-Umberto already told you?
Albina already understood. It was no wonder she hadn’t called or looked for herself, so she had already heard his news.
-Yes. What if you know something else? -Ariana looked at Albina, “Yesterday afternoon, you weren’t feeling well and you were resting. Umberto was downstairs with us all afternoon.
-Really? -Albina’s expression was surprised, she hadn’t told him any of this.
-Of course,” Ariana nodded, “When I came back, he was still downstairs worried and asked me to check on you. He only left when he knew you were okay.
Albina felt the warm love. Umberto was good to her. When he was deeply affectionate, he really made her unable to resist.
She had already taken him seriously, she just hoped he wouldn’t lie to her again this time.
***
Yolanda still didn’t know that Umberto had already checked her out.
He had stayed at home for the last few days. What happened in the box hadn’t quite gone away, so she had been in a very bad mood for the past few days.
Originally, she wanted to seduce Umberto and sleep with him, but unexpectedly, he caught on to her scheming and let her be the victim of his own plan. Jaime came and made love to her.
Yolanda couldn’t resist the urge to run to the bathroom to wash herself when she thought about it. When she returned from the club that day, she reluctantly accepted the truth.
Afterwards, she remembered the plan she had organized. He saw the photos taken and deliberately used Alan’s hand to have them sent to Miguel.
The next day, he received the news that Albina had driven Umberto away.
When she heard this news, Yolanda couldn’t have been happier, but before she could be for a few days, she learned that last night Umberto had rescued Albina from the bar and that the two had spent the night together.
That night, her room, which had just been decorated, was trashed by Yolanda.
However, she was unwilling to give Umberto to Albina. The man she had loved for so many years, why would she give him away to another woman?
Umberto’s handsome face flashed through Yolanda’s mind, as did Mrs. Santangel’s position, which could bring her infinite benefits.
She thought over and over again. She had to think of a way for Albina to separate herself completely from Umberto.
At that moment, Julio returned. He was in a good mood and was humming a song as he entered.
Seeing Yolanda at home, he smiled and said to her:
-Yoli, fortunately we have withdrawn from the marriage with Umberto. Those projects given by the Santangel family have been very profitable lately. If the projects are all implemented smoothly, our Carballal family will go up another level.
Yolanda looked at her father and pouted: how could she be happy when all this had come in exchange for her dream marriage contract?
Julio was oblivious to her emotions and said to himself:
-Yoli, you’ve been on your best behavior lately too. You kept your promise and you haven’t caused problems with Albina. You have suffered a lot. Don’t worry about it. Later I will definitely reward you….
Yolanda looked stunned. No, she wasn’t!
She had clearly provoked the problems with Albina and had asked David to follow her with the deadly attack. By rights, Umberto should have withdrawn the benefits promised to the Carballal family because he had not kept his promise.
But no, Umberto had done nothing.
How could this be? There had to be some kind of conspiracy.
Yolanda became nervous and looked at Julio:
-Father, did those projects given by Umberto really bring benefits to our Carballal family?
-That’s for sure. The company’s accounts look much better these days. The benefits are tangible.
Yolanda’s brow furrowed again. There was no mistake here. Was Umberto’s plan behind her back?
He was so good to Albina-how could he not take revenge on her?
Yolanda sensed something was wrong, found an excuse to go upstairs and called Jaime.
The cell phone connected quickly, and Jaime’s somewhat flirtatious voice came from the other end:
-Hi, honey, did you miss me?
-Jaime, don’t talk like that. I have a favor to ask you.
Yolanda didn’t like Jaime, but this man had some tricks up his sleeve, especially when it came to targeting Umberto.
Jaime sensed the seriousness in her tone, and only then did he get serious:
-What is it?
Yolanda told him what happened before saying:
-It’s possible that Umberto knows someone in the Carballal family, so I want to ask you to help me, to find out where David is and, preferably, to bring him to me.
Jaime smiled:
-I’ll take care of this, but if I help you with this, how will you repay me?
His voice was slightly low with a faint desire.
At first, Jaime had little interest in Yolanda, but that night in the box, Yolanda’s passionate and charming appearance made him obsessed and want to feel her again.
When Yolanda heard him say this, she became so angry that her chest wouldn’t stop heaving:
-Didn’t we make a deal before? The Carballal family gives priority to working with you and you help me?
-That time I only said to help you with Albina,” Jaime reminded her.
Yolanda gritted her teeth:
-But you didn’t! How come I haven’t seen you do it for so long!
-How do you know I didn’t do anything? It’s just that she ran away because of luck.
Yolanda froze for a moment and suddenly thought of the information she had received earlier, that Albina had been tricked by someone from her own company into going to a bar and almost being raped by Alberto.
-Did you manipulate him?
-I bribed Silvana. It’s a shame she’s useless, and so is that director Alberto.
Yolanda took a deep breath, so that was Jaime’s intention. This would be really quite ruthless, only it didn’t work. Albina was too lucky.
Yolanda felt a little pity in her heart.
Jaime brought up the subject again:
-You still haven’t told me how you’re going to pay me back?
-What do you want! -Yolanda asked.
Jaime smiled:
-Don’t you know what I want? As long as you are willing to accompany me, I can help you do whatever you want, no matter how much.
Yolanda, at first, was very unhappy in her heart, but when she heard his last words, she froze:
-Is what you said true? No matter how much it is…
-Of course! -Jaime gave an affirmative answer.
Yolanda quickly gave in, the two of them had already made love together anyway, so a couple more times would be fine.
-All right, it’s a deal.
Jaime smiled:
-Then I’ll see you at the usual place. Don’t worry. That David, I’ll find him.
***
Albina accepted Umberto’s installment payment plan.
This made Umberto lose sleep. The next day, he went to see David and saw that he had almost recovered. He then instructed Ruben to start implementing the plan.
The first step was for David to go to the police station and accuse Yolanda.
Umberto thought that, if Yolanda was convicted, Albina would agree to be with him.
But to his surprise, things soon went awry.
Ruben hurried back and did not dare to look at Umberto.
-Mr. Santangel, something has happened!
Umberto’s expression was cold, and seeing him in that state, he had already guessed something.
-Tell me.
Only then did Ruben lower his head and speak with a guilty expression:
-We sent someone to follow David and take him to the police station, but the people downstairs got careless, it was a control failure and they let David escape.
He didn’t follow him personally, but he heard reports that David had escaped very skillfully, as if he had already thought of his escape route beforehand.
He had been in Sogen City for a long time. He had often done bad things for Yolanda, so he knew the terrain, streets and alleys very well. By the time they noticed his escape, he had already disappeared.
Hearing this, Umberto hit the table hard, with an angry expression.
-Sir, don’t be angry. I will immediately send someone to look for David, and I will definitely bring him to you.
Umberto looked coldly at Ruben with his somber eyes:
-David may escape. Even if you bring him back, it’s useless. He won’t willingly accuse Yolanda.
When Ruben thought about it, he felt even more guilty and lowered his head, not daring to speak.
Seeing him like that, Umberto took a deep breath:
-Send them to go get David and bring him here so that you can do whatever you want.
When Reuben heard this, he made an astonished face and left.