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The man behind the Artistic smile Apologies
“Is that Lucy?” he dashed towards the bathroom right away.He stood outside the door and knocked on it.“Lucy!”.“Are you alright?”.“Can you hear me?”.“Hey!”.She gave no response back. He stood there all puzzled unable to understand what was going on.“Lucy!”.He heard another groaning noise coming from inside the room. He was able to understand she was in pain or something else.“I should check her out. What if she’s not in any condition to call out?”.“I should go inside.” He placed his hand on the doorknob feeling hesitant.“Is this alright for me to “.He kicked aside all the hesitation and without a second thought enters through the door.“Lucy, are you alright-“ his eyes searched for the figure only to see her sitting on the ground with her knees hugged closer to her chest.The shower was on, and she was sitting there getting wet. Water was dripping down from her hair. she sat with the white towel wrapped around her chest which was already drenched with water that came down f
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Lucy’s cheeks became redder with each passing second. She clutched onto the towel tightly out of frustration.“What is this?”.“This only makes me look like a bad person who doesn’t know how to accept her faults.”“This is not fair for him to do that.”“If he apologizes for his mistakes, then I should……..”.“Gosh!”.“Why’s it so much harder to apologize as an grown up adult?”.“It wasn’t so much hard to do it in the past. But now, it’s hard to apologize.”“Who told him to be so honest with me?”.She looked down at her hands, then at his face.She removed her hand from his hold, and adverted her eyes away.“I’m…….”.“Also sorry for going anywhere I wanted without informing you.”“That day, I was angry at you so I accepted Henry’s proposal of eating lunch out and then we bumped into each other in the taxi.”“I’m sorry for behaving rudely with you after that. You didn’t deserve any of the behaviors I did with you.”“I’m sorry for everything that I have done to you these past days.” “yo
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“Why did she call me suddenly?”. Christina puts down the phone.Suddenly she received a call from Richard.“Yes.”“Noir called me.”“What did she talk about?”.“Just getting enough information about my whereabouts.”“Oh.”“Maybe she doesn’t mean any harm. But still, be careful. Don’t leak any information about you.”“Sure. I’m hanging up for now.”She puts away her phone and looked out through the window.“Noir, what exactly are you planning? I just can’t get the suspicion off.”“How did she know Uncle was talking with me earlier in the morning?”.“Was she spying on him?”.Noir cuts the call and sits down on her bed with a thumping sound.“Gosh, she’s so nosy.”“I wonder if she suspected me or anything like that.”“But the way she was talking, she sounded quite strange.” “I wonder why?”.“If she’s not working with Uncle, then he would have said something about her to me right? There’s no point in him lying to me.”“Maybe, all of it is just my imagination and nothing else.”Meanwhile,
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“Come in. There’s no need to freak out,” added Hughes. Julia came up to him and moved away some of the files that were sitting on the bed to make a spot for herself.“Don’t they look like office files?” she comments, picking up one file and examining it.“Yes.”“Are you working?”.“Not exactly.”“I’m just……”.“Trying to search for ways to beat Lucy. As we can’t do anything to get her into trouble, we have to work hard or do something else.”“After all, everything has been arranged by grandpa. We have to be cautious enough for him not to find out anything.”Julia puts down the file to look at him.“You don’t have any other methods to kick Lucy out of this?”.Hughes looked up at her with a puzzled face.“Don’t even speak rubbish.”“If you try to do something you’ll get blamed totally without any person to cover up for you.”“Do you think grandpa is going to put up with these tricks of yours? You’ll be banned from the family forever without any connection to our business.”“You are only
Last Updated : 2022-08-23The man behind the Artistic smile Meeting her again
The next morning came.Robin had gotten up faster than Lucy, so he went to draw outside while carrying his canvas in hand without telling Lucy as she wasn’t awake.He searched for a spot to do it, but couldn’t find any suitable places to do it.In the end, he decided to go near the lake nearby their house. It was a 20-minute walk from there.He sits down on the green grass and watched the lake. Ducks were swimming away while the ducklings were following behind them.He took out his painting things and started to draw.At first, his mind goes blank thinking about what to draw. But after a lot of time, he decided on what to draw.When he was in the middle of drawing there was a woman with a similar resemblance to Lucy sitting near the lake playing with the ducks and feeding them.He drew it with a smile on his face.“Didn’t think she was going to be an inspiration to draw.”At last, he finished drawing in a couple of minutes.He stared at it with a satisfied smile on his face.“Finally!
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Christina patted away the dust from her dress and turned to Robin.“You met your friend after so long, but still, you don’t seem too happy about it, why?” she grunted.Robin took off his glasses and sighs.“The behavior you did with me previously, why do you think I’ll be happy to see you?”.“Things would have been different if you tried to stay my friend just like always then none of it would have turned out like this.”“You ruined our relationship,” with the last sentence he clenched onto the hem of his shirt tightly.“You just, ruined everything.”Christina’s eyes widened in shock. His words were sharp as a double edged sword, hurting them both when he spoke them. He was saddened by her choice of words.“I never wanted to hate her, but she made me do it, and I feel partly responsible for it also.”“Robin, I-“ her voice was cracking up, unable to say out anything to him. Tears brimmed the corner of her eyes.“Is he blaming me for the way how our relationship turned out?”.“Is he bl
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When Christina left, Robin looked down at the brushes down at his feet.“She created enough mess for me before leaving. Whenever she comes back, a bad feeling always remains.”“Hope she’s not looking for trouble again.”He heaved a sigh and goes back to painting the drawing that he drew earlier.When he goes back home he searched for Lucy. But she was nowhere to be seen.“Where is she?” he goes back to his art room and puts down the canvas before heading towards their room to search for Lucy.“Lucy.” He called, opening the door.But the bed was all folded up and she was nowhere to be seen.“Did she woke up already? Or is she in the kitchen?”.After searching throughout the house, he sits down on the couch and dialed her number.He called her and she picked up after two times.“Hello.”“What’s the matter? Why are you calling suddenly?”.“Yes, that’s for a reason.”“Where are you now?”.“Um…..in the office.”“Office? Why?”.“Isn’t this your day off?”.“Yeah, but….”.“Grandpa sent a mail
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Lucy sighs in response.“Fine then, come along.”“You are the only one I managed to fetch among the crowd of people. I can’t just let you go right away, can I?”.“What?”.“Come!”.She and Henry took a taxi and checked out the nearby five-star hotels.They took the first one which is the number one hotel in their city, Angel Wings.Lucy and he took the elevator and went to the counter to search for the manager.Henry waited while she went away.He was doing something on his phone when Lucy came back.“Come with me. He agreed to let us go to their cooking area.” Henry didn’t hear her, so she tapped on his shoulders.“Are you listening?”.He looked in her direction with narrowed eyebrows.“What?”.“Didn’t you hear me?”.“Ah…no.”“God, I can’t believe it.”“Take your work seriously.” She grabbed him by the hand and dragged him to where she was telling him to go.“The manager agreed to let us check out the cooking area. What are you waiting for?”.“We have to check out all the food. I hop
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The man behind the Artistic smile Conclusion
After that, Lucy and Robin open an café together where they both work by themselves. She opened it with the money she had saved while working in office.They live their days happily, with her mom and dad.1 year later, they managed to make it one of the popular café in town.Christina and Noir comes to visit from time to time with their new boyfriend.Christina is dating Hughes from Lucy’s family, and Noir is dating Henry.Lucy’s grandpa was devasted, but didn’t said anything when Lucy sold her company because of Robin.The main house only remained a small part of their wealth.Gray and Isabella had a son and the whole family divided up.Grandpa kicked all of them out and lets the house sit empty.Lucy doesn’t go to visit.Today’s another day at work. While robin was working, someone came up to the counter.He thought it was a client, so he asked, “What can I get you?”.“I’d like my son back. Can you give him back to me?”.“Your son? What?” he looked up to see his father standing.He
The man behind the Artistic smile The end
Lucy takes an taxi and heads out towards Bradley mansion.“I have to go. I have to stop him.”“Even after knowing the truth, I can’t let it happen.”“I have to stop it.”“Lucy. Hurry up!”.“I don’t care whether he loves me or not. I can’t let him sacrifice his life, just for the sake of my achievement.”“I won’t let that happen.”She reached the house on time.Meanwhile, Christina and Robin stood face to face at the isle.Richard’s guests were all present at the spot.The priest began to speak, “And now, lift up the veil of the Bride.”“Then we shall began the engagement ceremony.”Robin looked at Christina, and reached his hand towards her direction.His hands were trembling.She had closed her eyes, unable to stare into his face.“Do I really have to do this?”.Lucy’s face was appearing on his mind.“I am betraying her this way, aren’t I?”.“Will I be able to face her after all this?”.He touched her veil, about to lift it up.Only to hear a voice coming from the doorway.“Stop it r
The man behind the Artistic smile Everything has an end
The night seemed to long, but eventually it passed by.In the morning, Lucy woke up and brushed her hair.After brushing she goes to have breakfast.When she finished eating she goes to her room for one final time.Suddenly, her phone started ringing.She looks around, searching for the source of the noise.And found it sitting on the bed.She picked it up and looked at the screen, only to see none other than Chris’s number displaying.“Who’s this now?”.“Hello, who?”.“I’m Chris, thanks for picking up.”“Chris? Who’s that?”.“I need you to come to a place, please come immediately.”“A place? But where?”.“I’m sending the location, please come by 9, it’s urgent.”“9, but why?”.“You need to know something. It’s about Mr. Robin. If you won’t hear it out you might regret it later.”“Regret?” Lucy became puzzled for a second.“What are you talking about? Please explain.”“You only need to hear this, nothing else.”“I’m hanging up for now. I’ll be waiting.”“hey, hello-“.Lucy stared at h
The man behind the Artistic smile Remaining time
After that, wedding preparations were going in the Bradley household.Everywhere there are lights, decorations many guests are invited for it.While Richard was reading aloud the name of the guests he was inviting, Robin was just staring out at the door without listening to him.His dad noticed this and called, “Are you still wishing that your wife will come back and waste this marriage?”.“You are already divorced. Stop daydreaming.”Robin turns to his dad with an worried face.“What? No, I’m not thinking about anything like that.”“That’s written all over your face. Stop looking at the past and move forward with the future.”“you will have a new life with a new partner. Why don’t you-“.Christina came from the other corner of the room.Richard spots her and smiled. “There she is, your would-be wife. Come here dear.” Robin looks out to see Christina.“Sit beside him. I want to discuss about your dress and everything. We don’t have much time so we have to hurry up and arrange it.”
The man behind the Artistic smile The Divorce agreement
“Divorce papers sent by Mr. Robin.” Replied the man in a cold tone.Lucy’s eyes widened in shock.“What?”.“Mr. Robin wants to break off this marriage, which is why he has sent me these papers along with his signs. If you sign them then this agreement will be complete.”“After this, you two will no longer be husband and wife.”Lucy’s whole world crumbled. She couldn’t believe anything at all.The lawyer handed out the papers to her to review.“Have a look.” Lucy peeked at the file, still unable to believe it.Then she picked it up gently, and starts to check inside.Robin’s sign remained there by itself.She ran her fingers across the signature.“I know it’s quite sudden news for you to take,” The lawyer began to speak.“But, even you knew it yourself, that this day was going to come eventually.”“You two had been staying separated for over a week, so he finally made up his mind.”“He don’t want anything to do with you, so please if you feel the same, then sign this agreement.”“This
The man behind the Artistic smile Some things comes with an price
Soon after that, she goes back home and tells her parents about it. knowing this, they become very much happy.But they also ask about her husband whom they haven’t seen for a whole week.Lucy still doesn’t plan on telling them about it. her mom tried to call Robin, but Lucy stopped her from calling him.At the end, Grandpa invited her out for the ceremony which will happen tomorrow to make her the heir of the Campbell group and industries.Lucy went to bed with an happy face.Meanwhile, while having dinner along with his dad, Richard sat in the middle with an blank face.He didn’t touch the food yet.Chris noticed this and comments, “Please eat up something. You didn’t eat since the afternoon.”Richard looked at his son.“Oh, he didn’t eat, why?”.“He was worried for Ms. Lucy, that’s why.”“Oh?” Richard glanced at Robin and began to talk.“I met her today face to face. Quite an enthusiastic spirit considering they are the Campbells.”“I invested quite an large amount of money today.
The man behind the Artistic smile Victory at last
His dad and Robin appeared sitting in the back of the car, smoking a cigar.“Hm….you know it yourself how much of an amount you are telling me to invest in her, aren’t you?”.“That’ll cost you a lot.” “Are you willing to pay for it?”.Robin looked at him with a straightforward gaze.“I know, but I’m still going to take the risk anyway.”“Hm…..”."You may never see her again. Will you still risk it?" his eyes were serious when he looked at Robin. Robin takes a deep breath, "I don't care. As long as she is happy, as long as she wins and earns her reputation, I don't care.""I want her to achieve her goal. I'm ready to pay any price." Richard clicked his tongue, "I hate brainless monkey's like you. Hard to think you are my son." “Alright then.”“I don’t mind helping you out.”“As long as you get to divorce her in the end, I don’t care.”“I will,” Robin said, taking a deep breath.“Good then. I’ll be investing this amount of money on the project in their company.” He showed him the ca
The man behind the Artistic smile The final request
The next morning.By the time Lucy’s team reached office, she had already arrived and started working.“When did you came?” Nick asked, putting down his bag.“Quite an couple of hours ago. You all sit down and start working.”“The meeting will be in 11, then we will focus on the next one after the deal is signed.”“There’s no time to waste, hurry up!”.“Ah, yes!”.They get into work, and attend the meeting. And they manage to get the deal signed.They finished the next meeting before evening and got it signed as well.And at last, it was time for the board to refresh for the day.Lucy was inside the building getting the paperwork ready to give them to Picado.Her team mates had already gone downstairs.When the board refreshed she was right in front of the window.Her eyes widened in shock to see the board.Her name was on the 2nd, and Olivia was on the 3rd and Gray was on the 4th along with Hughes.She stood there for a couple of minutes shocked, unable to believe what she was seeing
The man behind the Artistic smile Resolution
He closed the door behind him and locked it. Then carried her up to the bed, and placed her on the bed roughly.Christina looked up at his face unable to understand what was going on.“What is he planning to do?”.He held her hands above her head and peered deep into her eyes.Her throat was starting to go dry out of fear and excitement.“Um…Robin….”.He clicked his tongue and pulled her roughly, helping her get up on her feet from the bed.They stood face to face on the ground.He was starting to take off his clothes. She adverted her eyes right away.He finally unbuttoned his shirt and now stood topless.“Kneel!” he commanded in a harsh tone.She was startled when he yelled.“Uh…..”.“Are you saying-“.“Kneel!” he said again.“On the ground?” she stuttered.He nodded his head sideways.She glanced down at the carpet lying at her feet and gets down on her feet.“Kneel as a dog does!” he added.She changed her posture and sat just like an obedient dog does.She looked at his face and
