Ruben heard the noise and rushed over, only to see the old woman motionless on the floor, then looked at his boss in surprise.
Seeing him sitting quietly behind his desk, his posture was exactly the same as the last time he came.
He thought his boss was too competent for this old woman to faint at his words.
-Mr. Santangel, what is it? -He pointed to the old woman on the floor and asked.
Umberto looked at the old woman, just now that she had fainted, he also froze for a moment, but then realized that under the old woman’s eyelids, her eyes were constantly moving, it wasn’t that she had fainted at all, she was just faking a faint.
He immediately indicated to Ruben:
-The old lady is not well and has fainted from excessive excitement, take her to the doctor my grandfather used to go to.
As soon as the words left his mouth, he saw the old woman sigh tersely and open her eyes:
-What’s wrong with me?
Ruben was speechless…
This old woman didn’t know how to pretend to be like that anymore, this expression was so false.
-Old lady of fainting, Mr. Santangel wants to send you for medical treatment -Ruben smiled.
Mrs. Espina got up from the floor and said:
-I’m fine, I don’t need to go to the doctor?
She didn’t dare let Umberto send her for needles, if he had someone secretly doing something deadly to avenge Albina, it would be bad.
-Since you are well, then please come back, -Umberto said.
The old woman wanted to say something else when she saw Ruben step in front of her:
-This way, please.
She did not dare to cause trouble as she did before in Macos’ company, Umberto gave her a frightening feeling.
This time, Mrs. Thorn returned unsuccessfully, not only did she not find trouble with Albina, but she was harassed and teased.
When she returned home, she saw their families sitting on the sofa with gloomy faces, and the atmosphere of the house was gloomy.
When they saw her, Ramon asked her:
-Mom, how are you? Have you seen Albina and what did she say?
-I have not seen Albina,” the old woman sighed and said.
Hearing these words, Ramon and Alex were very disappointed:
-You haven’t seen?
-Don’t be in a hurry, listen to me,” the old woman hurried to continue. Although I have not seen Albina, I have found out that Albina has a boyfriend.
-It’s not strange, Albina is very pretty, how could she not have a boyfriend! -Alex said.
Mrs. Espina patted him on the arm:
-Do you know who her boyfriend is?
-Who is he? -Alex asked curiously. Is he your boss?
Mrs. Espina thought her grandson’s guess was exactly the same as she had guessed earlier.
But she shook her head:
-It’s not him, it’s someone of a higher status who often appears on television.
Ramon, who had shown no special interest, now hurried to ask:
-Tell us quickly, who is her boyfriend?
He was now out of work and didn’t mind losing money, but he wanted to find a new job and was certainly excited to hear Mrs. Espina say that Albina’s boyfriend was powerful.
When the old woman saw that her son was also anxious, she was quick to say:
-Do you know Umberto? He is the president of Grupo Santangel.
When they heard these words, Ramon and Alex froze for a long time. Only after a long while Ramon breathed in:
-Albina is really capable, having become Umberto’s girlfriend.
-This is great, I won’t have to worry about my future job. Santangel Group is very big, it can give me a job. And dad is Albina’s older uncle, Umberto will definitely help us -Alex was very happy.
Ramon was not as naive as his son, and seeing the old woman’s complicated expression, he asked:
-Mom, have you seen Umberto?
Mrs. Espina nodded slowly.
-What was his attitude towards you? -Ramon continued asking, he had to feel Umberto’s attitude before he knew what to do next.
The old woman told her son everything Umberto had told her and complained:
-Umberto won’t help us at all.
Alex was happy before, but immediately saddened again after hearing this.
Ramon suddenly said in a deep voice:
-Umberto treats us like this because we are treating Albina badly. So if we treat her better, her attitude towards us will naturally change?
-Now only we are her relatives, as long as we treat her well, her attitude towards us will definitely change -Mrs. Espina laughed excitedly.
-But our recent behavior has only made her hate us more,” Alex said.
Both Ramon and Mrs. Espina felt a bit of regret upon hearing this. But there was nothing else to do but try.
-Albina was raised by your second uncle, her sex should be the same as his, so don’t worry too much.
The three of them sat together discussing, and only Esperanza sat to the side without speaking with a complicated expression.
The last time they went to see Albina, she was beside herself and saw very clearly that Albina was not at all a kind and unassertive person as they said.
She was kind to her family and friends, but not to her enemies.
However, Esperanza could not make any decisions in the family, so she did not dare to say anything.
***
Albina was not aware of his plans. I just went to the reception to explain the situation.
The receptionist looked at her with a very complicated and strange expression.
-May I ask what the problem is? -Albina asked.
Only then the receptionist reacted to the fact that her attitude was too obvious and hurried to say:
-Sorry, no appointment, I can’t let anyone see Mr. Santangel.
Albina felt a little helpless, as his girlfriend, she still needed an appointment to see him?
-Thank you, I understand -but she didn’t bother the receptionist and nodded.
Then she turned and called Umberto saying he was downstairs in the lobby.
After saying that, he heard the sound of a chair dragging next to Umberto, followed by the sound of footsteps.
Soon after, the elevator opened and Umberto stepped out with his phone in his hand.
He saw that Albina was wearing a simple flowered dress and a cardigan made her snowy skin and bones more beautiful.
Umberto hurried towards her.
Albina was looking at her shoes and thinking about the matter of Mrs. Thorn, not noticing his approach.
It wasn’t until a warm body heat came from behind her, and a hand encircled her waist from behind.
She startled and raised her head to meet Umberto.
-Why are you walking quietly,” she tapped Umberto’s chest unconsciously.
Umberto took his small fist and kissed it softly:
-Why did you come?
Albina froze for a moment, remembering that she was in the lobby and that the receptionist was still looking behind her. Her face reddened and she stole a glance at the receptionist and was relieved to see that she wasn’t paying attention on this side.
-Mr. Murillo told me my grandmother was coming here, where is she?
Umberto took her by the hand to the elevator:
-This is not the place to talk, let’s go up first.
The two had just entered the elevator when the receptionist raised her head, fingers flying as she typed on her phone.
-I just saw Mr. Santangel’s girlfriend, she is stunning and especially beautiful. Mr. Santangel is too gentle, super nice to his girlfriend. He also kissed her hand, they are really good together!
This paragraph sent, see no one respond to his own, the receptionist wonders, suddenly saw a nearby colleague sent him a message.
-Your words were posted in the work group, Mr. Santangel can see them.
The receptionist hurried to look, and indeed saw the message with many exclamation marks, sent to the working group?
The withdrawal deadline had passed.
The receptionist was in tears, thinking that she might be fired….