Marrying a Rich Bum

ONE FULL

"So, Galang is Grandpa Jeremi's grandson?"

"Yes. The only granddaughter of his legal wife he can admit."

"Did he have children and grandchildren from the others as well?"

Grandpa Bima was blown up. "of course. You think what he's looking for is having a lot of mistresses and infidelity, if not biological satisfaction. He never wanted to use safeguards, so don't ask me how many kids and grandchildren there are out there he can't legally admit."

Mariana gave a long snort, there was a bubbling anger within her towards Jeremi's grandfather. He almost had the illegitimate son of a Galang, because of the depraved deed of the man.

"mmm... Cake, can I ask you a question?"

"From now on you've asked," grumbled Grandpa Mariana. Mariana grinned.

"So, does that mean that Bima and Galang are brothers?"

Grandpa Bima nodded. "Bima is Galang's uncle."

"Did Bima not know?"

"No."

"Why didn't his mother tell him who his real father was?"

Grandpa Bima shook her head.

"You should have told him. First, a child must want to know who created them, I mean not to create as God did, but rather...."

"I know, I know. No need to explain!" Grandpa Mariana raised her hand.

Mariana held a smile. "Yes. Like that's what I mean. So, why don't you just tell Bima the truth. Had he known the truth, he probably would have never destroyed the company either because there was a part that you two were entitled to in that place."

"What do you mean?" ask Grandpa Bima.

"I mean, isn't what Bima destroyed your company? If only Bima knew...."

"No, no, no. You're wrong." Grandfather Bima shook his head quickly, cutting Mariana's sentence.

"You're not listening. The one destroyed by Bima is the Jeremi family company. Not our company. The two companies are different. Our company, still standing today."

Mariana's eyes were rounded, there was another understanding forming inside her head.

"I understand," he said.

"No. You don't understand yet. This story is still very long before it comes to her relationship with Sarah and your marriage."

Mariana looked back at the gawking.

"Don't I tell you, it takes twice the full moon to finish."

Mariana grinned. "Yes, I'm ready to hear the continuation, Grandpa."

"alright. I'll continue. But before, Thompson, wasn't there anything we could use to add to our energy other than this lemonade?" Grandpa Bima looked at Thompson who had been silent since, watching closely the story.

"Oh, yeah. Of course Mister. I'll be ready soon," he said, nodding politely and then walking out of the room.

"So, I'll continue while Thompson looks for something to prop up my stomach. Our company, experienced a very rapid development within two years since the company was established. Jeremi poured funds very large, although he did not change the percentage value of the shares we have. He poured funds as a bailout fund, taking it later from the amount of profit. He's never cheated at all even though we rarely keep an eye on the company's finances."

"Why is that?"

"What do you mean by that? Jeremi's attitude is honest, or are we the ones who rarely manage the company?"

"Sorry, why don't you run the company together when it's all three of you."

"At that time I started to get to know the underground business world. I was busy with it, playing underground until it rarely came to the surface. While your single-child grandfather began to be saddled with a much larger family company than Jeremi's. Your grandfather was busy, barely having time to come all the time to take care of our company."

"If Grandpa's company is bigger than Grandpa Jeremi's family company, why is Grandpa Jeremi the only one doing the patching there."

"Actually, we also wondered about it. Jeremi's father calculated a lot about his wealth. It made us suspicious, where did Jeremi get the huge amount of money he poured into the company."

"So?"

"Naaah, that's exactly where you came from, Thompson. He wanted to know where Jeremi's finances were to prop up the company he got," said Mariana's grandfather, still on the sidelines of his laughter.

"Sorry, big sir. It's best that the big sir tell me." Thompson looked down politely, sitting back on his bench. There was a laugh that he held at the corner of his lips. Mariana looked confused.

"This Thompson, he's actually the son of Jeremi's personal servant. Jeremi's father knew there were rumors out there that we had a growing company. That was the next reason why we decided to hide our identity and appear as the Glory. And this Thompson is the key to all the success we've had to date "

"Master. It's not like that. I'm just doing my job." Thompson nodded politely.

"What's going on?" ask Mariana curiously.

"So, to find out what his son was working on, Jeremi's father installed Thompson to follow wherever he went. He says that the business world is cruel, and Jeremi needs a bodyguard. Although still young, but Thompson is good at kung fu. He was a first-class swordsman. But Thompson was just a normal young man. Jeremi trapped her to sleep with a woman, then used that to threaten her if she did not obey the orders of the three of us. Be him an accomplice to the three of us, instead of an accomplice to Jeremi's father, his real master."

Mariana glanced at Thompson, who looked down politely."

"For example, or rather lucky, the mother of the girl who slept with Thompson caught us. The woman looked extremely fierce, firm and a little horrifying. Your grandfather and I puckered as the woman walked over with a puffed up chest, but not Jeremi. The bastard came forward sternly and confidently, then whispered something to the woman that made her face redder."

"What did he say?"

"We don't know, because a while later the woman turned around, Jeremi followed behind her while blinking one eye."

"What's going on?"

"Nobody knows, until we force Jeremi to tell the truth, from where he gets a lot of money to prop up the company."

Mariana tilted her head, waiting curiously.

"Jeremi became the woman's mistress and she got all the wealth she needed."

"What?!" mariana asked in shock. "Was Grandpa Jeremi married?"

"No. Because he married the woman's daughter."

Mariana gawking. "Did his wife and father-in-law never know?"

"No. Hortensia husband never knew. He works in a quarry outside the island. While his workaholic wife was busy in her company and poured whatever money Jeremi needed to sustain our company."

"Has his wife never suspected the relationship of her mother and husband?"

"No, Mariana. First, the relationship does not involve feelings of love, which makes the two look no different. Second, Jeremi's wife, or young Miss Hortensia, has been blinded by the sweetness of Jeremi's love. He's in love with Jeremi, more than himself."

"So that Hortensia company funded your company?"

"Fright."

"Is Miss Hortensia Grandpa Jeremi's only legal wife?"

"No."

Mariana frowned again.

"Jeremi's "legitimate wife is Thompson's cousin. A simple woman from the simple. Jeremi and Hortensia have never been officially married because the workaholic Hortensia does not want her career to be interrupted, even though she loves Jeremi very much. Hortensia asks Jeremi to marry the woman of his choice, who will take full care of her child, when he finds out she is pregnant."

"So, Hortensia was Grandpa Jeremi's mistress?"

Grandpa Bima shook her head again. "No. She's the woman Jeremi loves the most, and she loves Jeremi the most. They lived happily, though never preaching their series marriage in public."

"What about Grandpa's wife?"

"The woman knew so well that her marriage was only an alibi for Jeremi's daughter's son to have a mother. The rest, she was just a waitress who had to take care of Jeremi's children, and would be taken out when Jeremi had to attend something with a couple."

There was a sense of tightness in Mariana's chest, knowing that there was a mother who didn't even want to take care of her biological child for the sake of a career.

"Did the public never know Mrs Hortensia was pregnant? Doesn't she have two children?"

"When pregnant, Hortensia hid abroad until her child was born. And yes, she has two children, but that doesn't mean she's twice pregnant. Princess son Jeremi twins. And Hortensia did a tubal-cutting operation after she gave birth, to avoid her getting pregnant again."

Mariana nodded in disappointment. "Enough. I can't hear it anymore. I just want to hear, how can Bima be Galang's brother, even though Bima is your grandson?" Mariana frowned, enduring the tightness that felt raining at the bottom of her heart.