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The man behind the Artistic smile Her yearning
Gray glared at Lucy, his nose flared up and his eyebrows narrowing down on her figure. “Did you just call me a water-flea?” he yelled, stabbing a finger in her direction. Lucy smiled. “Not exactly.” “Then?”. “I called you worse than a water flea, that’s all.” “What?”. “Yes.” “And you deserve that for talking rubbish about him behind his back and in front of me.” “Aren’t you quite arrogant?” Gray grunted. “You are insulting me just for the sake of your silly husband?”. “Am I hearing that right?”. Lucy nodded, “Yes, you are hearing it right.” “He’s not being paid to listen to your insults and sarcasm.” “So, I hope you’ll stop with it.” “You all never learn your lessons and always insult him in front of others. Why do you do that for?”. “What has he done to you to deserve this?”. Gray gritted his teeth and glared at Lucy. “That’s because he’s a useless piece of crap who feeds on his wife’s money for a living and doesn’t have a single penny in his pocket.” “He’s leading
Last Updated : 2022-08-30The man behind the Artistic smile Countdown to destruction
“Are you in this with me?” Noir asked, taking a deep breath.Henry went silent. “You surely aren’t planning on backing out at the last moment, I guess?” Noir asked again, to clarify herself.“I paid you a lot of money.”Henry placed away the light in his pockets throwing away the packet of cigarette into the dustbin.“I have grown out of them, so, I’m not going to take them any longer.”Henry started walking again.“Don’t worry,” he stood in front of the elevator with his hands in his pockets.“As long as I have taken your money and gave you my promise, I’m surely going to do my best to help you out.”“But, don’t tell me to do something illegal. I don’t want to go to jail.”“You can be assured,” she replied with a smile.“I have good use of you. I’m not going to send you to jail.”“Not any moment now.”“What?”.“Nothing.”She took a deep breath and asked, “Do you promise that you won’t betray ,me?”.The lift door opens.He stepped inside while talking, “I certainly won’t betray you,
Last Updated : 2022-08-31The man behind the Artistic smile Splitting work
Lucy and Chelsa eventually came back to office by the lunch time.She goes to check whether Nick and Zoe had arrived or not.Chelsa opened the door for her to enter.Going inside Lucy saw Nick sitting while doing something on his computer.“Hey, when did you came?” Lucy asked, reaching up to him.Nick looked at her direction hearing her voice.“Oh, you two returned already?”.“Yes, just now.” Chelsa added with a frown.“I’m tired from running here and there all day.”“I can say the same thing.” Stated a voice behind them.Zoe came in through the door heaving a deep sigh.“Did you just come?” Chelsa asked.“Unfortunately, no.”Zoe looks at Lucy.“I was helping our your younger cousin sister. She was carrying some boxes and had dropped them, so I helped her to pick them up.”“Younger cousin sister?” Lucy thought about it for a second before Julia’s face flashes into her mind.“Oh, Julia.”“They must be hurrying up a lot to finish the work.”She looked at the watch in her hand.“Alrea
Last Updated : 2022-08-31The man behind the Artistic smile Afternoon is over
Some while after that, the food was starting to arrive.Lucy and her teammates were waiting outside the gate for the delivery van to arrive.Henry kept gazing at Chelsa’s direction and Nick noticed this.Chelsa was standing still, smiling to herself.Nick tapped on her shoulder, turning her attention to him.She looked at him with a puzzled face.“What?”.“You are-“.The sound of a horn came from the main-road.Lucy looked out to see that the delivery van has arrived.She met up with the delivery person.Then they had taken out everything.“Everyone, work together. We have to finish this on time.” She hollered at others.They nodded and had taken out the trays etc one by one.Olivia’s team member had seen this, so she called Olivia.Olivia kept her eyes on them through the higher floor.“Is that them?”.“Seems so.”“I need to tell Brother about it.”“Yes, brother. Are you listening?”.“Yes, Lucy and her team are taking the orders. What should I do?”.“Uh-huh.”“Alright. I’ll look for
Last Updated : 2022-08-31The man behind the Artistic smile uncovering the lies
After that, Henry and Chelsa were put on the guarding duty. Meanwhile Lucy and Nick, Zoe had gone inside the building to talk with Picado about the rest of the work.They were going through the lists etc while they were out at the ground.The workers who were handling the stage are the only ones present in there except them.Chelsa had gone to take a drink from the workers and she came back shortly.She handed out a can of beer to Henry with a smile.His eyes travelled to her face, and it got stuck to the beer can.“Drinking so early? Do you want to get fired?” he comments.“Fired?” she cocked her head sideways in confusion.“This is not considered a drink lol.”“We can have it anytime we want with some refreshments at least. I prefer it that way.”“But we can’t afford to leave, so bear with this only.”“For real now?”.She nodded.“Take it and enjoy.”He wasn’t planning on drinking anything but as she insisted so much he had to agree.“You are so aggressive.”“ I am.”She sits down a
Last Updated : 2022-08-31The man behind the Artistic smile Final task
Henry’s eyes widened in response when he saw the text message from Chelsa. He covered his mouth with his hand as his eyes widened.“This is Noir’s number. Why did she contact Chelsa to approve my application?”.“Why didn’t she even told me back then?”.Chelsa puts away her phone and sighs.“No matter how much you deny, none of this is gonna work.”“I have enough proofs against you.”“So, you should listen to me.” “Admit what your true motive is.”“You still have time.”Henry’s face goes pale. He looks here and there searching for the answer to her question.Silence remained. She looks up and comments, “You don’t want to admit it, do you?”.“Fine then. We’ll play your way.”“I’ll go and show this message to Ms.Lucy.”She turns away towards the other direction about to leave, but then Henry grabbed her by the hand.“Wait!”.“Don’t go.”“I’ll tell you everything. Don’t say anything to her right now.”Chelsa smiled.She turns around to see him.“Glad you are so smart for your own. It s
Last Updated : 2022-10-01The man behind the Artistic smile Time hurrying near
Lucy comments with a smile, “Hey!”.“What were you two doing together?”.“Any problem?”.Chelsa smiled and shakes head in disapproval.“We had gone for a drink together.”“How’s work?”.“All done?”.“The desserts haven’t arrived yet.” Chelsa moved to their side while Henry stood where he was standing.Zoe examined him a little and became puzzled.“Why’s he so quiet?”.“Okay, then let’s go and arrive near the food section again. When she’ll calls I’ll go and get her.”They start to walk away. Henry watched them go. Nick noticed that he was standing still, so he came up to him and patted him on the back.“Why are you standing here?”.Henry looked up at him with a worried face.“Uh….”.“Get going. Come!”.He dragged Henry away from there.After some minutes.The old lady who was supposed to give the delivery had sent her granddaughter in the van to deliver the desserts.She parked in front of the gate and stood there waiting for Lucy to arrive.“Should I call first? Or go and check?”.Li
Last Updated : 2022-10-02The man behind the Artistic smile All for nothing
She thinks over this for a moment then sighs. “Alright then.” “I had already contacted her for several times. If she told you to say this to her there’s nothing I can do other than believe in your words.” “She already paid, so I really can’t do whatever it happens to the order after I hand it over.” “I’ll give the trays to you. No point in wasting my time here any further.” Gray’s eyes lights up with an smile. “That’s great.” “I’ll tell you where to place them. Send them over.” “Sure.” When Lucy was done with her work, she stared down at her phone to check the time. Only to see it was over 5. Chelsa came from behind while she stood in the food corner. “It’s over 5. Why’s the order not here yet?”. “The guests will come by 6, right?”. Lucy turns around her and nodded. “They were supposed to arrive on time, I called them half an hour ago and they still didn’t arrive yet.” “I should contact them again.” “Yeah, that sounds good.” “I’m going to bathroom. Call me if you nee
Last Updated : 2022-10-03
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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
