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The man behind the Artistic smile Come back of the villainess part 1
Grey goes to the office earlier than anyone today. He went straight to his cabin which is on the 10th floor. His office is on the top floor as he wanted to be left alone from the rest.He closed the door and sat down on his seat. A man came into the room and brought a cup of tea and closed the door and left.While he sipped the coffee, he took out his laptop and started working.A man knocked on the door drawing his attention to it.“Yes?”.“Can I come in?”.“Sure! Come.”A plain man dressed in a black jacket and white shirt underneath came inside with a hat on his head.He walked up to the desk and took out something from behind his pant pockets.He handed it over to Gray and stood still.Gray took the grey envelope and reads through it.“These are all the information that you told me to gather about her. I hope there’s nothing you can complain about in them?” the man asked, lowering his hat.Gray’s eyes lit up, as the corner of his lips rise upwards.“Perfect, just as I wanted. Do y
Last Updated : 2022-06-19The man behind the Artistic smile Coming back of the Villainess part 2
"How are you saying it's possible to tear them apart?" She asked, gasping for a moment.Gray chuckled."Nothing in the world will be impossible as long as I'm with you! Do you want to have faith in me believe my words, to take your revenge?".Many things went into Christina's mind, but all she could think of is how to take Lucy away from Robin only. Her blood boiled in anger, and her nerves tensed up.Everything in her body screamed of the injustice that happened to her. As her eyes rolled down at the pictures beneath her feet.Robin's face flashed into her mind."You are so good at drawing Christina. You should practice drawing also." "When you praised me, I started drawing to get closer to you." "But then.........you had disappeared from my life and your mom and you left this place. But the longing I had for you, stayed in my heart. And I'm still unable to forget about you." "Why did Lucy have to take you away from me, when I was the one who was in your life in the first place?".
Last Updated : 2022-07-01The man behind the Artistic smile Start of the crack
Lucy reached the office and gets off from the car while carrying her bag in hand.She stepped forward about to walk inside the big gate only to bump into someone.“I’m sorry,” the person apologized.“It’s alright,” Lucy lifts her face to see Henry.“You?”.“Boss? I didn’t mean to bump into you, forgive me.” He apologized with a bow.“It’s fine. No need to apologize. Good morning by the way.”Henry smiled.“Good morning as well.”“You came early!” Lucy mentioned with a smile.Henry nods. “I just saw you getting off from the car. We arrive at the same time.”“I see, anyway, let’s go inside, shall we?”.Henry nods and accompanied Lucy while chatting on the way.Julia saw this. She informed Olivia about it on the call.Gray arrived quite later.Henry opens the door to their department. Lucy stepped in.Chelsa and Nick both were present, only except Zoe.They stood up saw Lucy and greeted them, “Good morning.”“Good morning,” Lucy greeted back and kept a cool demeanor while walking steadil
Last Updated : 2022-07-02The man behind the Artistic smile Birds of a same feather
During lunchtime, Julia went to visit Olivia’s cabin. She opens the door without knocking to find her staff still working while she’s on the phone.Julia moved swiftly towards her and knocked on the glass door.“I’m coming,” she stated before entering through the door.Olivia didn’t remove her eyes from the phone and ignored Julia.Julia took a seat in front of her and sighed.“Didn’t you say you were going to teach Lucy some lesson? But I don’t see doing anything about it. Why’s that sister?”.“Hm……” came the quick response from Olivia.Julia sighs again and steals the phone away from her sister.“What are you doing with this? I need to know when you plan on recruiting that guy to work for us! I want to see some progress. Why do you keep wasting time for no reason at all!”.Olivia gave a grumpy expression and took the phone away from Julia.“I was doing work!”.Julia narrowed her eyes in suspicion.“What kind of work is it? May I know?”.Olivia showed her the phone.“This!”.Julia lo
Last Updated : 2022-07-03The man behind the Artistic smile All that glitters isn't gold
Lunchtime is over.Henry reached their room and stood in front of the door. He looked sideways and then went in.He closed the door behind him and walked up to his table of Nick, and searched for something.After looking for a while, he found a file in his hand and picked it up.He opens it and started looking around. A smile forms on his face, signs of relief.“Everything will be alright, let’s go to work now,” Chelsa said, opening the door.Nick and Chelsa walked in to see that Henry had already started working, and Lucy had also arrived.Nick glanced at Henry and went up to his seat and sits down again.Chelsa did the same.After that, Lucy called Henry to her seat. He then went to Nick, and said, “Please give me the file for the afternoon meeting. I need to take them to the meeting room. The client has arrived.”“Oh, did she say to give them to you?”.“Yes.”“I already took the presentation that I created. Now, I need the file from you.”Nick goes through the papers and piles of f
Last Updated : 2022-07-04The man behind the Artistic smile Game of the genius part 1
Lucy crossed her arms in front of her chest with a puzzled expression.“Mind explaining what’s going on in here?” she asked Nick.Nick stepped forward, and replied, “I created the file based on the project we were going to discuss today. I don’t know anything that Henry explained some minutes ago.”“Believe me.”“And why will he do that?” Lucy asked.“How would I-“.“Forgive me for interrupting. But I have to speak up for myself.” Henry added, looking up with straightforward eyes.“Check the file that Senior Nick has created. I only spoke what was written in there. I am not at fault here at all.”Nick snapped.“Are you pointing at me or anything?” Nick yelled, stabbing a finger.Henry composed himself and fixed his tie.“I am only stating the truth. I don’t need to point at you or anything at all.”“Truth?” Nick stepped forward and hurled toward Henry only to be stopped by Lucy who came between them.“Stop! What are you trying to do?” she asked Nick.“He’s lying. Giving me false accus
Last Updated : 2022-07-05The man behind the Artistic smile Game of the genius part 2
“Have you found it?” Chelsa asked Nick.“No, I believe it has to be here. I think.”Chelsa glanced at her clock.“But, we are running out of time. We have to find it as fast as possible.”“Why didn’t I check the file before giving it over to Henry? Then none of this would have happened. I could change it before the meeting was being held.”“It’s my carelessness that all of this happened. I should have been careful. Why am I like this? God!”.Nick kept blaming himself while searching for the file. Chelsa could only pity him for that.Ten minutes pass by, but their searching came to a halt, as they could find nothing at all.Nick fell to his knees, looking down at the ground with pitiful eyes.“Where did the file go when we worked here some hour ago? Did it fly out of the room on its own or something? It’s just ridiculous.”Chelsa looked around, and went over to the side of Henry’s desk, and stared at it for a minute.They suddenly looked around the files present on his desk and searche
Last Updated : 2022-07-05The man behind the Artistic smile An evening date
Henry puffed on a cigarette which he took out from his coat, and searched for his lighter in his pocket which he found eventually. He sat in the cafeteria, and lit his cigar, puffing on it creating heavy smoke in the air. “Unless it is a good occasion I don’t smoke. But today seems like a good day. I’ll smoke two.” The corner of his lips curled into a satisfying smile. “She must have been in a pickle now, thinking where all the remaining parts of those papers have disappeared to.” He chuckled, staring out at the window. “Whoever comes to mess with me, has to suffer. And no one can get away from me after creating a ruckus.” “Two pieces are gone, now only one left. And just like this, I am going to take away all of your comrades slowly, little by little, and leave you standing all alone.” “When you’ll look at your surroundings, no one will be here beside you. And then,” he threw away his cigar and dropped it on the floor, stamping on it a little. “The only one you’ll be able to
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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
