The question Albina asked made everyone focus on Yolanda.
Yolanda’s mood was extremely complicated now, she thought she could make Albina ridiculous, but she didn’t expect that she had prepared everything, in the end it was Yolanda who became a laugh from everyone.
Through this incident, Albina earned her fame in this group of people.
Now everyone knew that she was a student of Mr. Atenas and was the most favorite, that could be noted by her tone of speech.
Raul also looked at Yolanda with a serious look on his face:
-Miss Yolanda, what you just said affects Albina’s reputation very much, you must apologize to her.
Calling her Miss Yolanda sounded like they had a distant distance which was very different when he called Albina, it sounded quite intimate.
It seemed that Raul really recognized Albina as a member of the family through the incident just now.
Umberto frowned, feeling extremely uncomfortable. Miguel, on the other hand, was very happy when he found that his father’s attitude had changed.
In front of everyone present, Yolanda took a deep breath and said to Albina in disgust:
-Please forgive me, I am not good at calligraphies and paintings and I did not expect that Mr. Atenas painted a picture especially for Mr. Aguila, I am very sorry.
She had an expression of about to cry, tears glistened in her eyes, her face was pale and she looked very pitiful and stubborn.
Albina knew that her apology was not sincere, she did not mention anything about the personal offense she gave him, moreover, she despised Albina’s sincerity to ask for a favorite painting for Raul.
If Albina did not accept his apology at this moment, it would seem that she was too aggressive and the spectators would have sympathy for Yolanda, after all, people sympathize with the weakest.
-Nothing is wrong with me. Albina behaved as if nothing had happened.
When Yolanda was about to breathe a sigh of relief, she suddenly heard Albina say:-However, what my teacher said is also right, Miss Yolanda should have more knowledge so as not to cause more laughter like today.
These words made Yolanda’s face turn pale and green.
Laughter and conversations could be heard on the side, Yolanda felt that they were talking about her, so she wanted to withdraw from this banquet, but she could not leave now, she was worried that Umberto and Albina had other contacts.
Then she returned in a bad mood to Umberto’s side, receiving a cold look from him.
Yolanda acted as if she had suffered a lot saying:
-Albina could prove the truth at the first hour, but she postponed it to the end, she did it deliberately to make a fool of me, as you can see, she is not as weak and innocent as you think, she is too scheming.
Umberto laughed from the bottom of his heart his great capacity to upset the truth.
-Yolanda, you deserve it, I warned you before, Albina may be scheming or not, but she never takes the initiative to harm anyone, she is totally different than you!
Yolanda was stunned and clenched her hands tightly, she did not expect to hear such an answer. She hated that Umberto defended Albina in a very biased way, but she could not refute from what he said and could only look in an unfriendly way at Albina who had very sweet smile and was surrounded by people from the Eagle family.
They had just seen how Albina confronted Yolanda, and they thought she had a sharp personality, but after chatting with her for a while, they discovered that she was actually very sweet and nice, always soft spoken and polite.
Miguel’s mother took her son aside and asked in a low voice:
-Did Albina and Yolanda have any conflict before?
Miguel didn’t explain everything, he just said:
-Yolanda is involved in the deaths of Albina’s parents.
After hearing this, Miguel’s mother understood the reason why Albina had that attitude towards Yolanda.
-Then what’s going on between her and that boy from the Santangel Family? -said Miguel’s mother indicating Miguel to look the other way.
Miguel followed the direction of her gaze and saw Umberto holding a glass of wine standing next to a pillar, his eyes never leaving Albina, any could note that he was still in love with her.
Miguel snorted coldly:
-That guy didn’t appreciate her before and now he regretted his nonsense.
After hearing this, his mother clapped a hand on his shoulder:
-Albina likes us, but if you really want to be with her, you have to face that guy from the Santangel Family, I heard he is a tyrannical man, once he is interested in something, he can hardly take it away.
Miguel held the glass tightly, his expression turned cold, his eyes full of determination.
Raul took Miguel to socialize, as Albina was alone, some people came over to chat with her from time to time, but she wasn’t in the mood to socialize, so she went straight to the dining room wandering around randomly.
Umberto was about to step forward when he suddenly saw a girl who bumped into Albina and the red wine in her hand splashed towards Albina.
Fortunately, Albina was able to dodge in time and was only left with a small red wine stain on her skirt.
The girl quickly apologized to her and said nervously:
-I’m sorry, I was clumsy for not paying attention. I’m so sorry I stained your skirt. I will ask the Aguila family if I can prepare another skirt for you.
-It’s okay,” Albina smiled, “it’s just a small stain, I’ll go to the bathroom to clean it.
The girl breathed a sigh of relief.
Albina asked a servant the location of the bathroom and went there carrying the skirt carefully.
This dress was her favorite among the ones she designed, she actually felt very sorry for being stained.
Umberto took the last sip of wine in his hand and followed her with a smile between his lips.
The bathroom was outside the banquet hall and as the walls were very thick, when he left the hall he could no longer hear the sound inside.
Albina breathed a sigh of relief for having faced Yolanda nervously, it was not because she was afraid of her, but because this woman had the support of the Carballal family. This time she managed to damage Yolanda’s fame, she would surely look for a way to take revenge on her, so she should be prepared for future threats.
Thinking about it, she suddenly felt a big hand grabbing her waist and dragging her straight to the corner.
Albina startled and unconsciously wanted to exhale, the man covered her mouth with his other hand and took her whole body in his wide, warm arms.
The man’s dominating breath surrounded Albina who was extremely nervous and trembling all over her body.
Her long eyelashes trembled heavily in thought of the possibilities she encountered: “Could it be that Yolanda could not bear the humiliations she received and chose to take revenge at this moment?”
The person behind seemed to sense her nervousness and whispered in her ear:
-It’s me!
The familiar voice made Albina relax instantly.
Umberto felt the change in his state, a smile shone in his eyes, he believed that in Albina’s mind, he belonged a trustworthy guy.
But a second later, Albina bit his finger hard.
Although Umberto felt a lot of pain, he squeezed her waist tighter.
Albina spat out her fingers, turned around and looked at him sternly:
-Let go of me!
Umberto stared at her, he saw that her beautiful peach colored eyes were full of anger and reflecting his image.
Slowly, he let go of her hand, and Albina took that moment to get out of his arms, she asked him coldly:
-What do you want to do?
-Nothing, I just want to talk to you,” Umberto’s voice was hoarse and he had looks that filled with guilt. A year ago, I didn’t save you in time, I’m sorry…”.
Albina frowned:
-“You don’t need to apologize to me, we had already divorced and I don’t blame you for what happened a year ago. After all, everyone has his freedom to make his decisions.
She did not blame him, but Umberto felt even more guilty, he had indescribable feelings in his heart. This indifferent sentence left him without any hope that would mark the end of their relations.
Albina looked at him and saw that his face was tense, his expression was stern, his mouth was pursed that he looked all victimized.
They had been married for three years, but she had never seen him make a face like he did today, it made her sad to see him like that instead of having unknown feeling, maybe it was because of the affection she still had for him.
Albina took a deep breath and couldn’t wait to distance herself from him.
This time she came back for revenge, not to tangle with Umberto, as long as he didn’t turn against her, it was better to avoid having encounters with him.
-Mr. Santangel, I’m sorry, I have to go now. After she finished speaking and when she was about to leave, she heard someone coming to talk.
It was Yolanda and Emma.
Albina’s expression became serious.