It Was Always You

Unpleasant Surprises Part Two

Hold on to your seats everyone, I hope I have answered some questions about who's behind everything and that it isn't to obvious eek!

I sincerely hope you like this chapter, I hope it's clear that these are the events leading up to the teaser I posted!

I'm nervous about how this particular chapter will be received! So I'm going to hide behind the sofa! Please do let me know your thoughts ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Baekhyun walks through the exhibit  constantly on the lookout for any inconsistency, he's nervous something  like the light falling the other day will happen! Baekhyun would rather that not be the reason his gallery ends on the front page of the newspapers! He tries to suppress the rage within him it's all futile as all he can think about is new minister of culture and his sheer disregard for him and the gallery! He just couldn't believe what he heard an hour ago, said senators words have ensured the exhibit will be front page news!

The Senator who was heard by all was blatantly insulting the gallery before continued to freely admitt that the preview is a wasted resource!  Thank the gods for Sehun, he stepped in to distract his parents when Sandra and James both bristled in anger at just how rude said senator was being, not just rude his negative words monopolised the attention of the press away from the exhibition! Baekhyun was horrified and consumed with white hot anger at first, when the Senator threw shade at his gallery being the chosen platform the exhibit creative team chose to show the exhibit. When Senator Kim tried to then draw attention of the press to his daughters hopeful return to her modelling and styling business, and a reporter dared asked if Maria was likely to return home all he could started to see was red! It wasn't helped when the senator insinuated that she would be returning to reconcile with her estranged husband.

Bless his assistant though Jongdae saw the look on his face and drew him away, forcing him to take big gulps of champagne before advising he needed to calm down, a task he has struggled to do for the last hour!

Baekhyun checks his watch and frowns it's after 8pm and Chanyeol is still nowhere to be seen, Baekhyun is fairly positive he isn't here,  as his man towers over the majority of the people in this room. The subtle shake of Jongdae's head means the giant is definitely not in the building, he would be lying if he said he wasn't upset because he is and is beyond furious! Baekhyun closes his eyes as those familiar feelings of abandonment return to him, he just can't believe this, Chanyeol promised things would be different if they tried again, yet here he is an hour in to the most important night of his life and his partner is a nowhwere in sight!

A sudden chill down the back of his spine doesn't sit well with him, something about Chanyeol's absence is just not sitting right. He regrets his flare of anger just now, he knows his gentle giant wouldn't do anything to jeopardize their second chance. A sudden lightbulb goes off in brain, it's probably a road accident, confusion taking root when he glances his phone to see no notification of such an accident from Chanyeol. Taking a deep breath to calm the weird sensation swirling within him, he really can't dwell on his absent partner. When he finally shows they can discuss his tardiness, for now he will try and focus on having a positive energy as tonight  will make or break his career.

Of course how could be so stupid, as he sees both Sandra and James talking with who he thinks is Hay Moon the famous singer! Baekhyun mentally facepalms himself, he can ask James if Chanyeol mentioned that he was on his way. He starts to make his way over to James When out of the blue that unpleasant chill down his spine returns, Baekhyun doesn't like the sudden sharp burn in his heart. The pleasant background chatter that was humming happily in the background stops, sudden collective gasps and the look of pure horror on Jongdae's face has him confused until he sees a struggling Sandra Park being held back by an almost desperate James, they also have horror written on their faces. Beakhyun can already see tears falling from Sandra's eyes, as she emotionally shouts out "Chanyeol!" Whirling around he lets out a choked sob of his own, his heart breaking as he watches the man he loves walking in to his gallery with Maria stood to the side of him pointing a pistol to his back!