Jaime was capable, when Angelina returned to the living room, she was already very pleased with him and there was love in her eyes.
Jaime was also very pleased with her appearance and personality, as well as the condition of her family.
In a little more than an hour, the engagement was confirmed, and even the date was set.
After seeing them off, Alfredo nodded with satisfaction to Jaime.
-This time you have done a good job, the Pomar family is not weak and Angelina is a good girl, with a simple mind and very suitable for you. You must take good care of her and never do anything foolish. The Pomar family loves her very much.
Alfredo’s last two sentences had a deep meaning.
Jaime had been taught by him for so many years, and he understood it in an instant. Alfredo reminded him not to disappoint Angelina and not to get involved with Yolanda again.
He was a little uncomfortable, but nodded obediently to Alfredo.
-Don’t worry grandfather.
Alfredo saw nothing unusual on his face, and after a few words, he went upstairs to rest. Recently, he felt that he was always without energy, he looked like he was really old.
Jaime looked at Alfredo’s trembling back, narrowed his eyes and an indifferent smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
***
In the blink of an eye, Albina had been away for over a month and Umberto still missed her, but she was too busy, even if she had several cell phones, Umberto didn’t dare to contact her, for fear of disturbing her work.
And because of the time difference, there were very few opportunities for the two of them to contact each other.
Umberto began to lose sleep again, and finally managed to fall asleep hugging Albina’s clothes.
He was not the only one suffering, Santiago was also distressed.
Ariana was also very busy and was coming home very late, so as not to disturb his rest, she stayed in the guest room.
Obviously, the two were not in a different place, but it seemed that they were, they lived in the same house but had very few opportunities to meet each other. Instead, in the office, he had more contact with Natalia.
After being suspected once by Santiago, Natalia had moderated a lot, she used gentle ways to slowly repair her relationship with Santiago.
After many days, she really dissipated Santiago’s distrust.
This day, Ariana came back much earlier than usual and bought many dishes and ingredients for dessert. After all, it was no good always ignoring Santiago. She could not push him towards Natalia.
When Santiago returned, he was greeted by a table full of dishes and pastries.
Ariana was wearing an apron and was busy in the kitchen.
Santiago stood in the doorway and froze for a while, looking at the girl busy in the kitchen, feeling warm in his heart, he stepped forward and hugged Ariana.
Ariana’s body froze for a moment and she shifted her shoulders uncomfortably.
-Are you back?
-I thought you’d be back very late today, too.
Santiago’s voice was vague and muffled, he wasn’t as arrogant as he used to be, and he seemed very polite.
Ariana was stunned for a moment and then chuckled.
-Sorry, I was too busy and ignored you, so I did a lot of dishes as an apology. Don’t be mad, okay?
Her voice was so soft that he couldn’t get mad at her.
Santiago reluctantly accepted and ate with great satisfaction. Santiago helped her clean up and wanted to take her back to the room to talk, but suddenly the phone rang.
It was Natalia calling him.
He frowned, unconsciously glancing at Ariana, who was sitting next to the bed. She noticed his eyes, tilted her head and smiled.
-What’s wrong?
Santiago suddenly panicked.
-Nothing.
-Then why aren’t you answering the phone? There must be something urgent! -Ariana pointed to the phone and reminded him.
Santiago nodded and when he answered the phone, his voice was vaguely impatient.
-Hello?
He didn’t know why Natalia was calling him at this time, they had already left work and had no other work to discuss.
-Husband, where are you now?
Natalia’s voice trembled with panic.
Santiago was stunned for a moment, he thought she made the wrong call, but suddenly he realized something was wrong.
-Did something happen to you?
Natalia didn’t answer him, but said nonsense.
-Are you coming out to pick me up? I’m almost to our community.
Santiago frowned suddenly, looked outside the window and suddenly asked.
-Where are you? I’ll come and get you.
Natalia quickly reported a series of directions in a trembling voice.
-Are you already in the car and will you be there soon? Well, I’ll wait for you at the door of the convenience store.
Santiago hung up the phone and wanted to rush out, but as soon as he left the room, Ariana grabbed his arm.
-Where are you going?
Only then he remembered that Ariana was still there, but he couldn’t say anything about Natalia, afraid of her misunderstanding, he quickly excused himself.
-Something happened to Umberto, I have to go look for him now, maybe he’ll be back late.
Ariana stared at him and said after a long time.
-Is it a serious problem, do you want me to go with you?
Santiago was a little nervous, he did not dare to look at her, he shook his head and said.
-No, I can go alone. It’s late, have a good rest. Don’t worry about me, I’ll be back as soon as possible.
Natalia’s voice was strange, she was out alone and might encounter some danger, so she couldn’t delay.
After she finished speaking, she ran out of the house without waiting for Ariana to respond.
Ariana stood on the balcony and looked down. Soon, a car sped up and disappeared in an instant.
She pursed her lips, mocked herself, took out her phone and called Umberto.
He took a long time to answer the phone.
-Ariana? -he asked a little confused.
-Where are you now, has Albina contacted you?
Ariana didn’t ask directly. Umberto and Santiago grew up together, so she had to be attentive and test him first.
Umberto’s voice was a little tired.
-I’m at home now, she hasn’t called me for several days, has she contacted you?
Albina and Ariana were very close, maybe he could know a little about Albina.
Ariana was a little disappointed.
-No.
Her relationship with Umberto was not particularly good, so she hung up the phone after a few words, and looked moodily at the night sky.
Umberto’s voice wasn’t weird at all, Santiago was lying.
She laughed at herself, Santiago was lying to her again.
It was better than using Camilo as an excuse, after all, she wasn’t familiar with Camilo and she didn’t even have his phone number, so she couldn’t verify it at all. But since he used Umberto as an excuse, she could find out.
In an instant, Ariana was even more disappointed with Santiago.
***
There were few cars on the road, Santiago sped all the way and soon arrived at the door of the convenience store that was mentioned by Natalia.
With her arms around her shoulders, she sat on the steps of the convenience store, the street lights drew a very long shadow behind her and she looked lonely.
Santiago got out of the car and ran towards her, with a thin layer of sweat on his forehead because he was in a hurry.
-Natalia, are you okay?
Before he finished speaking, Natalia looked at him, and suddenly jumped into his arms and hugged Santiago’s waist.
Santiago was stunned and unconsciously wanted to push her away.
But Natalia hugged him tighter and her whole body snuggled into his arms.
-Santiago, don’t push me away, I’m too scared.
She was crying, and helpless.
Santiago raised his hand, but after a while, he still could not push her away.