Lahat ng Kabanata ng The man behind the Artistic smile : Kabanata 241 - Kabanata 250

During the afternoon Lucy received a call from someone. While she was talking, Nick went to give her a file and heard something from far away.“Yes, Grandpa. I’m listening.”“Oh, you are talking about what happened with Brother Hughes.”She went silent.“I’m much apologetic about their behaviors. Please try to understand the situation and then make any decision please.”“I know, they were at fault. He shouldn’t have acted violently. I’am apologizing in their stead. Please listen to me.”Nick gripped onto the file tightly and turned away leaving.“Can you please spare their jobs only? This is the only thing I’m telling you to consider for them.”“This my request Grandpa. Please don’t refuse.”“I should go to the main mansion today?”.“But-“.“Okay, I’ll be there as soon as office is over.”She sighs and sets down her phone on the table, leaning her head onto the chair.Her mind goes blank whenever she thinks about what’s going to happen in the evening.“I should’ve tried much harder to

Some hours later, everyone arrives at the hall, sitting side by side.Lucy was late as she was washing off her shirt. She was on the way, wiping off the shirt with her handkerchief as it was still wet.“Ah, the stain has still here. What am I going to do?”.“Guess, this is not coming out any moment now.”She reached the hall and everyone gave an intense stare at her.She glanced sideways and pairs of eyes followed her.Her grandpa sat in the middle with his pair of glasses with a grumpy face.There was a seat abandoned in the middle, making it seem like was only for her as everyone was already sitting.She glanced at it and turns to her grandpa.“Ah….good evening Grand-“.“Have a seat first! Then we’ll talk!” he replied before letting her complete her sentence.She nods lightly and approached the seat and sat down slowly.She kept her head lowered and placed her hands on her knees. One maid appeared behind grandpa.On the right side, sat Gray’s mom and dad, then Olivia’s mom and dad,

Lucy walked back home. She reached the door and didn’t feel like ringing the door any longer.Still, gathering up all the strength she had, she rang the bell.“Coming!”.Someone answered and opens the door shortly.Robin opens the door with a smile on his face.“Welcome home, come in.”She didn’t look at his face and entered through the door.She walked towards her room, and on the way, Robin followed her.“Give me your bag. I’ll carry it!” he asked.She handed it over and placed her hand on the doorknob.“Don’t bother me for a while, please. And I’m not hungry. Don’t bother me for eating.”“Good night.” She said and closed the door behind her after entering the room, leaving him standing behind the door.“What?”.“Lucy-“.“Leave me alone please.”He retreated his hand and looked at the door.“What happened to her? Why’s she acting this way?”.“IF she wants to be left alone, I’ll give her some space.”He turned away and went to the kitchen. He took the food and placed the food in the

Lucy returned to her department thinking about what Olivia said to her on the lift.The moment she placed her hand on the knob, someone placed their hand on top of hers.“Ah, I’m sorry.”“No, it’s alright-“ she looks up to see Henry.“Oh, Henry.”“Good morning. Did you just come like me?”.Lucy nods. “You are…” she checked her watch.“Late.”“But, I guess I will let you go off if you work diligently.”“Let’s go.”He nods.He opens the door for her and then she goes in.When she walked inside she saw Nick and the others present. They were all working even before she had arrived.Lucy glanced at Nick while walking past his seat. She stopped by and stood in front of his desk.Nick didn’t look at her and continued to work.Lucy clenched onto the strap of her bag tightly. Hesitation kicked in recalling how she had slapped him yesterday.Henry saw this from behind, able to read her like an open book.Clearing off all the hesitation that she felt, she stepped forward and greeted with a smile

“What are you saying? I am not at fault?”. She’s lost: unable to see anything clearly that he could see very well. She’s unable to separate right from wrong.“And this is what’s going to help me achieve my goal much easier.”“I may not have been working here for too long. But, from all these days I had been spending time with you all, I can tell.”He closed his eyes and smiled.“You are a leader who’s always cheering up her juniors to achieve even better results. You are always trying to be the supporting force to help them and grow.”“I hadn’t been working for a long time like them. But, even I was able to see this.”“I know you don’t hate them. Even if they act badly with you, you can’t hate them from the inside out. Cause, they are not bad at all, you are convinced by this.”“And that is why!”.He stares at her with confident eyes.“Give them time.”“Time heals every single wound. As time will pass by, they’ll start to forget about the incident. When they’ll be able to forget it, y