself not to come back," she sighed. What was she thinking that will happen? There was so many reasons for her to be here now and she had the feeling the list is getting longer.

"Why are you here anyway? Why are you in the company of Baekhyun, what did he say?" he pressed at her, looking down at her from his height. It was intimidating and she was usually strong person, when it came to moments like this, but with him... she couldn't help herself and shake like crazy.

"I came to work here," she mumbled, noticing his confusion.

"Work? Where? Ah, it doesn't matter you need to go now, you can't be here. I will pay for your flight back to London," he was done with her very quickly, but she remembered Bakehyun's words.

"That won't be necessary," she said quietly.

"Good, let my driver take you wherever you are staying then at least," he said, looking at the time on his wrist watch.

"I mean, I can't leave Korea," she explained, hiding her shaking hand in pockets of her light jacket. He froze in a movement, shifting his gaze on here.

"And why is that so?"

"I signed the contract, I can't leave," he obviously had no idea, she is part of SMent now.

"With who? We can break it easily," he frowned.

"With SM," she whispered, while he looked like he is about to collapse. She knew this moment will arise, once she will meet him, but there was no coming back now.

"With... what did you just say?" he exclaimed and she bowed her head down.

"I'm a trainee for SM, for more than two weeks now," she added up the information. She was actually surprised, he didn't know sooner.

"That is not possible, I didn't see your name on the list of newcomers," he shook his head, not believing he words. She knew in advance how his reaction would look. She clenched her fists in little balls, trying to contain her sad anger.

"I already told you last time we saw each other, my name is not Iseul, but Dawn," she reminded him with cracking voice, which eventually made him believe she's telling truth.

"Did you do it on purpose, did you come over to Korea again to take a revenge on me?" he skipped useless questioning, straight to the point. His dark brown eyes, surrounded with light wrinkles were boring into her insistently.

"I came here to escape my miserable life," she let out, not even bothering to raise her voice. She had a temper, she wanted to scream at him, to stop hurting her, but he was probably the only person in the world, who she couldn't do that to.

"I told you I can give you money, so you can live comfortably..." it was his turn to remind her unhappy memory she created with him.

"I don't want your money. Now if you excuse me, I have someone waiting for me," she said coldly, holding her pain behind cool mask.

"Iseul!" he called after her, but as soon as her name came out of his mouth again, she had to run away from him. She threw the door open, not noticing Baekhyun standing there and calling her name, when she just flew past him. She didn't know where she is going, until she reached the end of hallway and where a hand landed on her shoulder. She wanted to shake it of, but the grip only tightened.

"It's me," she heard calming voice belonging to Bakehyun. She relaxed and let him take her away. They ended up in different spacious room with desk and library; it looked like it was someone's office. Baekhyun let go of her shoulder, turning the lights on, so she lowered her head, not letting him see her messed up face. Her cheeks were probably bright pink, how much she was holding back and tears were threatening to spill over. She never cries and she is not going to do that in front of him.

"Are you okay?" he asked as soon as he came back to her, stepping in front of her frozen body, as she could see tips of his formal black shoes. She realized, she was breathing like she just run a race and she couldn't stop. Her chest hurt, from all the wrong emotions. She couldn't even speak, to tell him, she is definitely not alright.

"Dee..." He whispered. She could see his long fingers twitching, like he didn't know what to do. In the corner of her mind, she was smiling over his sudden shyness.
Then his other side won, when he stepped closer to her, wrapping his arms around her, while pressing her on his warm body. She didn't have enough energy to kick him in his private area or at least scold him for his boldness. Instead she leaned into his embrace, placing her cheek on his shoulder, hiding like that her face, away from him. He automatically tightened his hold on her, melting like that her resolve not to cry.

Before she even knew what is happening, the tears were already falling down, soaking in his blazer and her body was shaking in quiet sobs.

"Let it all out... ," he breathed out, fanning the side of her neck. And she did as he said. She cried just once in her life really and the reason now was the same as before. She placed her hand on his lower back, holding onto his clothes, finding a soothing pillar in him, while he was stroking her up and down her back.
Even though she was crying her heart out, she could not ignore the waves of shivers being sent all over her body, when he did that.

"Don't worry, I'm here," she heard him talk to her. He probably did the whole time, but she couldn't hear him, all through the sobbing attack.

At last she managed to calm down and stop this ridiculous tantrum. Right after that the regret came for being here and using Baekhyun's shoulder to cry on it. She didn't want to do it at first, but his warm gesture, when he hugged her without thinking, made her feel sorry even more, for herself. All embarrassed she pulled away from him, seeing the wet spot on his blazer, falling even into deeper discomfort. She couldn't even gather enough courage to look into his eyes. He still had his hands on her shoulders, not allowing her to get farther from him.

"I'm sorry, I don't usually cry and if, then out of anger. I ruined your clothes," she spoke with crocked voice. She heard him chuckle, which made her lift her gaze to him, seeing his eyes fixed on her face.

"Screw the clothes, it should be luxury material, so let's hope few tears and some snot is not gonna destroy it," he joked, in intention to lighten the mood. He succeed in making her smile, while her face turned red.

"I made you uncomfortable, no guys like crying women," she stated, he looked like he is giving it a thought and then he pursed his lips.

"I think I'm immune now, I've seen some girls crying in front of me few times," he was good in making her feel better. She put that on the list of his many skills.

"Heartbreaker, huh?" she dared to jape. He dazzled her by wide smile and sparkling eyes.

"I'm not going to deny that, you wouldn't believe me anyway," he murmured, still smiling at her, she remembered his expression when, they met her dad. How is it possible, that the person there and here are one?

"I'd like to go home," she whispered, not worrying about all the questions flooding her mind. She can't deal with this now. She need time to think.

"I will take you," he agreed, even though she saw a second long hesitation, but it was so quick, that she didn't pay attention to it.

He kept studying her face, when he removed his hand from her shoulders, just to lift one of them up, placing it on her cheek. She gasped for the air, startled by his move, but he didn't seem to notice, when she dumbly opened her mouth, with no words coming out. His palm was soft and warm. She didn't understand what he is doing, until his thump travelled from side of her nose, all the way to the cheekbone, whilst he repeated the same movement on the other side, wiping her tears off.

When he was satisfied with his job, he raised his eyes to meet hers. His smile slowly disappeared, finally seeing what is going on with her. The moment was too overwhelming for her to think straight. Her breath became shallow, realizing he was still touching her face. She closed her mouth, because her lips felt dry, fighting the urge to lick them, but there was no use, like he knew exactly what is she trying to not think about.

Her heart was now beating like crazy as he shifted closer, she thought she must be having a heart attack...

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...please, don't hate me😂 for leaving you hang like this😱 I can't help it... I think it's a serious illness 😷😀

So how did you like it?

Her dad is Director in SM😱 wohoooo! Shocking! Well I still think you probably asking yourself all sort of questions... How come she lives in England when she has dad in Korea... Yeah I know... I feel you 😀

And then what is with Baekhyun? I hope all of you could feel how much he hates Mister Kim😬

Ahhh now the true fun is about to start! 🙌

Anyways, look forward the next chap, I want to just say I'm thankful for every single one of you, who hits the ❤️ button and all of your always leave comments! Melts my weak heart! 💖

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