Mr. Hephephobias

CHAPTER 174 - Big News

Canada, yes that's the destination of Rayn and Lucia after making big news. While they were still on a flight journey, the art world had been made uproar by the figure of Lotus who they never thought was a young man, handsome and also romantic. News of the appearance of the real figure behind the Lotus name had spread quickly and became the spotlight.

Television, print and social media are talking about the Lotus Painter. Be it in the office, in the cafe at school, on the street, not even looking at age, all connoisseurs of Lotus art are curious and follow the news. The search page and hastag Lotus also immediately became a trending topic.

Not only the personal life of Lotus is a concern, but the figure of a beautiful woman who introduced Lotus as his wife also stole the attention of netizens. Even Lucia's personal social accounts were flooded with followers in an instant.

After a long journey, Lucia and Rayn finally landed in Canada. Some people in bodyguard suits were already waiting for their arrival. With a tight escort, Rayn and Lucia get in the car leaving the airport.

Lusia deactivates airplane mode on her phone. Lucia frowned when she found so many messages and calls from Reisa. She understood why Reisa was chasing after her like that. But there are things that Lucia does not understand when she gets so much notice from her social media accounts.

"What's this...?" ask Lucia astonished.

Hearing Lusia's murmur, Rayn also came to see what made his wife look surprised like that. "Did something happen?" tanyakanya.

Lucia showed Rayn, so many follow requests on her account. Lucia immediately contacted Reisa because of Resia's last message asking Lucia to contact him immediately after reading a message from him.

"Yeah....!!!"

Lucia put her phone away when she heard Reisa's scream in a connected call. "Wahh, after making such a big news, you immediately fled to Canada. This big news, I feel like I'm being betrayed" he continued.

Reisa was still hard to believe if Lucia hid the big news from her. He did not think that Rayn, his best friend's husband was a famous painter by the name of Lotus.

Because of the big news, the media crew immediately hunted down Galery David to be able to dig deeper information about Lotus. They quickly found Lucia's social media account from the official Galery Psithurism Art account, where the two accounts followed each other.

Media crews found the photo in a post by Psithurism Art featuring Galery's 2nd birthday celebration where Lusia was there. They suspect that Lotus and Lucia have long had a good relationship and know each other with the owner of Galery.

During this time Lotus was completely consistent in maintaining its confidentiality by remaining No-Profile. There are no social media accounts owned by Lotus, no information other than the confession that was just delivered at the cast and auction a few hours ago. For that reason why they are now pursuing Galery Psithurism Art and Lucia accounts.

"Reisa, do you really think that I betrayed you? If so, then my husband also betrayed me" Lucia replied in a phone call but her eyes stared intently at Rayn.

Lucia explained to Reisa that she also only found out today. Rayn also hid Lotus' identity from him. Even though it had been the umpteenth time that Lucia had offended and talked about the Lotus painter with Rayn, Rayn still showed as if she also never knew the figure behind Lotus.

Even so, after knowing Rayn's reason, Lucia was not angry about Rayn's attitude which also hid it from her. For Lucia, Rayn is Rayn. Despite Lotus' popularity, Rayn was still her husband. Lotus was part of Rayn's work that she should have always supported as a wife.

"At least you told me after you found out" Reisa said.

"How could I have had that chance if he had directly bullied me" Lucia joked.

Reisa tells Lucia that so many articles have appeared about Rayn. Lucia may not have seen it but now all internet media and social media talk about Louts, even serita it is currently spread in Canada, Canada, the country where the Foundation received the donation of auction sales from Lotus.

'Revealed a Mysterious Lotus Figure'

'Lotus Holds Exhibitions & Auctions'

'Reveal Lotus' Identity, Young and Handsome Man'

'Lotus Donates Auction Results to Foundations in Canada'

'The Painter Foundation of Dervilia receives Donations from Lotus'

'Having a Beautiful Wife, Lotus Reveals Her Love Story'

Which makes this news great in addition to the popularity of Lotus which is known as a mysterious painter, his works have always received the attention of the art world. Even some rows of public figures and high-ranking state officials dare to pay a fantastic price for the sake of being able to have a collection of Lotus paintings.

Although at the moment all talk of Lotus, but soon the Dervilia Foundation in Canada will also be in the spotlight. The Dervilia Foundation will also be targeted by the media. If they want to make news, they will not dig and dig all the information with sources that are already real there, namely the Dervilia Foundation.

Knowing that the Foundation was built by the late Painter Dervilia, the media and netizens surmised the reason Lotus donated to the Foundation was because she was one of Derivila's fans.

Lotus donated all the proceeds to the auction to a Foundation, not that they would be very curious about the Foundation. Despite that, Lucia was not worried as Mickey would definitely finish things off well.

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At the same time, in one of the motels in Canada. A man sat staring at the computer screen in front of him. The motel room with a size that is not too large and dark because of the closed window curtain makes the room look gloomy. Room lights that are deliberately turned off, only the light from the television that is on makes the more minimal light.

A few empty bottles of drink lay on the table and on the floor. The remaining junk of the ready-to-eat food cup looked messy. There are two phones with one cell phone that keeps on because of incoming calls but are deliberately ignored.

'The Painter Foundation of Dervilia receives Donations from Lotus'

'Having a Beautiful Wife, Lotus Reveals Her Love Story'

Both pages of this article are currently appearing on the man's computer screen. It seemed that the man was also following the latest news about Lotus. In the article, he is close up on photographs featuring images of Lotus and his wife.

Shaking the phone on the table because of the incoming call seems to start teasing the man. Still looking at the photos of Rayn and Lucia, the man grabbed his phone and answered the call.

"Are you crazy? I told you not to act if you still need my help" one man said in an angry voice.

"Baram, you think I'm stupid! Did you also know that they were going to press charges for the murder? Do you think I would let myself rot in jail just like that? If I have to rot or die, before that happens I will drag the boy to hell" the man said, staring at Rayn's picture.

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*** to Be Continued ***