Money Or Honey
Episode 60: You're Clodio Kohler's son?

Tok.dok...

Hiyola was shocked when her bedroom door was knocked. In a hurry, he opened. This is so disturbing.

"Huh, thank God you came before this boredom killed me" he said as Jeremy was seen. The man smiled, feeling a little guilty for having left Hiyola for such a long time.

"Come down. I'm going to introduce you to my family" Jeremy said, wiping his top of his head.

Hiyola immediately nodded, closed the door of her room, then walked towards the elevator. The situation inside the iron box was very quiet. I don't know what Jeremy thinks, but Hiyola is still disturbed by the sound of two people fighting outside the room a moment ago.

The elevator stopped, taking them to the first floor. 

Tuk tuk ...

The sound of the pounding of Hiyola and Jeremy's shoes filled the dining room very quiet.

From afar Alberto announced their arrival. "Young master Jeremy and Miss Hiyola will be joining the dining table." 

Hearing that, as much as possible Hiyola arranged her appearance again. He doesn't want Jeremy to be humiliated in front of a big family just because of his looks. Hiyola even uses a knee-length dres that makes her look beautiful and ready to be introduced.

Finished ensuring her appearance, Hiyola raised her face while smiling sweetly. However, the smile instantly faded as it looked at the four people at the dining table, and three of them were already standing with perfectly wide eyes.

Unconsciously Hiyola who stared back at them too, suddenly cursed quietly.

"Damn!"

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Kimberly, Violeta and Robert! 

Yes, God, how can destiny be this absurd? For whatever in the world, of all the people on earth, and of all the countries, why should they be here, why should they? Why should the people he avoid the most be at the dinner table, and will sit with him? 

"You're Clodio's son? Clodio Kohler?" screeched Hiyola in the smallest voice possible.His eyes widened, his hands were free, clutching Jeremy's arm so that the man did not move anywhere. But, instead of answering, Jeremy threw a meaningful smile, then again invited Hiyola to approach the dining table.

"Oh, my favorite grandson! How long has it been since I last saw you?"

The old lady at the end of the table, the only woman Hiyola did not know greeted them. He stood up and hugged Jeremy warmly. Her hands gently rubbed Hiyola's pretty face. 

"You must be my grandson's future wife, right?" her word.

The old woman in European style, named Esmeralda. Jeremy told me about it. She is the mother of Clodio, a German national, Jeremy's grandmother.

Hiyola smiled back. He did not nod, and did not answer because the cold atmosphere created in the room made his hair stand goosebumps. 

"Come, why stand up? Sit down" Esmeralda exclaimed, she looked at the three people who were also still standing. "Three of you too, sit down. Do you two not believe that Jeremy will bring this beautiful Asian girl?" she said with sparkling eyes as she stared at Hiyola.

Violeta and Kimberly sneered softly, while Roberth, only he and God knew how her heart was at the moment. Her face was expressionless, but it looked crimson.

The atmosphere grew tense as Hiyola and Jeremy already took their place in Esmeralda's right row. On the left, Robert and Kimberly, while at the other end of the table, Violeta sat with a haughty face and a sharp gaze that was still fixed on one person.

The servants happily began to serve food while the masters tended to remain silent. Only Esmeralda was busy paying attention to the work of the maids, while occasionally nagging.

It seems like this is not a lunch session, but rather a face-to-face staring race. Violeta and Kimberly were busy looking at Hiyola and Jeremy, alternating, while the person in the eye was busy turning to Jeremy questioningly, at once deliberately avoid eye contact with the man in black clothes in front of him.

Robert with a million questions and a flurry of annoyance tried to restrain himself. Esmeralda was the same as Clodio, so he could not be careless. His eyes could only stare intensely at Hiyola.

Although resentment is eating away at the recesses of his heart, Robert cannot deny the handful of longings that are now struggling to be ventured.

Round eyes that occasionally widen with annoyance, tiny lips that often conical if Robert behaves arbitrarily, and bangs created due to the silliness of his trauma, the ponytails are often conical, roberth's efforts over the past two weeks have become futile. Really for whatever sake, right now all he wanted to do was bring the beautiful figure that had tormented him for these two weeks, into his embrace.

Moments later, the waiters had finished serving lunch. The dining table was already full of food, seemingly unable to tempt the tastes of the residents. All mouths are tightly clenched with different facial expressions.

"Well, Hiyola, before we eat. Grandma will introduce all the family members who are at this table" Esmeralda said, breaking the silence. Hiyola was unmoved, she was confused not knowing what to behave like.

"Sour-faced woman up ahead, Violeta. She's sidel--"

"Grandmas!" Robert who already knew what his continuation immediately protested the grandmother.

"Switch Rob. Just a joke," he replied. Robert no longer commented. If there wasn't Esmeralda here, he might have dropped out of the table. Especially seeing Jeremy whispering in Hiyola's ears. The horror in his heart multiplied. 

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The meeting ended, everyone ate quietly. To be honest, Hiyola wished she had the teleportation power to disappear right now. Moreover, everyone's gaze during lunch was always on him, making Hiyola feel naked.

"Calm down, Hiyo. After lunch is over, I'll explain everything to you." Jeremi whispered almost to Hiyola's ears, but the other person in front of him saw him differently.

Brakk...!

Robert accidentally dropped the spoon so that Hiyola who was surprised spontaneously moved away made the owner of the spoon smile with satisfaction. Without much comment, Robert immediately changed his attitude.

"Alberto, get me another spoon" he said.

After a while, the atmosphere returned to silence. It is a rule that when eating, no one is allowed to talk. The main house always has its own rules. Whether it's breakfast, noon, night, family time rules, curfew, everything has been made in such a way. Therefore, Jeremy and Robert prefer to live alone when they are starting to reach adolescence. 

At the dinner table, Kimberly seemed to have no taste, as did Robert and Violeta. They taste more than they eat. Jeremy and Esmeralda are unperturbed. Hiyola too, even though in a fast heartbeat, he still tried to behave normally while enjoying his food.

After eating, everyone waited for Esmeralda to return to her room on the seventh floor. The old woman had a short conversation while the people who heard were already not interested, except Hiyola. 

After being satisfied with the story, Esmeralda decided to leave. 

"All right, everyone, we'll meet again at dinner" he said. "Oh, yes, Violeta, you are forbidden to see Clodio! I don't want my son to get sick from seeing your face!" esmeralda continued, insinuating.

With Alberto's help, Esmeralda returned to her room.

Moments later, the elevator took the woman through the second floor. One blow landed perfectly on Jeremy's face. 

"Yes....!!!" Shouts rang out from Hiyola, Kimberly, Violeta even the servants simultaneously. 

"You motherfucker! How dare you approach my wife!!!" roberth's curse unconsciously, making Violeta turn her back.

"Your wife?" Jeremy smiled at me. "You're crazy, Robert? Your wife is right next to you!" he said pointing to Kimberly who now seemed to try to cover up her annoyance and embarrassment. Instantly, the jealous Robert was aware of his foolish attitude. Of course everyone will be very confused.

Hiyola, who was in the audience, could only look at Robert with a confused expression. The man always managed to make Hiyola fly high, then fell down to lie down. With a lot of experience, Hiyola does not want to get back caught up in Robert's ambiguous attitude.

"Calm Hiyola! He just didn't want his 200 million wasted," inner Hiyola. He did not want to fall back into his own conclusions.

Kimberly who had guessed there would be chaos did not expect the incident would be this fast. Robert a man famous for his calmness, started a quarrel with a punch? What a miracle of the world.

"Roberth! What are you doing?" violeta snapped, looking at her son's already crimson face. It would be dangerous if Esmeralda knew of this incident. Thankfully, there was no Alberto. The limp-mouthed man would definitely directly complain to Esmeralda.

"Have you lost your mind?" ketus Violeta, wake up Robert.

 When Kimberly and Violeta choose to calm Robert down, Hiyola instead approaches Jeremy who is touching his lips.

"Jeez, Jeremy! You okay?"  ask Hiyola. Jeremy nodded and smiled knot. Hiyola looked so worried, without him noticing that the reaction was inviting growls from their opponents.

How dare he act sweet towards another man, right in front of my face!!! Grouser Roberth.

From the front door, Erik and Petra who had just come along wondered, looking at everyone with anxious faces, holding two men who were currently staring at each other hatefully. 

"Neyoya Hiyola?" call Petra also surprised to see the presence of Hiyola in the big house Kohler. He then approached his boss.

Smiling wryly, Hiyola simply returned Petra's greeting. His face looked anxious, looking at Jeremy's lips that were spitting out fresh blood. 

"Oh my God, Jeremy, your lips are bleeding" Hiyola screeched gently through Jeremy's lips with a tissue that Erik had given her, as they were already taking a sitting position.

Seeing the attention of Hiyola, which he thought was excessive, Robert clenched his hands tightly. He deliberately brushed off Violeta and Kimberly's hands, then rushed out without a word. His eyes were reddening with anger.

Meanwhile, Hiyola could only give up seeing Robert's departure. Especially when Kimberly who also followed, increasingly makes him think that they are a matching couple, and his presence has become a shame in their relationship.

Control yourself Hiyola. Remember your role!!!

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