Umberto was very angry when he said this. Yolanda knew that if he didn’t tell the truth again the consequences would be even more serious.
Her face was pale, her eyes were agitated, a cold sweat of fear ran down her body, and only after a long while she gritted her teeth and said.
-Yes, it was someone else who saved you then,” Yolanda said nervously.
Yolanda felt very relieved after saying that, as she had been keeping this secret for more than ten years.
All these years, she had been so afraid to keep this secret that she didn’t even dare to tell her parents.
That’s why, the first time she was threatened by Jaime with this, she was very scared.
So now she was telling the whole story of what really happened in that case.
-I woke up before the man pulled me out, but I couldn’t see his face clearly because of the smoke, and after he pulled us out, he just left. I saw that there was no one around, so I had that idea. But at that moment I was just trying to get you to be nice to me.
Umberto looked at her with cold eyes and continued asking:
-What happened with the wound on your waist?
Hearing his question, Yolanda touched the jagged scar above her waist and said:
-I deliberately ran back to the fire and did so, to make it look more real.
Umberto felt a little surprised that Yolanda, who was only a teenager at the time, had been really ruthless with herself and had burned herself like that for that reason.
But it made sense. If Yolanda had just rescued him, the most Familia Santangel would have done would have been to give Familia Carballal a lot of money as a reward, but she was injured to save him, so Familia Santangel would give them more benefits.
-You’re very clever,” Umberto sighed, but he also hated her even more.
-I’ve told you everything, you’ll forgive me, won’t you? -Yolanda said pleadingly.
-Do you think it’s possible? -Umberto gave her a cold look and got into the car to leave.
Yolanda hurried after the car for a few steps, her heart full of panic.
She knew Umberto’s character too well, he was an arrogant person, she had been deceived by her for so many years, he would definitely be very angry.
“What would Umberto do in his anger?”
Yolanda didn’t dare to imagine it, and hurried back home. She had to tell her father about this affair and make preparations in good time.
***
Umberto was holding his anger in his heart, he was driving but didn’t know where he was going, and unknowingly discovered that he had arrived at Albina’s ground floor.
He leaned against the car and looked up at Albina’s window, the light inside had gone out.
“She must be asleep.”
Umberto sighed, at that moment he wanted to see her, but she had to go to work tomorrow. He feared she was tired, so he didn’t dare go upstairs to disturb her.
He stayed downstairs staring silently at Albina’s window for a long time.
Albina got up groggily, felt thirsty and went to the living room to drink water.
When she returned to her room, she saw that the curtains were still open and tried to close them.
She casually looked down.
A very familiar car was parked, and an even more familiar man was looking in her window.
Albina froze for a long time before she realized that this man was Umberto.
“What was he doing here in the middle of the night and not calling her or coming up to get her?”
There were no lights on in her own room, so she shouldn’t have been able to see his figure.
Albina smiled involuntarily, put on her coat, opened the door quietly and went downstairs.
Umberto didn’t know how long he had been standing there and was about to leave when he heard sounds coming from the building all of a sudden.
Looking towards the entrance of the building, he suddenly saw a woman trotting towards him.
In the moonlight, she had delicate features, fair skin, and her smile was all sweetness as she called out:
-Umberto!
The whole person rushed into his arms like a small cannonball.
Umberto caught her unconsciously and wrapped her whole body in his arms.
Feeling a little cold in her, he opened his jacket and tucked her in:
-It’s very late, why are you coming out all of a sudden?
His voice was soft as he placed a gentle kiss on her forehead.
-I got up to get a drink of water and saw you downstairs, so I ran downstairs,” Albina wrapped her arms around his waist and said in a sweet voice, “Why didn’t you come up to see me if you loved me?
Her words made Umberto’s heart warm immediately.
He hugged her tighter and answered:
-I thought you were asleep and I was afraid to disturb you.
The two embraced in silence for a while before slowly separating.
-I just approached Yolanda to ask her about what happened then and she admitted it. Tomorrow I will spill the truth about it and openly look for the person who saved my life then,” Umberto said.
-How could she admit it so easily? -Albina looked puzzled.
According to her understanding of Yolanda, she would definitely not admit so easily. After all, this affair has many benefits for Yolanda.
At the mention of this, Umberto said in disgust:
-I used a little test, I threatened her and she confessed.
-Okay,” Albina was about to speak, when suddenly she saw the wound on the back of his hand and exclaimed, “What happened to your hand?
She carefully stroked Umberto’s hand, but it had several very conspicuous wounds. None of them were very large, but they were serious.
Only then Umberto remembered that he still had a wound on his hand, Yolanda had just kicked with her heels to get rid of it.
-It’s okay, it’s not very serious,” Umberto tried to withdraw his hand, not wanting to worry her.
-Of course, if you don’t pay attention, it will be even worse!
Umberto then did not dare to do anything and said:
-I’ll come back to take care of it later.
-Come upstairs with me, I have medicine at home.
Umberto paused for a moment and said hesitantly:
-Your companion is at home, it’s not good for me to stay over.
-When I asked you to stay the night, I only helped you to heal the wound.
Umberto didn’t bother and obediently went upstairs with her.
As he opened the door, Albina’s voice lowered to remind him:
-Ariana is asleep, don’t wake her up.
-I know -Umberto also returned it with an airy voice.
Albina took him to her room and brought the first-aid kit to him.
And first she disinfected it with absorbent cotton.
Albina took out the alcohol, she feared it would hurt, and while rubbing it, she blew gently on his wound.
When Umberto moved a little, she asked worriedly:
-Does it hurt? I will be gentler later.
Then the next movements would be much gentler.
The cotton ball soaked in alcohol was rubbed against his wound. Umberto felt very happy looking at Albina’s serious face.