When Albina came out of the study, Kevin immediately rushed over to her and looked her up and down to check if she was hurt.
Seeing him so nervous, Albina felt a little moved and said to him calmly:
-Kevin, you don’t need to be so worried. I am not hurt. Augustine is a nice enough person.
Kevin pursed his lips, not believing her words.
“A nice person, you don’t say?! Looking at those obedient rogues outside, anyone can guess how scary Agustin’s methods are. How could a person like him be a kind person? At best, he can be considered a wicked person with a moral conscience.”
-Let’s get out first. It’s not safe to stay here too long,” said Alex while holding Albina’s hand.
Albina unconsciously looked back, just in time to see the Augustine leave the room. The latter met her eyes and gave her a kind smile.
Before she could speak, he was already being dragged towards the door by Kevin.
After leaving that supposed bar, Kevin breathed a sigh of relief and said to the girl:
-Tell me everything that happened inside Agustin’s room. Do not hide anything from me, otherwise I will not feel at ease.
Albina, who was still not very sure about Agustin’s attitude inside, hurriedly repeated to him all the conversations she had with Agustin when she heard Kevin ask her.
When he finished, she asked Kevin:
-Agustin said he would help me, do you think it’s true or not, or may be there is some conspiracy?
Kevin analyzed the conversation between Albina and Agustin for a while and said with some confusion:
-I don’t see any problem, but I don’t know why, I think Agustin likes you and appreciates you.
-Eh? -Albina was a little surprised: “I didn’t realize this.
-You don’t know what a tough attitude he has towards others! -Kevin sighed, “You’re very lucky. Since he’s promised you, I don’t think he’ll go back on his word. But if he did, you couldn’t do anything to him about it.
-That’s true,” Albina nodded her head.
“No matter. My purpose is to take revenge on the Espinas. If Agustin really wanted to take over Papa’s house, it wouldn’t matter as long as he could leave me the objects that Mama and Papa.”
The house had been occupied by the Espina family for so long that it was no longer possible to recover the memories that belonged to Albina, so she believed that it wouldn’t be a big deal for her without that empty house.
Anyway, the most important thing for her were the objects that her parents had left her, which should not be of much use to Agustin.
The Espina’s were still unaware of Albina’s approaching reprisals and were still fooling around and bragging about having a good relationship with the Santangel family everywhere they went.
On the other hand, Esperanza did not return to the Espina family after leaving the home that day, planning to claim her divorce certificate immediately after the cooling off period for the divorce ended.
A few days later, Grupo Santangel’s human resources department called Ramon and informed him of the job start date, position and salary.
Without any hesitation, he accepted them all.
He didn’t care about the low salary and low rank of the job, because Albina had told him in advance. On the contrary, he believed deep inside that Albina would ask Umberto very soon to give him a promotion himself.
Very soon, Ramon started working at the Santangel Group. The old woman was very spoiled with her grandson, Alex, and did not keep an eye on him as her son had instructed, but gave him money privately.
Whenever Alex had the money in his hand, he could not contain himself and always looked for excuses to leave the house.
The old woman, who spoiled Alex, only asked him to come home before Ramon got off work.
Alex was afraid of his father, and for the first few days he behaved quite well, going out during the day, playing some small games and then hurrying home before his father returned.
When Ramon came home from work every day and saw that Alex was obediently at home, he gradually stopped being so strict with him. By chance, the company had assigned him a business trip. He gave his son a warning not to gamble money, and after receiving his son’s guarantee, he packed his suitcase and left for the business trip.
After his father left, Alex became very happy, lied to the old woman that he was going into business with his partners and then extorted from her all the money the old woman had saved over the years.
When he obtained that considerable sum of money, his eyes lit up.
In the last few days, Alex had been very lucky and had won a lot of money at the casino, so he wanted to take advantage of this good opportunity to play a big round. If he won, he wouldn’t have to live on the pocket money his father was giving him.
Considering it was a large sum of money, the old lady reminded him:
-Alex, you have to use this money wisely and you can’t go to the casino, okay? You know our family’s financial situation, we don’t have much money left for you to waste at the casino. This sum of money I have been saving for many years, you have to….
-Okay, okay, I know. Grandma, I know you are always very good to me. As soon as I earn a lot of money, I will definitely buy you gold bracelets and gold necklaces, let you live in a big villa and travel with you all over the world…..
Alex gave the old woman a hug and interrupted her.
Alex was very good at cajoling his grandmother and he was the only grandson of the old woman, so Mrs. Espina was very happy to hear her grandson’s good words and said:
-I know my Alex is the best.
The old lady knew that her grandson had studied in an international school where most of the students were smart and rich, so she was very sure that Alex could earn a lot of money by cooperating with his “classmates”.
With the money in hand, Alex couldn’t contain himself, so he didn’t bother to deal with the old lady and hurried to the casino.
It was a coincidence that the casino he went to was owned by Agustin.
Alex’s picture had been circulated throughout Agustin’s casinos, so by the time Alex entered the casino, they had informed Agustin of this news.
Seeing Alex’s face full of smiles and confidence, Agustin sketched a satirical smile and sent a message to Albina: “The prey is already in the trap.”
Albina, who had been paying attention to this matter, drew a smile on her lips when she saw the message.
Claire, sitting next to her, saw her smile and was quite surprised.
In everyday life, to Claire, Albina was always gentle and kind, whose smile carried a soft and delicate beauty. However, her smile at this moment was somewhat wicked and gloomy, which gave Claire great inspiration.
The latter immediately rushed into the studio to draw her inspiration and sketched the draft in a few strokes.
What she drew was a black dress, and she planned to sew this dress as a gift for Albina.
Alex did not yet know that she was being secretly watched. After entering the casino, she took out some of her money to buy chips and sat down at the gaming table with confidence.
Because of Agustin’s instructions, people in the casino paid close attention to Alex’s every move.
Seeing that Alex still had his wits about him, without having bet all his chips at once, those men winked at him and intentionally let him win a few rounds.
Sure enough, just as Alex had imagined when he arrived, he won quite a bit and watched his chips increase on the table, which represented a large sum of money.
Alex had been rather mediocre from a young age, neither intelligent nor hardworking. As the only grandchild in the family, he had been spoiled by his grandmother and had long since lost his ambition.
Ramon always put a lot of hope in him, so he had spent a lot to send him to an international school to get a good education and meet more powerful or rich people. But Alex, having no ambition, had not only failed in his studies, he had even been expelled from school for offending a student from a powerful family.
At an age of over 30, having achieved nothing in both life and work, being secretly mocked by his friends and family and being reprimanded by his own father, Alex did not feel good inside, although he had the pampering and blind trust of his grandmother.
Now, looking at the large pile of chips in front of him and to the envy of those next to him, Alex felt very proud for himself. As time went on, Alex’s greed and desire for success grew more and more.
He wanted to be recognized by others, to please his father and to have more wealth. Driven by such desire, Alex had only two words on his mind, “Earn more!”
Seeing his luck getting better and better, Alex didn’t hold back any longer, he went to the reception desk and left his grandmother’s bank card on the table.
-Help me exchange all the money on this card for tokens!