I'm Not Your Cinderella

CHAPTER 12 - Break the Wall

Weekend came with Baekhyun ignoring Chanyeol for the rest of the week. He kept on doing his job, which was illustrating for the other projects of the company and of course, meeting with Sehun for the upcoming fan meeting. The younger insisted for him to come, but Baekhyun wasn't really fond of attention. To him, the people wanted to meet Sehun, and Baekhyun's work was just a part of the book's success. In the end, Baekhyun won and Sehun went to his fan event alone.

Chanyeol on the other hand, seemed to take the hint and didn't try to bother him again. If only Baekhyun knew how restless the CEO had become after their fight. If only he knew how the elder seemed to follow him with his eyes whenever they cross their paths in the building and how Chanyeol was so out of his wits for the rest of the week.

It was Saturday morning when he received a call from Luhan. He was still in his pajamas and was currently flipping the pancake—his breakfast. Upon seeing the smartphone Chanyeol bought for him as an apology for crushing his old one, Baekhyun was again reminded of the other. With a sigh he turned off the induction stove and received the call in loudspeaker, sliding down his thumb from the left side of the screen to the right.

"Baekhyun-ah~"

"What do you want doll face?" he asked, chuckling.

"Aw, darling be thankful I'm not there to shove your face in my ass."

"Ew, keep your fantasies to Sehun only."

"Rude," he could almost see the pout on the other's face, making him shook his head in amusement. "Anyway, I will go back home for the weekend! And I thought you might want to come with me to visit mom and dad."

Baekhyun almost dropped the phone, "Really, you will?! Shit, yes of course I'll come! I haven't seen auntie and uncle in ages!"

"Good! Mom has been nagging about when will I go home with you, she said I snatched you from her!"

He laughed whole heartedly, shaking his head. "Don't worry, I'll send her a message and I'll be ready in an hour. Pick me up?"

"Sure, see ya in an hour!"

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Luhan parked the car in the garage with an excited smile on his face. As always, when he turned off the engine, he took his necessary things from the compartment, plus his bloated black backpack from the backseat. Baekhyun on the other hand, had turned off the player of his phone, pressing the back button repeatedly until all the applications closed.

For a second, the illustrator was frozen when he realized that the wallpaper of the phone was the portrait sketch of the man who gave him the device. He mentally cursed himself for harboring lingering feelings for the man who wasn't even serious with what he showed and said to him a few weeks back.

"Baekhyun," the said man realized that Luhan was already outside, looking at him quizzically from the door of the car he was about to close. Baekhyun cleared his throat, putting the phone in his back pocket while opening the door.

They shut it simultaneously as the maid and the guard who opened the gates for them bowed at them with a smile.

"Sir Luhan, Sir Baekhyun! Welcome back!" the maid hollered, following Luhan to the compartment of the car. The elder lifted the trunk, rubbing his palms together when Baekhyun stood beside him, taking some plastic bags and eco bags full of groceries with him. The guard jogged to his side and took them, earning a thankful smile from the younger one. Luhan on the other hand gave one brown paper bag full of baking ingredients to the maid, muttering thank you as she took it to the kitchen with the other man.