The world now knew his name.
Smile Millet.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOB6r5etCo4
The genius behind a global empire.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡozPuETBZAI
A man who turned nothing into everything.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ANk71STs8
A boy with no family who built a legacy that reached across oceans.
Yet, behind the stage lights, behind the interviews and flashing cameras, behind the finely tailored suits and high-rise offices—there was still just one thing missing:
A real smile.
His company thrived. His bank balance soared.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzcljvkVI7m
His face graced billboards, his words inspired thousands.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQbDfH3cTEz
But when the applause faded and the rooms emptied, he was always left alone with the silence.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBwQ8sehX6K
The same silence he had known since childhood.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLc7BWyqqER
The same silence that greeted him when his mother died.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJWshdcCYRh
When his father gave up.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbmQhSHbbIE
When his grandmother took her last breath.
He would stare out from his glass-windowed office—watching the city below buzz with life—and feel like a ghost.
No matter how high he rose, he could not rise above the hollow ache inside him.
He had everything he thought would bring meaning:24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo9SN5PVVSW
Recognition. Power. Purpose.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxbZEKwhjjC
But happiness remained a foreign country he was never allowed to enter.
There were nights when he would unlock the old drawer in his private room, where he kept a faded photograph of his mother and grandmother. He would place it on the desk, stare at it, and whisper,24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4iv6At2PYr
“I did it. I kept my promise. I built something. But why… why do I still feel nothing?”
The weight of unprocessed grief, of years spent suppressing pain, of carrying the world alone—began to fracture him from the inside.
He stopped sleeping.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡldp3rwf6hO
Stopped eating regularly.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyExaHUsc4K
Stopped attending celebrations.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjJ9mh7R7uc
Work became routine, and success became meaningless repetition.
The worst part? No one noticed.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT0F0Hb9Vqq
He had become so good at hiding, that even Harbon and Fredge saw only the mask.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDLx0qgvWHp
The world saw a king.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiSOXrko0Uv
But inside, Smile felt like a boy still stuck in that cold, empty house in Alexandra.
One night, he stood on the balcony of his penthouse, looking over the city lights—24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAjkHI73CiV
And for the first time, he let the thought come without fighting it:
“Maybe… it’s time to end this.”
Not because he hated life.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDHUrQeswVL
But because he couldn’t feel it.
But fate, once again, had other plans.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW7PpGwysSU
And just as he stood on the edge of letting go—24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXSMSrNzrrc
She appeared.
A girl with light in her voice.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDfRL0JRfec
With laughter in her eyes.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQLCpjgjtCL
With a name that sounded like a sunrise.
Happy Kingston.
And for the first time in years, something inside Smile paused.
and then Add to home screen.