Albina had guessed correctly, she and Claire were much busier at work.
The two of them did most of the work, as they had very little staff on Claire’s side, and as fashion week approached, they both accelerated their progress, and at the same time had to ensure quality.
Claire was an internationally renowned designer and was especially professional, and Albina had learned a lot from her, which has benefited her a lot.
She was so busy that when Macos moved into his new house, she didn’t even have time to visit him.
But Macos was very understanding with her, after all, they were also colleagues, and he didn’t say anything, and even asked her for a lot of desserts when she was busy.
Eating something sweet would relax her.
This made Albina amused and moved. She thought Macos was very understanding, handsome, and also had his own company. This guy was really good!
If it wasn’t for Umberto, maybe even she would have fallen in love with him.
Thinking about this, she remembered that she had contacted Ariana and Ariana had told her that she had found someone to follow Santiago, and she didn’t know what the current situation was.
Ariana had not taken the initiative to send him a message, and she herself was so busy that she had forgotten.
During the break, Albina slipped into the bathroom and called Ariana.
The call took a while to be answered.
Ariana’s voice was a little loud, and she sounded like she was out.
-Ariana, where are you?
-The school is organizing a trip for the teachers to go out, so I’m outside. The signal may not be very good,” said Arian in a light voice.
Albina heard that there was nothing unusual in his voice and was slightly relieved before cautiously asking:
-By the way, that day, when you had someone follow Santiago, did you find anything unusual?
Hearing those words, Ariana frowned with a somewhat dejected expression.
-Yes he went to see that woman, I found out the woman’s name was Natalia…. -she paused and bit her lower lip- -She left the hospital and stayed in Sogen City, and it turned out that she worked in Santiago’s psychological treatment room.
-That fucker… -Albina said.
She couldn’t even resist cursing, since being a woman, she could sense that this woman’s heart was not pure. She was Santiago’s first girlfriend, and now he had a girlfriend. Sogen City was so big, and there were so many psychological treatment rooms. But this woman chose just the one in Santiago.
Saying that she had no intention, Albina didn’t believe it. There was definitely something wrong.
-What were they going to do that day?!
Albina held back her anger, thinking to clear things up first.
Ariana lowered her eyelashes indifferently.
-Santiago helped that woman look for a house, she was staying in a hotel before and wanted to look for a house on her day off.
She didn’t need to think about it to know that the excuse used by that Natalia was undoubtedly that she was unfamiliar with Sogen City and Santiago had to help her look for a place. Or that if she went alone, something bad could happen to her being only a woman. After all, this society is not particularly stable, good people and bad people are divided down the middle.
Santiago, being a good-hearted man, probably thought he was right and helped her.
If he had gone there openly, Ariana would not have stopped him, but, by going without saying anything to her, he made her feel a little uncomfortable.
-Ariana, can you hear me?
Albina’s anxious voice came from the other side and Ariana came to.
-I’m sorry, I got lost in my thoughts.
Albina didn’t ask to do anything, so she had to ask again:
-The two of you didn’t make any ambiguous moves, did you?
-No, the people I sent took photos and videos, and the two of them didn’t do anything special. Santiago has been avoiding suspicion.
Ariana’s voice was insipid.
That day, Natalia was particularly bright and beautiful. The video taken by Kevin’s people showed that she kept trying to approach Santiago by talking and trying to make physical contact with him, but to no avail.
Santiago was avoiding her.
When Albina heard this, she also breathed a sigh of relief.
-Great, although Santiago is unreliable, he’s still loyal to his relationship, so it’s good that he doesn’t have a secret relationship with that woman.
Ariana looked at the distant landscape, and her eyes narrowed with a certain coldness, but she said nothing, just nodded.
-Yes.
As Claire was urging her on, Albina hurried to talk to Ariana before hanging up and going into another round of work.
Ariana fiddled with the phone in her hand, and smiled, but the smile was very nonchalant.
-Loyalty? -she muttered under her breath.
It was true that he knew nothing now, and if she was often away from home, Santiago was often in contact with Natalia at work. How long would this loyalty last?
Ariana laughed coldly.
She would like to know if this man she chose deserved that she really loved him.
***
When Albina was busy at work, Umberto was also busy with Jaime’s business, and he knew that these days Jaime would be out.
The villa was heavily guarded by the Seco family, so Umberto could not find an opportunity to attack.
But as long as Jaime was out, Umberto would have a way to get his hair.
Jaime went this time to talk to one of the Seco family bosses about some business.
He could not go into the company at the moment as he had promised the Santangel family that he would not interfere in the company’s affairs, but he could find out what was going on.
Pedro Leoz had been with the company for some time and Jaime wanted to know what his current situation was, and if it was possible to shake his position.
He also wanted to find out what he had done and who he had bribed, so that he could prepare countermeasures in advance, so that when he returned to the company, he could make a quick deployment to eliminate Pedro.
Jaime had an appointment with someone at a restaurant, which he did not go to often, as he often went to Seco family restaurants, but he could not let anyone know about his appointment with the company’s superiors, so he had to choose this restaurant, which was not well known.
But he didn’t know that since he left the villa, his every move was being watched by Umberto.
Jaime, who had injured legs, immediately asked for a private room and entered when there were no customers in the restaurant.
The guest did not take long to arrive. The waitress finished serving the food and was about to leave when, suddenly, the clasp on her breast caught Jaime’s hair.
Jaime only felt pain as his scalp tightened, and he opened his mouth to scold her.
-What are you doing? Untie it for me.
The waitress’s hands scrambled in panic, and as he was scolded, her movements became more and more hurried, pulling out several of Jaime’s hairs.
The scene was a mess.
It was difficult to pull his hair out.
Jaime’s face was grim and full of anger. The waitress kept apologizing, her face turned red and she was about to cry.
The manager next to her was also a little embarrassed by this unexpected scene, and seeing that Jaime’s anger was about to boil over, he quickly calmed it down:
-Mr. Jaime, don’t get angry. Forget it, don’t give it importance.
The two of them had hidden this encounter from many people, including Mr. Seco, so if a big scandal were to break out, it would not be good for Jaime.
Only then did Jaime calm his emotions, looked fiercely at the waiter, raised his hand in anger and said angrily:
-Get lost!
Jaime covered his head with a scowl, and a twinge of pain appeared in his scalp. He had just seen a bunch of hair tangled in the waiter’s buckle and suspected he was bald.
***
The waitress left the room uneasily before breathing a sigh of relief and turning pale at the thought of that customer’s fury.
She untangled the hair from the brooch, along with the few she was holding in her hand, and stuffed them into a small clear bag.
Only then did she head into the other room.
The people seated in the room were Umberto and Ruben.
The waitress came in and handed them the bag with a frightened expression on her face.
-I did what you asked me to do, that person was very angry, and if someone hadn’t stopped him, he would have hit me,” she said nervously looking at the two men.
Ruben took out his cell phone and transferred money to him.
-Thank you for your hard work.
The waitress looked at the five thousand euros that had arrived, and an expression of pleasure appeared on her face.
-The next time you come across something like this, you can keep looking for me.
It was easy to get a month’s salary this way.
After saying this, he left happily.
Ruben looked behind him with a complicated face, then looked at the hair in the transparent bag on the table and lamented.
-If the result comes out that Jaime is not a member of the Seco family, he would not have thought that he would suffer so much trouble for only five thousand euros.
Umberto picked up the bag and his gaze darkened.
-The results are not out yet, everything is unknown.
But he had a little hunch.
Umberto handed the two transparent bags to Ruben and ordered him:
-Find a reliable identification agency and let me know the results as soon as they come out.
Ruben took the bags carefully and said:
-In general, it’s a father-son identification, so I’m afraid the accuracy rate won’t be as high on the one grandfather and one grandson.
-It’s a pity that the eldest son of the Seco family and his wife have passed away, but at least we can identify if Jaime is a member of the Seco family,” Umberto said indifferently. By the way, after the identification, keep all his hair, maybe it will have another use in the future.
Although Ruben did not know what Umberto meant by this, he nodded.