Jaime had a crazy night with Yolanda until very late, when he woke up, he discovered that it was already dawn, he got up at the shot and went to get dressed, he didn’t even have time to take a shower.
Yolanda woke up in a daze, looked at him and said:
-Don’t rush, it’s still early, it’s only seven o’clock.
-I should get up earlier -Jaime’s voice was full of impatience, he put on his jacket and ran out with his shoes in his hand- I will gather the men to find Umberto from downhill, if he had already gone up from there, we will have big problems.
As he spoke, he was regretting wasting a lot of time with Yolanda last night, he wanted to go check earlier, but now he just wished Umberto and the others hadn’t come up from the forest below.
Seeing that Jaime was so anxious, Yolanda couldn’t sleep anymore, she got out of bed and got dressed:
-I’m not going with you today, my dad is not in the company these days, I have to stay in the company, after the last competition, for the first time Yoli is going to launch a new product lately.
If it was successful, it would improve the impression people had towards Yoli, otherwise, it would worsen the situation of Carballal Group.
Yoli could be considered as the most developed industry of Carballal Group, so that Carballal Group would recover as soon as possible, Yolanda had used all the funds from other industrial projects to put them into this new product launch, so if it could not succeed, it would be a fatal failure.
Jaime already considered the Carballal Group to be part of his property, he agreed and kindly told Yolanda not to work hard for the sake of her health.
His concern made Yolanda trust Jaime more.
After Yolanda left, Jaime was also ready to leave, he called his subordinates to tell them to continue searching for Umberto and Albina’s whereabouts.
But it turned out that this order was rejected by them.
The subordinate said to Jaime in embarrassment:
-Sir, it is not that we did not obey your order, your grandfather just warned us that he has to return to the Seco family -after hesitating for a long time, he continued saying-, besides, he ordered us not to render him any more services.
When Jaime heard this, he was stunned for a moment, suddenly became nervous and asked:
-Had my grandfather said something?
This was too sudden, it was fine yesterday, why did the old man suddenly issue this order, taking away his power?
The subordinate said:
-We don’t know exactly what happened, but we just learned that the Santangel family people went early to the Seco family this morning, forgive me I can no longer tell you more information.
After speaking, the man hung up the phone.
Jaime was left with a pale face.
“Why did the Santangel family come, did they find out what I did? But how is it possible, if last night my men told me that the Santangel family still hadn’t found Umberto…”
The more he thought, the more confused he became, he didn’t want to wait any longer, so he ran out of the villa.
As soon as he came out, he saw some men waiting for him at the door.
After seeing Jaime, they approached him with a serious face and told him:
-Sir, your grandfather ordered us to take you, I’m sorry.
Without waiting for Jaime to respond, they directly held his arms and went to the car against his will.
Jaime had never been treated like this since he was a child, he had always behaved well, he had never caused problems and he studied with great eagerness about his family’s affairs, he was the most gratified and proud heir of his grandfather.
Jaime had never before imagined that one day he would receive this kind of treatment that his grandfather used to give to other people.
-Let me go, I can walk.
Jaime angrily let go of them and got into the car with a somber face.
When they arrived at the Seco family, Jaime was surprised to see several sports cars parked at the gate, suddenly his face became paler and paler. “These cars belong to other grandchildren on the maternal side, why are they here?”
Jaime had a bad feeling, after he was reminded twice by the man behind, he went to the door.
As soon as he entered, he saw sitting in the living room the grandfather and his grandchildren, talking to him with enthusiasm, the atmosphere looked well harmonious.
As soon as Jaime entered, the smile on Mr. Seco’s face disappeared in an instant, he became serious and said to his grandchildren:
-You can go now, don’t forget what I said.
-Jaime, come with me.
When he finished speaking, he got up first and went to the second floor.
The grandchildren got up from the sofa and headed out, when they passed Jaime, they flashed him wry smiles saying:
-Look, isn’t this the only heir of our family, why did you come back at this time, how long has it been since you’ve changed your clothes, your pants are full of dirt stains.
Jaime looked down and saw the stains that were possibly stuck when he went to look for Umberto yesterday, even the clothes he was wearing were from yesterday too, they were so wrinkled that he looked well battered.
Finally he realized that he was in such a hurry that he forgot to change his clothes.
Jaime did not have time to argue with them and when he was about to go to the room to change his clothes, he heard another one say:
-Only heir? Don’t you remember that grandfather has already let us go to work and study in the family business? Any one of us will have a chance to become the successor.
As soon as these words came out, Jaime’s footsteps suddenly stopped and his face turned pale.
He turned his head slightly with a terrified expression and said to them, gritting his teeth:
-What?
-Wow, you still don’t know about this?
The man laughed, he was very proud to see Jaime angry that he always pretended to be obedient in front of grandfather.
-Grandpa gathered us here this morning informing us that we can now all enter the company to study how to manage the company.
After the man finished speaking, another person next to him also scoffed:
-What did you do to make Grandpa so disappointed in you? You had told us that you are the best heir in the family, so explain to us why grandfather let us work in the company?
Jaime almost had a bite on his lips, he tried very hard to control his anger, how he wanted to hit his cousins, but he couldn’t do it in this place, because this was what his grandfather hated the most.
After so many years of efforts, he finally earned his grandfather’s esteem and the position, he thought he was the only heir of the Seco family, but now it seemed that everything was going to change.
“Is grandfather gathering them here going to divide the power?”
-Jaime, why don’t you go upstairs?
A stern voice suddenly came from the second floor, Jaime looked up and met his grandfather’s gaze and quickly said:
-I’m talking to Pedro.
As he spoke, he turned his head towards them with a feigned smile, at the same time he discovered that the sarcasm on their faces had disappeared, and they all looked very friendly.
“Long time no see and you’ve all become such hypocrites!”
-Get up to the studio, quick! Mr. Seco hurried him, and Jaime went up the stairs at once without daring to change his clothes.
Pedro Leoz looked at him like that and scoffed:
-Hypocrite, the only thing he knows how to do is to please grandfather.
-Brother, now we are just like him,” muttered the person next to him.
Pedro looked angrily at his brother, turned around and left without saying anything.
As soon as he entered the study and closed the door, he heard Mr. Seco’s very serious voice:
-Kneel down!
Jaime was unconsciously tempered by that roar and before he could react, he knelt down in front of his grandfather.