The Heir's Naughty Twins
77. I Want to Vomit

"Hestine."

The woman smiled. "I told you, Pa. If they want to argue, don't let our family be targeted—"

"I ...." Darius closed his eyes. "I'm quite with who you want to be. That's it."

The most astonished were Hestia and Melia.

What did the monster say? Shouldn't they be discussing now how much 'treasure' the two families would reap, or something like 'how much Hestia would sell for and who could buy it the most?'.

Almost simultaneously, both felt nauseous.

But Hestia can still control herself while Melia has to pinch her arm hard to get sane.

"I will marry whom Papa thinks is most profitable. I follow desire—"

"It's about your future, Hestia. I believe you chose the best. If you want her son Panji, then it doesn't matter what the Gouw family responds to."

Melia was empty.

Suddenly he felt something pull him back, very far away and watched Hestia now doing fine on Darius' side.

What'd he say?

Melia stared blankly at the monster's face.

After being a monster for so many years, now he wants to pretend to be human? Whahuh? Because Hestia had just returned, so she was being a little nice?

Hestia thought it was not much different from her sister.

What happened to Darius? Though he did not apologize, but now acting as happy is the most important thing and money or profit business lately.

I want to puke.

Hestia bit her tongue hard so she wouldn't vomit.

"I'll talk to Eros and Yohannes tomorrow, Pa. I'll give you the answer by night."

...*...

Hestia should have said no even that Darius was going to beat him up.

In retrospect, he was much more accustomed to Darius's punches than to Darius' warm words.

That's disgusting. It felt so disgusting that Hestia was goosebumps.

Today on the grounds of wanting to meet Eros and Yohannes, Hestia instead went to Narendra's residence. But it turns out that his two children are not there, are going to the Eros family mansion.

Hestia's intentions immediately followed when Narendra's servant came to him.

"Excuse me, Miss. First Young Master wishes Miss saw him today."

"Yes, Miss. He told you to come to him immediately."

Hestia's goal instantly changed.

He could not ignore if Al wanted to meet because the safety of his son was in the hands of the man. Hastily entering the building where Al was meeting his guests from abroad, Hestia waited in the man's room until he came.

"Hey." Hestia stand. Hugged her as a form of entertainment. "I'm so sorry about your mother."

For that one thing, Hestia only found out when she came back. He did not think Al holiday in Japan at that time was a form of painful separation with his mother.

Al hugged him at a glance. "It's okay. Rather than that, I heard the matter about two men's proposal against you."

He really doesn't want to talk about his mother. Because it is enough to understand what it is like to lose a mother, Hestia follows the flow of Al's conversation only. "Yes, Yohannes and Eros."

It's possible that Al knew of Mandala.

"I didn't expect you to accept Gouw's offer. Cancelling an engagement with them would lower your family's reputation."

"I didn't expect Eros to propose to me either."

"Then?" Al threw down his rose embroidered coat and sat on the sofa gesturing Hestia to sit down. "Should I help you? I can negotiate with the Gouw family to withdraw their proposal."

"I'm fine."

Al looked at him for a moment. He looks emotional actually. Making Hestia realize that Al until this moment is still recovering from the loss of his mother.

For Al and Narendra who worship Trika Narendra like God, one year is not enough time to let go.

"You remember your question when we were in Japan?" ask Al.

Hestia's mouth was silent.

"You ask if I'm hurt? Yeah, I'm hurt. Till now. I took it and I got hurt."

Al hardened his faint jaw before returning to his usual look.

"I'll get paid dearly from you. So don't marry Gouw and involve your son. You understand how a child who has experienced violence feels. But you don't understand what it's like to see your parents hurt themselves."

"Al—"

"Your children know you're hurt, Hestia. They just don't show. If you marry Yohannes, they will think you are pushing yourself even more. I'm ...."

Al took a breath, knowing he was too aggressive.

"I'm sick of seeing that kind of thing. And I know you don't actually want to. So, just stop it."

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