Chapter 227 - Give In

Since Jenny and Amina's arrival, Viona's days were more cheerful and colorful. She, who just sat on the balcony looking at the view a few days ago, now had other activities. She and her two younger siblings were busy making muffins in the kitchen, which made some cooks confused, because they weren't allowed to help what they were doing.

"Wow it has a beautiful color," Viona said excitedly when she saw her choco chip muffin fluffed perfectly after being taken out of the oven. 

"Mine too, Sis!!" Jenny shrieked, not to be outdone, as she showed her dark choco muffin to Viona. 

"You two don't be arrogant young people, look at mine." Amina replied loudly, already carrying Blueberry muffins and Nutella muffins that melted. 

Viona and Jenny immediately fell silent to see the muffins Amina made. While in England, Amina was the person behind the success of their shop for several years ago. So it was only natural that Amina's muffins looked very tempting compared to Viona's and Jenny's. 

"It's annoying huh ..." Jenny said curtly as she put her muffins on the table. 

"I want to try the blueberries, can I, Amina?" Viona asked, failing to focus. 

"Awwww!!" Viona screamed in pain while holding her hand that was pinched by Jenny. 

Instead of apologizing, Jenny actually pulled Viona away from Amina and whispered some words to Viona. Shortly afterwards, the look on Viona's face, which had been very tempted by Amina's muffins, immediately turned into a sharp gaze full of competition. 

Next to Viona, the youngest sister, Jenny, was seen to have folded her arms across her chest, smiling triumphantly. 

"Why Sis?" Amina asked with a smile. 

She knew that Jenny had influenced Viona. 

"I don't want to try your muffin again," Viona replied while looking away, trying to ignore Amina. 

"Oh, so you don't want them? I'll finished it myself," Amina said as split open her blueberry muffin with her hands, so they could see clearly the inside of the muffin. 

Amina's muffin smelled very tempting, even the melted blueberries looked beautifully blended in the muffin. Viona immediately shouted when Amina put half of the muffin that she had just split into her mouth. 

"I want it, Amina," Viona said pitifully. 

She always couldn't help herself when she saw Amina's muffins. 

"Didn't you said you didn't want to?" Amina sneered, as she munched her blueberry muffin deliciously, 

"Jenny told me not to, but I want one, Amina, please," Viona asked with rounded puppy-like eyes. 

"Hahaha ... don't look at me with such a gaze, Sis, I still have a lot of muffins. One second, I'll take them out of the oven." Amina replied with a triumphant smile at Jenny, who couldn't believe that Viona was again tempted by Amina's muffins. 

Jenny just folded her arms across her chest, watching Viona and Amina enjoying the blueberry muffins that just came out of the oven on the dining table. She felt annoyed because she always lost from Amina in baking muffins. 

Viona elbowed Amina's arm to look at Jenny, who was still sulking. Amina held back her laughter when she saw that Jenny was still angry. She got up from her chair and approached her youngest sister in the kitchen, to be invited to eat together at the dining table. 

At first Jenny refused because of her pride, but she finally melted when she saw Viona lured her by eating a nutella muffin whose chocolate was melted. The three of them finally enjoyed Amina's muffins together with great laughter. 

Fernando, who was standing on the stairs, smiled faintly when he saw his wife cheerful again. This was the fourth day they did not speak to each other. He really missed Viona, but there was still a sense of hesitation in his chest to approach Viona again, because Viona seemed to be avoiding him and it made Fernando feel even more guilty. 

"Sir, we must come to the registration place immediately. This is the last day," Justin said breaking Fernando's reverie. 

"Yes, Justin I understand," Fernando replied quickly with a smile. 

Fernando then quickened his footsteps to descend the stairs. He then headed straight for the door where everyone was waiting for him. Fernando went to the general election office to register on the last day of the election for parliamentary candidates. In fact, several people had already offered to send his files to the government office, but Fernando refused because he wanted to do it himself. 

Viona, who was enjoying a nutella muffin, suddenly fell silent when she saw Fernando walked quickly toward the door without saying goodbye to her. Jenny and Amina immediately tried to calm Viona by making some jokes again. They knew that their sister and brother-in-law were still in a cold war. 

After finished enjoying the muffins together, Viona distributed the muffins that she and her two sisters had made to all the servants and maids in the house, including the bodyguards who were guarding the gate of the mansion. Each person got three muffins consisting of choco chip muffins made by Viona, dark choco muffins by Jenny, and blueberry and nutella muffins made by Amina. All the maids and servants looked very happy when they received the muffins, they looked so eager to gobble the muffins made by Viona and her two sisters. 

"Looks like they really like them, Sis." Amina whispered softly to Viona. 

"Yes," Viona replied quickly with a big smile when she saw everyone enjoyed the muffins. 

"Have you separated the muffins for brother-in-law?" Jenny asked without guilt. 

Viona immediately fell silent when she heard Jenny's words. Her happy smile immediately disappeared. Amina immediately stepped on Jenny's feet to remind her because she had spoken carelessly. At first, Jenny looked angry because her feet hurt due to Amina's stamping it, but suddenly she realized her mistake and immediately closed her mouth when she saw the change in Viona's expression. 

"Oh dear, what did I do?" Jenny asked Amina silently. 

"It's your fault. Next time before you talk, think about it first!!" Amina replied exasperatedly in a low voice. 

Jenny scratched her hair which was not itchy and cursed herself for her stupidity in speaking carelessly to Viona. Soon, Amina's hand was seen pulling Jenny's hand roughly because Viona was walking away from the living room to the garden. 

The two of them then silently followed behind Viona, who was examining her flower plants without saying a word. On the way to the election office, Fernando was involved in serious conversation with Justin and Harry. They both looked very surprised to hear Fernando's words. 

"Are you serious with your decision, Sir?" Justin and Harry asked at the same time in shock. 

"Yup, I've been thinking about this for the last few days," Fernando replied with a smile. 

"But you have ...." 

"Never mind, Justin, I'll find another way to find what I want, without having to do this. Viona's happiness is a top priority for me right now," said Fernando, quickly cutting off Justin's words.

"Well, Sir, if that's your decision, I have nothing to say other than to support whatever your decision is," Justin replied, bowing his head in front of Fernando. 

"Thank you. You two have tried this far. I really appreciate the efforts from you both," Fernando praised Justin and Harry, who sat opposite him.

"This is nothing, Sir. I do it sincerely as a form of my devotion to you, Sir," Justin shrieked, quickly rejecting Fernando's gratitude. 

"Me too, Sir, you do not need to say that! All we do is a form of respect and our loyalty to you, so you do not need to say that," added Harry quickly, in response to Justin's words. 

Fernando smiled at both his personal assistants' words. He then closed his eyes and leaned back in the car seat, enjoying the trip to the government building. Arriving at the general election office, all journalists were swarming Fernando's car and preparing to conduct a question and answer session, but because of the security provided by his bodyguards Fernando could walk casually into the building instead of directly going to the registration office. Fernando actually stood on the big field outside. Seeing Fernando standing in a wider area, the news reporters immediately followed him there. 

"Thank you for all your trust and support but this is the last decision I have been thinking about for several days. Lastly, I hope you all can understand and continue to participate in this election with enthusiasm," said Fernando, closing the announcement with a loud voice. 

Jenny, who was enjoying the warm green tea she had made in the living room looked surprised when she saw the news broadcast on television. She immediately called Viona and Amina who sat next to her. 

"Sis! Look at that!!!" screamed Jenny while banging the sofa where she was sitting trying to call Viona, who was sitting behind her. 

"What's wrong ..." Viona could not finish her words when she saw Fernando in television, her tears immediately flowed as she heard the words of her husband

To be Continued