Honey : The Empire's Treasure 168 The Cold War... 3

"Lady Thalia, please move out of the way!" The elders were whispering for the wives to quickly move out of the way.

They wanted to leave this house immediately, they don't want to have to hear another sound coming from that bedroom.

The wives knew that if the elders left now, they wouldn't get their money. So at a snail's pace, the women shuffle back and forth buying time for Gaelire and the treasurer to expose themselves.

Just when one of the elders had enough of the women dallying and was about to shout for them to move, Gaelire's question stopped him in his tracks.

"Make sure you skim a lot of money this time for Lady Delju. Last time wasn't enough..." Gaelire's high pitch breathy voice was loud and clear to everyone's ears.

"I give her more than enough last time. She's practically getting twice as much than what the other wives are getting!" Though the treasurer's voice was low and mumbly, however, all the wives and elders could make out what he was saying after all these years of dealing with him.

"...Can you just skim a little more off of Lady Jaelah's portion? I promise I'll treat you extra well this week..." Gaelire and the treasurer started fooling around again, as the noise coming from the room had everyone feeling disgusted...especially Lady Jaelah.

By the time the two finished their activities and open the bedroom door, they were greeted by over a dozen hostile people.

Stunned, Gaelire and the treasurer didn't know what was going on.

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One of the elders stepped forward and signaled for the guards to take Gaelire and the treasurer away.

"Put them in separate jail cells."

Gaelire has been working for Lady Delju for a long time. She has seen and experienced many of the plots and schemes these women have done to each other.

Putting two and two together, she knew she was caught. Quietly leaving with the guards, Gaelire hoped Lady Delju would save her.

Delju waited the whole afternoon into the evening for Gaelire to show. Sienna would be going back to school soon, and she wanted to buy her the best clothes to take back to ease the tension between them.

"Geez, did he take a stimulate this time. Usually, I wouldn't have even finished my breakfast before she's back already." Sending one of her other maids to bring Gaelire back, Delju sat at her vanity picking out clothes to buy for Sienna.

"Lady Delju!...Lady Delju!..."

"What are you yelling about!" She yelled at the maid who she sent out to find Gaelire.

"Lady Delju...the elders have taken Gaelire!"

"What!...W-What do you mean the elders have taken Gaelire? Explain it to me correctly!..."

"They said they found Gaelire inside...inside the treasurer's home exchanging...exchanging s.e.x for money..." By the end of the maid's explanation, her face was as red as an apple while Delju's face was as white as paper.

"D-Did they-ey s-say any-anything els-else?" Delju was gripping the girl's arms so tightly that the maid feared she'll have black and blues.

"Y-Yes...they said the elders are doing an audit on all the books..."

Deju fell to her knees.

"S**t!"

"Lady Delju, is something wrong?"

"No, get out...get out now!" Throwing the poor maid out of her room, Delju sat on her bed worried that everyone will find out how much she has been taking over the years.

"d.a.m.nit! d.a.m.nit! d.a.m.nit!" Picking up a vase she threw it down on the floor.

"Mother, again!? Sigh...just let the rumors die down, that is the only thing we can do now." Sienna thought her mother was still throwing a tantrum over the kidnapping investigation again, little did she know her mother has created a whole new problem.

"Sienna....you have to help me!" Delju grabbed at her daughter's shoulders.

"Help you...?" Looking into her mother's eyes, Sienna got a sinking feeling she wasn't going to like what she was going to say next.

"Gaelire...Gaelire has been caught..."

"Caught? Caught doing what?" Was all this over a maid?

"S-She was c-caught with...with the t-t-treasurer..."

"What? Why would she....*gasp* YOU!...Didn't I tell you it was only supposed to be for when we really need it!" Sienna couldn't look at her mother.

"Sienna...Sienna...I needed to money!... WE needed the money! How do you think I was able to buy all those things you wanted?" Delju knew she made a mistake, but she didn't want Sienna thinking she only did this for herself.

"We agreed that we would only do it when I need things for school!.... I have only asked you for money three times! How many times did you and Gaelire do this?"

"....we didn't stop..." Delju muttered underneath her breath.

"What did you say!?"

"We didn't stop since the first time we plan it, okay?" Throwing her hands up in the air, Delju turned around to sit on her bed.

"How can you be so stupid!?" Sienna thought back to the first time they plotted to take money from the other wives. It was back when she was seven!

"Sienna...what are we going to do?"

"We?"

"Sienna!... You can't leave me by myself in this! You used some of the money too!"

"Aaah!...fine. Let me think!" Sienna looked at her frazzled mother and sighed.

G.o.ds, why did she have to have such a stupid greedy mother...?