Miguel froze. Albina had told him.
Her look was complicated. The last time when Albina saw the photos, she was clearly disappointed with Umberto. Only a few days, not even a week, and they had reconciled.
This Umberto knew what he was doing.
His voice was cold:
-A friend inadvertently took the photo and sent it to me. problem?
It was a big problem! Before coming to the hospital, Umberto felt that Miguel had deliberately gotten the photos and then made them look this ambiguous.
But after arriving at the hospital and asking Miguel about this, he had been paying attention to Miguel’s expression and had not found him lying.
These two photos were really of his friend.
-Show me the pictures,” she stared at Miguel, and her voice had a hint of forcefulness in it.
Miguel frowned in disgust:
-Umberto, are you giving me orders? I am not your employee. Who do you think you are?
Umberto’s expression grew impatient:
-Miguel, I’m telling you, you may have been used. They gave you the photos deliberately to try to stir up trouble for us.
-So what! -Miguel looked at him defiantly and smiled, “That’s exactly what I want to see. I don’t like you and Albina together either. It’s okay to use me.
Umberto heard these words, a hostile energy surged in his heart.
What was wrong with this little brother of Camillo’s? When he was a boy, he was a good boy, running after them.
When Miguel looked at Umberto, he was also unhappy.
Camilo and Umberto had grown up together. The relationship between the two was even better than the one between him and his own brother. Every time he sided with Umberto, it had made him build up resentment for a long time. Besides they both liked Albina, that’s why they looked at each other with so much hatred and annoyed each other with one more look.
-Miguel, I’m not joking with you. The person behind this is probably Yolanda. You know Yolanda’s attitude towards Albina.
When she said that, Miguel also hesitated.
Although he didn’t treat Umberto well, he liked Albina very much. He didn’t want Yolanda to hurt him again. She had suffered enough in the past.
-Here, look.
Miguel took out his cell phone, showing it to Umberto.
Umberto looked at the two photos. Although Albina had described them to him before, his face darkened as he looked at them.
They were too ambiguous.
Previously, Albina had already seen the lip prints to create a misunderstanding. Then when she saw the two pictures, how could she not believe it? No wonder she was so angry and ignored it for several days.
Above all, the protagonist of the photos was still Yolanda, Albina’s enemy.
-Who the hell sent you these two pictures!
Umberto couldn’t help swearing, with a very somber expression.
Miguel also felt a bit uncomfortable. He secretly gave these two photos to Albina, it was a not nice thing to do.
-Alan Mina!
Miguel betrayed the person who sent him the photos.
-When did you get so close to him?
Umberto had a certain impression of Alan Mina. He was a loser, who accomplished nothing. He spent the day doing nothing. He also liked to play with women. As long as he was mentioned, all the people in the Mina family had a big headache. That man was indeed a regular customer of that private club.
However, he remembered that Miguel and Alan had never had much of a relationship.
One was a promising young doctor, a good kid in the eyes of his elders, with a bright future, and the other was a hopelessly posh. These two were simply not related.
-Just tell me the truth. I don’t want to waste my time.
Umberto raised his eyes to look at Miguel.
Miguel felt annoyed when his lie was revealed, but he still told it:
-Really, I have nothing to do with Alan. It was him who took the initiative to find me and give me these two photos -Miguel’s expression was unnatural-. At the previous party, Albina and I pretended to be a couple, didn’t we? He approached me and showed me the photos. I thought that… I thought it seemed useful, that’s why…
He didn’t say more, but Umberto probably already knew the story.
-They used you. Miguel, you are really too young and you lack consideration in your actions.
Umberto said and got up. When Miguel saw him educating him in a tone like an old man, he felt very uncomfortable inside, but he knew that he had indeed been used.
It was not all over. Before Umberto left, he pointed to the scratches on his neck and said:
-Miguel, look. This was left by Albina. We were together last night. You should understand what I mean. In the future, when you see her, behave yourself. Don’t even think of doing the wrong thing.
So saying, Umberto left. Miguel was very angry.
He had already tried not to notice the scratch, but he hadn’t expected Umberto to insist on reminding him of it before he left.
Miguel lowered his head. His expression was grim. He wasn’t going to give up. As long as Albina wasn’t married to Umberto, he still had a chance.
After leaving the hospital, Umberto didn’t go back to the office and headed for that private club.
Based on the angle from which the photos were taken, he found the corresponding shooting location. He found the owner of the clubhouse and checked the surveillance.
The club had not set up surveillance in many places to ensure the privacy of its guests. There were only a few scattered ones, all of them very secretive and rarely known to the general public.
But, fortunately, the two places where the photos were taken were within the range of the surveillance.
When Umberto saw the person taking the photos, just by the face alone he had already confirmed that it was the Carballal family maid and not Alan.
It had been confirmed that the person, who had taken the misunderstanding-provoking photos, who had instructed Alan to give them to Miguel and who had made Albina see them with Miguel’s help, was Yolanda.
She was playing a great game.
All the places were pretty tight, and Alan he found was a regular at the club, so it made sense to take the pictures unintentionally. Miguel was Albina’s friend and had a good place in her heart. His words were easy to convince Albina.
Umberto’s face was as icy as ice.
Not only did she use perfuma to seduce him, but she also placed people outside to take pictures. One plan failed and there was another.
When Umberto left the box that day, he was so angry that he didn’t realize they were taking pictures, so Yolanda took advantage of the situation.
Damn woman!
***
Umberto was driving while remembering the events of the day, his face very cold.
When Albina turned her head, she saw his expression and froze:
-What’s wrong? Your face is very ugly. Don’t you feel well?
Her voice was soft and instantly softened the annoyance in his heart.
Umberto’s expression eased:
-Nothing, I’m just thinking about work.
Yolanda had done such unpleasant things, so he wouldn’t let Albina know. Now she was busy with the design contest in a fortnight and shouldn’t be distracted, so it was best to let her sort it out.
While the two were talking, the car had already arrived at Albina’s house.
Albina got out of the car before Umberto handed her the bag she was carrying:
-Come back. Sleep well.
-Good.
Albina raised her eyes to look at him, and had just taken two steps when he suddenly turned and ran back.
She raised her face to look at him, her face white and smooth with a shy look,
-Umberto, what you said before… -Well, the installment payment, I am… Well, payment in installments, I agree.
After saying this, Albina’s ears even reddened, she hurried to turn around and run towards the building.
Umberto froze in place. When he reacted, the girl had already disappeared.
He looked down and smiled:
-Albina, sooner or later you’ll drive me crazy.
I should have grabbed her and asked for a kiss. What a missed opportunity!
When Albina entered the house, her ears were still red.
When Ariana saw her return, she smiled and went over to hug her:
-Where did you go?
Albina froze for a moment and pouted:
-You don’t even care about me, you haven’t called me all day.
Ariana pinched her nose:
-I found this morning that you had disappeared and I was frantic. Luckily Umberto called me and told me. Otherwise I would have reported you missing.