~~~ EXO - Electric kiss ~~~

The next thing she knew, when all those reporters pressed on her, to talk, while she became completely mute, was that someone placed his arm over her shoulders, while covering her face with a magazine. The person urged her to walk, while her legs felt like, they are not hers, but she followed the person, wanting to get out of this hell. They pushed through the crowd, which decided to stick with them, all the way to the van that was waiting by the front pavement of the SM building.

She was pushed inside, while the door closed behind her and she saw her manager seating himself in front of her on the passenger's seat, ordering the driver to set on the road.

She found it hard to breath, pressing her body into the warm leather seat, her body not relaxing, not even after they were far from the company house.

"Are you alright? Did you say something?" her manager asked and she just automatically shook her head. This went downhill so quickly...

"Where are we going?" she asked, her voice sounding weak, that she had to clear her throat.

"To the hotel. I will have someone to bring some of your stuff. The dormitories are already under the attack of reporters, there is no way, you can go there," he explained to her in rush and then started talking with someone on the phone. Her brain didn't feel like working. Not noticing her phone was ringing in her pocket, as her mind went blank, not comprehending what is happening. Until they arrived to underground parking lot of nice looking hotel.

Her manager escorted her inside, not bothering to stop by the reception, as porter only handed him over the key to her hideout.

Now she was in unfamiliar suite, all alone with her own thoughts. She was staring blankly into the space, trying to gather her memories on the past hour.

Did the whole Korea now know she is his daughter? Does his family know already? How could this happen? She was trying to remember, if she let it slip anywhere past week, but she was sure she didn't. Is it possible, that her father did?

Who else knew?

Baekhyun...

His name finally managed to pierce the haze that covered her mind. She took out her phone, seeing that she has many missed phone calls from Eve, from her father and then from Baekhyun. Coincidentally the apparat started to ring again, she sighed in relieve, to see it's him, than anyone else.

"Yes?" she spoke up, not recognizing her own voice, after she put her phone to her ear.

"Aish... Iseul, can't you pick up the phone... do you have any idea how worried I was..." he started off, as she expected, it made he feel actually better, that he cared about her well-being.

"I'm sorry, I was a bit busy past hour," she let out quietly.

"What happened, where are you, I will pick you up, don't come out from wherever you are now, I will explain..." she didn't let him finish the sentence.

"It's too late for that, I know what is going on, the reporters cornered me in front of the SM building," she informed him with blunt tone. She heard him curse a bit more.

"Are you okay... ahh of course you are not, did you go back in? I should have been there with you, when it broke out," he sounded guilty, for some kind of reason. Her brain was starting to work properly again, which wasn't the best thing at the moment. She didn't want to think and leave her mind making up all sort of storied about her current situation.

"I'm in the hotel. Apparently I have to stay here, you don't have to worry about me," she mumbled, trying to ignore the weird feeling rising inside her. She pushed it aside.

"At the hotel? Why?" he asked confused.

"My dorm is already occupied," she repeated, what she found out from her manager.

"Do you know which one? I will come to you. I don't want to leave you alone," he said, what he told her so many times, melting her heart on mushy substance. His concern made all her worries always go away. She looked on the key left on the table and read out the name of the logo. He promised to come as soon as possible. She relaxed a little, not knowing what to do.

One hour past and she managed to talk to Eve, who was freaking out, when she told her what happened.

She was dying to know, how is Soojye. She must already know the news. Dee was holding her phone, deciding if she should call her or not, not having an idea, how could she possibly react, when she found out her dad had another child out of her family.

She must be broken.

Like she was, when she found out, her dad doesn't want to do anything with her, because he already has a happy family. The worst thing was, that she understood him. Her sudden appearing, could destroy everything. Which was probably what was happening at the moment.

She couldn't just sit and stare into the wall anymore, seating herself in front of the TV and switching it on the news channel.

...scandal has arisen around the main head of directors in SMent company..." she saw herself standing like a statue in front the of the company building, looking ever so clueless, up until her manager appeared and took her away. It was for the first time she appreciated his spirited actions.

"How come, that no one knew about this secret for such a long time? There is so many questions, that people are asking themselves now. How did, miss Kim Dee suddenly came to work in the company? Did she do it with hidden motives? Or did her father know about it? Is her dating with EXO's Baekhyun, part of all this? We are still trying to get statements from all sides. Director's family is refusing to tell us anything to it and same goes for his newly discovered daughter. Please, stick with us and we will sure deliver the truth about all this," the reporter, standing in front of the SMent was reciting his commentary. She switched another channel with news, seeing the topic for today's news only concerned her.

"We have member of our staff, who was contacted by the person, who told us and gave us necessary evidence, about Kim Dee, by real name Kim Iseul, being a first daughter of SMent Director Kim. Can you tell us more about this whole matter?" the reporter turned to a man or woman, whose face was covered with blur and voice was modified, preventing anyone find out his identity.

"The only thing I can say about this person, is that he/she is in close contact with both parties on everyday basis, working in SMent. We got letters from Kim Dee's mother sent to Director Kim and pictures of Miss Kim as little girl, which were included in the envelops. There is also video recording, from Director's office, which directly confirms the speculation, about this being a fraud," the person said into the microphone. She was gaping at the screen of the television, not being able to digest what is it, that they say.

Then they played a video, where everyone could see her, standing in her father's office. She remembered that day, it was when he called her up, trying to bribe her to leave again, after Baekhyun did the show, kissing her on forehead in front of everyone. The video stops right before Baekhyun was about to barge in, but that was enough to give everyone the idea, what kind of relationship they were in.

The reporter then started discussing, her father's tries to get rid of her and she couldn't watch that any farther.

Who would video tape them on top of everything? And there were more of the letters? She hid her face in palms of her hands. She didn't know what to think, because whatever she did, however she thought about it, the only person that seemed to be the one who was aware of her being Director's daughter and had the grounds to do it, was just one, she knew of.

But she was scared to think, trying to deny everything that pointed his way. He promised... he wouldn't do that.

Her phone then started to ring, showing unknown numbers, once she picked it up, she was asked million of question. She was so taken back that she hang up. And that happened few times in a row, her phone never stopped ringing. How did all those hyenas get to know her phone number.

Her phone started to ring again, making her thinking it must be another reporter, wanting to squeeze some information out of her. She looked down, to see it's her father. She forgot, he was among the ones calling her in a first place, maybe it slipped her mind thanks to the fact, he had never called her before.

"Hello," she decided to pick it up, knowing what she will hear from him. Get away from Korea, right now... most definitely.

"Iseul are you still in the hotel, I hope. Don't go out, they will sniff you out immediately. I will try to find a way, to get you out somehow, I need to resolve this first and if you will be around, it will make the things worse. I told you not to play games and stay in England. You see what happened?" he had the gut to scold her in the end, when she didn't have anything to do with the fact, the truth about them, leaked out.

"That's all you have to tell me," she mumbled numbly.

"What else you want me to tell you? I don't have time for this, I have to fix, what your boyfriend destroyed," he sounded mad, growling on the other side of the line, but she didn't care about that. What she was hoping she heard wrong, that it was Baekhyun's fault.

"What did you say?" she whispered, the feeling of despair flooding her whole existence. Her hands started to shake, as she clutched the phone in her trembling fingers.

"It was him, who did this. This all was his plan. I told you he is only using you to get back at me," instead of trying to calm her down, or lie to her. Her dad decided to shove a dagger into her heart.

He just said everything she already knew, but she couldn't tell her father about that fact, she couldn't say anything, because she was mess. Of course she was aware, that Baekhyun started all this, to achieve his goal, but somewhere in the middle of this, he decided not to do so... He fell in love with her... or not?

The moment she started doubting, she was lost.

He had her letters; it was possible for him to have her mom's too. He was closest to her and her father. He knew everything, as the third person. He intended to destroy her father no matter what. He had his motives and reasons, she still didn't know anything about.

So this is what it was supposed to come to?

"Are you listening to me?" she heard her father's voice, not knowing anything at the moment. She lifted her free hand and touched her wet cheeks, realising that she is crying.

The apartment phone began to ring.

"I have to go now," she said into the cell, leaving it on the sofa, picking up the handset of the phone.

"Yes?" she rasped, feeling her throat closing up.

"Miss, there is someone who came to see you, should I send him up?" the receptionist asked her. Her heart froze, remembering that Baekhyun was supposed to come.

"No," she yelped. She couldn't face him now. "I'm not expecting anyone," she added up, hanging up.

She didn't want to believe. Not wanting to believe the odd feeling she had, since the bomb blew up. Her mind was overwhelmed, but her heart already decided, it's the time to crumble under the amount of miserable emotions. Her stupid eyes couldn't stop producing tears. She whimpered, cursing herself and her destiny to be forever dammed.

She was feeling sorry for herself for another ten minutes, until she heard a knock on the door, which became more urgent every passing second. She slowly walked all the way to the hallway, but didn't go any farther, knowing in advance, who managed to get past the reception and ended up being here.

It made her cry even more, that she had to cover her mouth with her hands, to stop her from sobbing out loud.

"Iseul, I know you are in there, open the door," he spoke, making her heart jump in happiness. Stupid useless organ, always getting hurt, and no matter how many times it happens, it's always asking for it.

"I don't know what happened, but open the door and let's talk about it," he didn't give up, she had to give him that.

"Dee...," He mumbled, his voice sounding tired. It was breaking her heart, but then she remembered what is now happening in her life. He kept knocking for another fifteen minutes, until it stopped. She made step by step, ended up leaning against the door and listening, if he still there.

Evene though he didn't make any sound whatsoever, she could swear he is still there, doing exactly what she was. Listening.

Go away, Baekhyun, I don't want to talk, just leave me alone...

That was what she wanted to tell him, but the fact her throat got a obstructed by a lump, made it little difficult.

"I thought I knew you..." she whispered soundly. He couldn't hear that and she didn't want him to. She didn't want him to know, how much she was hurting. He saw her broken too many times.

She remained this way for another half a hour, she heard her phone buzzing somewhere in the living room, but she stayed frozen behind the door, knowing that was him calling. The feeling of disappointment was slowly killing her. The urge to cry was coming back and forwards. Few times she almost gave in and opened the door, wanting to see his face, but then she realized, once she would do that, she might end up saying that it doesn't matter he broke his promise.

She sat down on the floor, not having idea how much time past, since he came up.

You may call her coward, hiding like that, but in the end, that what she was good at, until Baekhyun entered her life.

Once she gathered her courage and came to meet her father, crossing half of the planet to do so and the outcome of all that, was only the biggest disappointment in her life. Now that she did it again, she came to the realization, that maybe she is supposed to stay hidden.

Not knowing what to do now, she sat on the floor for several hours, cut off the outside world, where everyone was asking, where she is. She had no idea, what is it going to be like, when she will go out again. Can she stay here in Korea? Does she want to stay?

That was when she heard another knock on the door, that made her jump. She stopped breathing, is it possible Baekhyun is still here?

"Iseul, that's me. Let me in," this voice didn't belong to her boyfriend. She got up on her feet, feeling how stiffen she is. Her heart started to beat like crazy. There was another person, who she didn't know how to face.

"Soojye?" she let out, her voice braking half way.

"Yes, open up," she urged her and Dee did, what she was told. She saw her friend and half sister, standing there, giving her look that didn't say anything about, what she is thinking. "You look like a mess," she pointed out and then walked past Dee inside of the apartment. She closed the door, glancing outside, seeing there is no one else. She sighed and followed Soojye into the living room, where she stopped in the middle and turned to see Dee. They were staring at each other for a minute.

"I'm sorry, you had to find out this way," Dee managed to form a sentence, it was weird to talk again, after hours of not doing so.

"Never mind that, I came here to tell you something," her face still didn't let Dee know what she must feel, but in Soojye's eyes something sparked, while her complexion darkened, pressing her lips into the tight line.

Then she finally found out, how stupid she was the entire time.

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- I'm aware of the fact, that you will probably want to hunt me(fits with the name of the chapter 😁), capture me and slowly and passionately murder me, after you read this... But I still did it😈, knowing all that😀

Gosh, it took me ages to write all the feels... I was kinda using my own experience... Well not that I'm a daughter of someone important and my famous boyfriend betrayed me hah, but I was once betrayed and I didn't want to believe it and.... Oh well... Long story 😓

I'm sorry to this chapter is so gloomy and it will make you wanna scream from frustration, but it's needed... And next statement is not going to make it better either 😶

Next chapter is going to be last one... Plus there might be epilogue...

I will then focus on Fall entirely... ah wait I have Kill or be killed ready to post as well... Kai's story... anyone is interested?🤔😁

Okay lemme know

Until then

Love ya💘