Elites of Seoul

Chapter 4

WARNING: suicide attempt and child abuse

Despite the present circumstances, all the families were eating a full English breakfast in one of the largest dining rooms at the Jung Estate, that was filled with a bright and joyful atmosphere.

Jokes were being thrown by the younger Elites, whilst the elder generations took part in flattering conversations to strengthen their business relations.

Baekhyun was still trying to consume his first sausage, not in the mood to eat at all. He stabbed his fork playfully into the scrambled eggs, his ears filtering out the conversations around him. His mother had come secretly to him before they had headed down for breakfast to tend to his wounds, bandaging them so that they won't be infected.

Baekhyun couldn't help but compare his mother's nursing hands to his cousin's. He had badly wanted to break down then but didn't want to anger his father anymore and bring further disgrace to his family by being late to breakfast.

Nobody questioned the silent Byun Heir, but everyone glanced at him every now and then. Including Chanyeol. Who at every opportunity he had, stared at him with his probing gaze nodding along to what Jongdae was saying, waiting for Baekhyun to meet his eyes and then refused to break the eye contact with Baekhyun, as if it were a competition.

The Byun Heir stared defiantly back at him, sipping on his glass of water and raising his eyebrow when Chanyeol got scolded by Jongdae for not listening to him properly.

Baekhyun was usually a talkative guy and was considered insanely attractive; hence he always had a lot of attention directed at him wherever he went.

Many celebrities, as well as politicians and even members of the Elite families themselves, had tried courting him in the past. Yet, Baekhyun never had a proper relationship with anyone, only having casual dates and hook-ups whenever he deemed convenient.

He was fairly notorious for sleeping around. The media would make sure to expose all of his affairs as loudly as possible, giving him the notorious image of a playful Heir. His father wasn't too pleased about this image but Baekhyun needed an outlet for his stress and so he didn't care much about this disreputable image he had developed over the years.

Besides he wasn't the only one from the Elites who sought such stress relief, there were many youngsters that were occasionally seen in the most luxurious clubs in Seoul.

Baekhyun admitted to like getting pampered. He enjoyed seeing people worship and adore his so-called 'beautiful' body and send him into a lust-crazed state that helped him with forgetting all of the dilemmas and anxieties he held inside him.

Yet, it was never enough.

Taehyung had always warned him how unhealthy this diversion was for him, but Baekhyun had constantly been stubborn regarding this matter.

So now, sat here amongst the elites amidst all the seemingly fake conversations, all Baekhyun could think of was how he could possibly escape the estate. He just wanted to go to the nearest club and lose himself to the numbness of alcohol, forgetting all the recent events that he had gone through.

He will need to ask Yunho's permission first, as nothing could be done without him allowing it, but he was too embarrassed to do so. Maybe Jaejoong would be the best person to talk to, Baekhyun thought to himself.

Once the agonizing ordeal of breakfast was over, everyone slowly migrated to the living room to carry on with their conversations.

The Elites really loved to talk, especially when they felt uncomfortable.

Baekhyun looked around to see that nobody had noticed him not joining the moving crowd and took this moment to pull Jaejoong aside.

"Hyung, I wanted to talk with you," Baekhyun spoke in a rough voice, he had been crying all night and these were his first words this morning.