Money Or Honey
Episode 17: Past trauma

"Sir, wake...!"

Hiyola patted Robert's soft face filled with sweat. The man continued to rumble indistinctly while releasing Hiyola's hand which continued to shake her body.

"Mr Roberth! You why?" hiyola began to panic. Robert's face flushed red, his eyes twinkling open. Unknowingly, Robert's burly hand immediately strangled Hiyola's nape.

"Master release..." Hiyola was almost out of breath, but Robert never let go of his grip. The man looks like a man of infidelity.

"You dick! How dare you come into my room!" maki Robert was unconscious. His eyes were filled with a mist of hatred that was for no one.

Tears began to flow down Hiyola's cheeks, her breathing was wheezed, many times she hit Robert's arm asking to release him, but the man did not give up and instead tightened his chuckle.

"T-lord. It's s-me, Hiyola..." Hiyola's body squeezed, the hand that had hit Robert's arm slowly came off.

"Hiyola...!!!"

Robert suddenly realized from his imagination, his gray eyes widened when he saw a helpless face in front of him.

Brake...!!!

Robert threw Hiyola's helpless body to the floor, until the girl's head hit the wall of the room.

"Aww.." cried Hiyola in pain. His watery eyes looked at Robert with terrified breath. Hiyola's hands even trembled as she propped her body up.

"Hyoda..." Robert got out of bed to approach Hiyola, but the terrified look on his face said he did not want to be touched.

"Hiyola.pardon me.." - cf. Robert, ruffling his hair, regretting his actions.

Hiyola just nodded as she touched her banged forehead, tears had yet to stop flowing her frightened face. He knew Robert had done it in an unconscious state so he would understand.

"I'm going to do something to your forehead" said Robert, who was about to grab something from the drawer, but when he saw Hiyola's sudden jump in shock, Robert stopped his activities. Apparently Hiyola was still scared.

"Alright I won't do anything." Robert broke up late.

Hiyola nodded, wiping away the tears flowing down Hiyola's face. This is why Robert was so scared that he married Kimberly one day, and did the same thing he did to Hiyola. Past trauma is always present in his sleep this cause Robert must always consume drugs.

"I'm going back to the room" Hiyola said at last.

Robert shook his head, full of regrets. "No, I'll go to the next room. You stay here, after all this has hit empt, soon Ami will surely wake up. I can give you a reason if Ami finds me in the next room." explained Roberth. Without waiting for Hiyola's approval, Robert walked to the door and opened it.

Before actually stepping, Robert turned his head, "I'm really sorry." He then closed the door.

Hiyola was still glued to her place. His hands were still shaking even though he was no longer crying. The memory of Robert's gaze earlier made Hiyola's entire body creep.

In the eyes of Robert earlier Hiyola could see clearly the fear and even anxiety, not knowing what happened to the man, but Hiyola knew all along behind his indifferent and rigid attitude, but Hiyola knew all along, Robert was hiding his fears.

Moving to bed with shaky steps, shortness of breath that is still a little stingy, makes Hiyola suddenly remembered the times when the mother left her first. A memory that sometimes makes her cry on her own, a memory that makes her want to die because she has to fight alone.

Unknowingly, Hiyola's tears flowed back. He lay on Robert's bed, hugging his own body. It feels so claustrophobic when you have to hate someone and at the same time miss them.

Meanwhile, outside the room, right in front of the door, Robert was still standing sculpting. Blaming himself for his past wounds that have hurt others. Though all this time Robert always hid his trauma from others, even from Violeta. No one knows that the perfect-looking Robert Mesac Kohler has a deep past.

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Hiyola blinked several times trying to adjust the light that entered her eyes. When his head touched his forehead, he felt a terrible pain.

"Geez!" peekik Hiyola who is currently standing in front of the mirror. Her eyes widened so many times that she could not believe the purple lump that had disturbed her beauty.

"Ck, fucking Roberth!" maki her. Though he plans to accept his apology last night, however seeing a lump on his head Hiyola spontaneously withdraws all his intentions.

"Sorry my leg!!! Arghhh....!" Hiyola continued to murmur as her journey was about to come out of the very magnificent room. Even Robert's room is bigger than his house.

As the door opened, Hiyola spontaneously caught the tray that almost fell from Ami's grasp, as the woman was busy closing her ears to the door.

"Be careful, Mbok Ami." hiyola caught a tray of bread and milk for two.

"Sorry, sorry.." said Ami nervously. The woman looked at Hiyola's face seriously. His eyebrows met when he saw a large lump on Hiyola's forehead. But in the next second, the old woman immediately pulled her lips together forming an arch.

"Ih, it turns out that the master of his coarse play yes, nyah.." seduced Ami while pointing at Hiyola's forehead that turns blue. "Until it turns blue.." her timpal.

The clueless Hiyola just nodded, she remembered the incident last night when Robert had strangled her.

"Yes mbok, ferocious!"

Ami who had different thoughts turned her back. He did not expect his master who was so cute and stiff turned out to be very fierce.

While talking, Hiyola and Ami are shocked by Robert coming out of his room. Looking at Robert's appearance, Hiyola spontaneously lowered her head to hide the lump on her head.

Robert who felt Hiyola was avoiding her was just trying to behave as usual.

"Sir, you..." Ami pointed at Hiyola and Roberth alternately. Robert who understood immediately gave an explanation.

"Oh, no, Ami. I wanted to read this morning, afraid it would bother Hiyo, so I moved to the next room."

Ami then handed the tray to Hiyola. "Oh yes sir, my advice is slow sir, pity mistress Hiyo until her blue forehead." she whispered slightly, then left with a ignorant smile.

After Ami's departure, Robert looked a little panicked, he walked up to Hiyola cutting the distance between them,

"You okay?" anxiously tried to pull the hair that Hiyola accidentally sidelined to close the bruise, but as fast as lightning Hiyola dodged.

Hiyola went inside, then placed a tray on the table that was right next to the door.

"I'm fine, sir. I want to go to the room to clean up." The lie then went from there leaving Robert still in guilt.

Though actually Hiyola deliberately avoided so that Robert did not need to worry. He did not want the man to feel guilty.

"Hard-headed." said Robert, looking at Hiyola, who entered his room, running in a storm.

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