Money Or Honey
Episode 62: Still a secret

Brak's....!

THE PLAQUE! 

One push and a slap landed on Robert's cheek. The brief kiss he landed involuntarily made him speechless in place, sculpting, unmoving. Up ahead, Hiyola stared at him with a sharp look, hinting at the deep hatred.

"How dare you!" hiyola's cry made someone outside the door, banging without pause.

"What's up Hiyola? You all right? What's going on in there?" 

None of Jeremy's questions got satisfactory authorization. Hiyola prefers to keep quiet and then clean off Robert's kiss marks with the back of his hand. He felt very stupid, letting the man again do as he pleased, do as he pleased.

"Master will come out after me!" furious Hiyola slow. Inching backwards, then running towards the door. Breathe in and throw it away. It's very difficult to be calm now. 

"What's going on, honey?" jeremy asked curiously as soon as the door opened. He looked inside about to enter however, Hiyola immediately intercepted. He did not want any misunderstanding even though everything was wrong from the beginning.

"It's just an insect" elak Hiyola. 

Kimberly walked past them towards the elevator. "Only insects and you act as if you're about to be scabbed! Oh, where's Roberth,?" his comments without turning his head made Hiyola throw a sigh of relief. 

"We have to go down now. Don't make Miss Esmeralda wait." 

Jeremy stopped his steps as they arrived in front of the elevator. His gaze is sweet, laden with despair. He knew what was going on in there wasn't just an insect. 

"Call him Grandma, Hiyo. Here you are my lover" Jeremy protested. Hearing Hiyola call Esmeralda by the name of mistress, as if their distance was too far.

Engraved smile, Hiyola nodded her gaze at Jeremy's fingers and grabbed him. "I don't want to be a weak woman, Jer, if being with you makes me strong, then I'll give it a try,"

Although not sure about his current feelings, Hiyola wanted to try. She wants to be someone who can control her own feelings. He was unwilling to give up his heart to a man who could not even decide.

Jeremy smiled broadly, he clenched Hiyola's hand. "Is this a code for me to get ahead of me?" ask her enthusiastically.

Hiyola can only shrink her shoulders, trying to regulate her own feelings. "I hope so" he said, creating a frown on Jeremy's forehead. "Of course, don't think about it. Hurry up, Grandma must have waited." 

Without a cue, Jeremy grabs Hiyola's hand and is attached to her arm. He threw a meaningful smile and then walked into the elevator that would take them to the first floor. 

Meanwhile, Robert stood behind the door, hearing and witnessing everything. His hands clenched hard, his knuckles whitened as soon as he heard Hiyola express her desire to be with Jeremy. Although in a vague sense, Robert understood Hiyola's sentence earlier. 

"I won't let it!!!" Loosening the tie on his shirt, he again muttered. "How dare you express a desire to be with another man, while still being in a relationship with me!" 

Still reinforcing his selfishness with the claim of ownership, Roberth back to touch his lips.Hiyola slap earlier? Oh, to be honest, it didn't hurt at all, the shock it caused just because he didn't know when to stop. I don't know why he felt that touch wasn't the first. It felt as if he wanted to and wanted to repeat. 

For too long daydreaming, Robert involuntarily pulled a strange arch on his lips. Smirk's smile with my gray eyes made him seem selfish. 

"That which belongs to me shall not belong to anyone else!" seriously concluded. 

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Downstairs, everyone is waiting. The dining table was neatly arranged, the food was almost warmed up but Robert had not yet come down. 

Repeatedly Esmeralda stared at the hanging watch on her neck. She hated delays, even if it was her favorite granddaughter. 

"Alberto! Quickly drag Roberth here! The boy had been out of the house for a long time, his manners were gone!" 

Everyone at the table started to feel anxious. Even Kimberly and Violeta stared at each other anxiously. Esmeralda, the woman is very opinionated, she will not mess around as big and mature as anyone, rules are rules. Only Clodio can control this mother of his.

Meanwhile, Hiyola, who was sitting next to Jeremy, also looked agitated. His mind floated, remembering whether he pulled the door or locked it. Jeremy was aware of that, he held Hiyola's fingers clinging to each other trembling.

"I'll take care of it" she said slowly. Hiyola frightened both eyebrows, confused by the sentence Jeremy uttered but the man only nodded while closing his eyes slowly. 

Everyone stared at him, even Alberto, who was halfway there, stopped. 

"Yes, you go Jeremy. Teach your sister how to be on time" Esmeralda said. "Alberto, you come and bring me chrysanthemum tea." 

Alberto nodded while Jeremy moved out of his place. Hiyola could not stop throwing anxious glances and Esmeralda saw that.

"Relax Hiyola, my lover will not be lost," he exclaimed making Hiyola smile clumsily. 

If it were that easy, grandma.

"Oh, yes, Kimberly, why don't you take your husband down together?" Esmeralda does like to make others sport the heart with her sudden sentence transfer. Kimberly seemed to be inattentive to answer, she herself did not know the whereabouts of Robert.

"For how many hours, I've seen you dodge each other. Do you guys have any problems? Alberto also reported about your separate rooms. Are you still more concerned with the modeling world than your husband?" sue Esmeralda.

Violeta threw a sharp glare at Alberto. The man should have immediately proposed to Esmeralda and taken her missing from this house, given her loyalty. 

"What happened to your eyes, Violeta?" Vioelata turned to look at Esmeralda, her sharp eyes changing with wrinkles around and a smile curving on the lips.

"Nothing, mother," Violeta replied as gently as possible, but the scrapings on her temple said otherwise. This was the first time Hiyola had seen a clumsy half-dead Violeta. 

"You are the same! More concerned with pleasure than the safety of my son. Look what you did to him! Had Helena been around, my son would have been healthy by this point," 

Just this time Hiyola saw Violeta so wrathful, her well-groomed face turned a dead red. His hands clenched hard but could do nothing.

"I hope you don't compare me to that crazy woman!" violeta said softly, but her teeth sounded gnarled. Kimberly did not even bother. 

Brakk...! 

"How dare you insult my son-in-law!" esmeralda. He stood up from his original position, his wrinkled face shrinking even more. Surprised, everyone at the table stood up and Hiyola was no exception. All she knows is that Helena is Jeremy's mother, who is now ill, the rest is still a mystery. 

Violeta clenched both hands, her chest rising up and down resisting emotions.

 "I'm your daughter-in-law too, Mother!" her yell. 

Esmeralda raised one sharp eyebrow. "You know I never considered you my son-in-law! You're just a prank in my son's family life! If it wasn't for you, Helena couldn't have lost her sanity!" pekik Esmeralda.

Violeta's eyes looked glazed. Hiyola could see the woman holding back her tears, even a woman as firm as Violeta looked fragile from within.

"The truth is, I'm the one who's with him right now!" ketus Violeta raised her face high and then moved away from there.

"Well! Look at that haughty woman!" peeking Esmeralda growled, she was indeed almost staggered chest. Luckily, Alberto was helping. 

"Feed me lost Alberto! Take me to my son's room!" 

"But Doctor Steward forbids us to-" 

Esmeralda's gaze stopped Alberto's sentence. "I'll just look at it from the door" he said, then walked away from the table without a sound. 

Hiyola and Kimberly. They seem confused by the situation. 

"The old woman should have died sooner!!!" kimberly swore in a quiet voice but Hiyola heard it. He stared at Kimberly in disbelief, making sure no one else heard but him.

"What do you see? Since your arrival in this house, everything has gone awry! You're the one whose arrival caused all this chaos! Even my relationship with Robert!" ketus Kimberly cynical. He also stood up to leave the table, troubling Hiyola with a raging mind. 

"Huh...!" 

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