-What’s wrong?
Umberto looked blankly at the spectators around him.
Then those people knew they were going to say something they couldn’t hear, so they dispersed at once, leaving a large open space for the two of them.
Yolanda breathed a sigh of relief, because her next words would certainly be inappropriate for anyone to hear.
-I’ve thought it through, I don’t plan to break our engagement of marriage, no matter if you like me or not, I won’t change my decision. I believe that as long as we are together, sooner or later, you will discover how good I am and I will do my best to make you feel something for me someday.
Her eyes were full of tenderness and she looked at Umberto with admiration, her gesture was extremely firm.
Hearing this, Umberto was very upset, he did not expect that after so long, she was still saying the same words.
-Yolanda, I already told you that I don’t feel anything special for you, that’s not a matter of time, period.
Yolanda was not convinced:
-And what about Albina? At the beginning you didn’t like her either, but after three years of living together, you are already in love with her, aren’t you?
Umberto’s eyes became cold and indifferent, he began to remember his first encounter with Albina.
Actually, that special feeling was not born after the age of three, but came from his first meeting with her to be precise.
It was a cold and snowy night, he was sitting in the car and saw Albina kneeling on the side of the road holding her mother.
She looked very bad, but he saw her as pure as an angel who suffered the loss of her wings and fell to the mortal world. With that look alone, he could no longer forget her.
If it were not for that special feeling about her, he would not marry or protect her for three years, he ignored the obstacles of his blindness and his ordinary family background.
During those three years, he had never admitted this feeling, only persuading himself that marrying her was only to save Yolanda. Since Albina had disappeared, he had become more and more conscious of his true feelings.
If he wanted Albina to give Yolanda a blood transfusion, there would be a thousand ways to force her to do it, by forcing her, by using her mother as a threat…. Anyway, he didn’t have to marry her and live together for three years.
Umberto didn’t want to say more, he just looked at her coldly:
-No, you and she are very different.
Yolanda was very angry and asked him with a reddened face:
-Why? I am also a woman like her and my family is much better than hers, I can give you a lot of help, but she has nothing, even if her eyes are cured, she is just an orphan, she will not give you any help….
Umberto immediately looked at her after hearing this, his eyes were cold:
-Yolanda, be careful what you talk about, they still haven’t discovered all truth about Albina’s mother’s death and you are also one of the suspects, you are the least qualified person to put in that.
Yolanda was startled, her back was covered with cold sweat, she quickly lowered her head and pretended to be aggrieved to hide the panic in her eyes.
“It’s been a year, is Umberto still digging into that, it can’t be!”
She was very confused, but not too worried, she believed she did it very secretly, and he would never find out the truth.
Yolanda kept hinting to herself until her heart calmed down again, then she looked in Albina’s direction.
She was talking to Miguel and many people were attracted to her charming smile and beautiful face, even Yolanda herself who hated and envied her so much, she had to admit that she really was a beauty to all those who had seen her.
“It was that face that seduced Umberto, you shameless bitch!”
Yolanda’s face turned green, and when she turned her head, she saw that Umberto was also looking at Albina with very soft eyes she had never seen before. Then she clenched her fists very tightly, her nails digging into her palms, but she felt no pain.
Now the most important thing would be to prevent the relationship between Albina and Umberto from getting better. She smiled vaguely and said to him:
-Umberto, we’ll talk about the engagement thing later, I need time to think it through, but at this banquet, I want to stay by your side.
After thinking about it for a second, Umberto answered in an indifferent voice:
-As you wish.
As long as she didn’t pull his arm or touch him, he didn’t care where he stood.
Yolanda was happy, she stayed by his side, showed a soft smile on her face, turned her body slightly to his side and said a few words to him from time to time, Umberto answered her briefly. No matter how one reacted, she always lowered her head and smiled shyly, the two of them looked quite intimate to others.
On the other side, Albina was anxiously explaining to Miguel:
-Dr. Aguila, I’m sorry, it was not my intention to take advantage of you. Umberto’s change surprised me so much that I had no choice but to walk away from him. I am very sorry.
She felt guilty, as she had absolutely rejected Miguel over the phone, but then pretended to be his girlfriend without telling him and was heard by many people.
-Don’t worry, anyway, I was the one who came up with that idea to pretend boyfriend and girlfriend first. I’m really glad I could help you.
Miguel was in a good mood, although he knew very well that she had no other feelings for him, he was very pleased to be able to give Umberto a blow and she herself called him boyfriend.
Albina couldn’t tell how she felt at this moment, it was strange and uncomfortable as if she had cheated his feelings.
-But don’t call me Dr. Eagle, you must call me Miguel as you did a moment ago, otherwise Umberto might find out -advised Miguel taking advantage of this occasion.
Albina nodded solemnly and answered him with a serious face:
-You’re right, I’ll have it on my tab.
-You don’t have to be so nervous,” said Miguel smiling.
Then he saw his brother and his parents coming down the stairs, he quickly took Albina’s hand: -My parents are here, the banquet is about to start.
Albina began to feel nervous.
Miguel already told his parents what happened just now, when his mother saw Miguel was affectionately holding a woman’s hand, she frowned, “that girl was Umberto’s ex-wife, according to my eldest son, Umberto looked like he is still in love with her. ”
It wasn’t that he was underestimating himself, even Michael’s father would think the same that his youngest son wouldn’t be strong enough to be Umberto’s rival.
However, Miguel looked tender on the outside, his character was the most stubborn and paranoid, which was really hard to solve the problem.
When the banquet started, Raul thanked the guests for coming to his birthday party and when he was about to go downstairs to toast and greet the guests, he suddenly heard a clear female voice.
-Mr. Eagle, it’s still early to drink and chat with the guests, why don’t we first see the gifts they have brought you?
In an instant, the banquet hall fell silent, everyone followed the direction of the voice and saw that the person who spoke was Emma.
Although this proposal was a bit hasty, many of the guests came here especially to fawn over the Eagle family.
As they all wanted to show their abundant gifts, so they started to e accept the idea and Raul seeing that, also agreed.
Albina looked at Emma, seeing that her eyes were full of provocation, she understood that this idea was to provoke her.
Emma had always been Yolanda’s sidekick and friend, so she definitely had something to do with all this.
Like Albina, Umberto also thought the same, turned his head and looked at Yolanda with a bad expression:
-What are you up to?
-I didn’t do anything! -Yolanda answered with an innocent face, “it was Emma who came up with this idea. Although we get along very well, she is also an independent person. I also wonder why she proposed this, it should be that the Elvira family brought a great gift today.
Umberto’s eyes were cold and he obviously didn’t believe her at all, there were too many gaps in her statement.
Miguel clenched his fingers and whispered in Albina’s ear:
-I’ve prepared an extra gift, in a little while….
-Don’t worry -Albina smiled-, today is Mr. Eagle’s birthday, so I did bring a present for him, trust me, please.
Miguel felt relieved when he saw that she was very calm, besides, Albina had a delicate temperament, after going through many things, she had matured a lot, so there should be no problem.
They all gave gifts one by one, they were rich people and the gifts they gave were more valuable one than the other.
Antique ornaments, top quality South Sea pearls, jewelry….
All gifts cost a lot of money.
Yolanda’s turn came, she pursed her lips, walked elegantly to Raul and asked them to bring the gift from the Carballal family.
It was a red coral, not very big, but the color was as red as ox blood. At first glance, you could tell it was very valuable and it was the best.
Although Raul was not very interested in these things, this type of red coral was more precious and difficult to find. He nodded to Yolanda, as if he was very pleased with that gift.
The Carballal Family really went to a lot of effort to find this red coral, Yolanda was well proud to see amazing aspects of the people around her, she felt superior to the others.
When she was about to go down, suddenly she saw Albina next to her, she stopped, looked at Raul and said in a sweet voice:
-Mr. Eagle, Albina is Dr. Eagle’s girlfriend, we are all anxious to see the gift she brought, could you please let us see it.