While thinking, Albina blurted out those words unconsciously.
At once, the other people looked at Albina at the same time.
-Albina, did you say you had seen him before? -Umberto asked.
Albina took the document, looked carefully at Saul in the photo, took a deep breath and said:
-I’m not sure about that, only this face rings a bell, but I don’t remember where I’ve seen him.
She could not stay calm until she could understand why it gave her a feeling of having forgotten something important.
But try as she might, she couldn’t remember anything about this man.
Umberto seeing that Albina’s face was getting bad, quickly took her hand to comfort her.
-Dear, don’t try so hard, grandfather and I have already found a way to know his purpose in a short time.
-That’s right, maybe you will be able to remember it another time -Olivia also comforted her.
Sergio and Daniel continued:
-Perhaps you had found another person in the street who looks a lot like him.
Hearing their words, Albina lowered her head, but she couldn’t stop thinking about that person.
“I should have seen him somewhere, but where, did I really get confused with another person I once saw on the street?”
-Let’s drop this and get down to business.
Sergio cleared his throat, looked at Umberto and Albina with a smile on his face.
-We should already set the date for your engagement that was delayed because of Miguel’s illness and Albina’s impending fashion show.
Umberto and Albina looked at each other, both smiled and nodded.
-Yes, grandfather, we agree with that.
Umberto’s parents were overjoyed to hear that long-awaited answer.
Unlike the engagement to Yolanda, this time the two loved each other and also had the blessings of their elders, so it would be a perfect engagement for them.
Sergio was still very happy and said with a reddened face:
-Ya, then we ordered the rest of the things. We have prepared the invitations on behalf of the Santangel family. Albina, since you were busy with your work, now check if you want to add someone else.
Albina acknowledged that it had been a long time since she had been in touch with most of her friends and the only ones she still got along with were Ariana, Morena and Emily.
About the ones she had met in Sogen City, Umberto should have invited them.
Albina told him the names of her best friends and when she thought of the people in the Espina family, she was silent.
Mrs. Espina was now in the nursing home, and Ramon and Alex were probably still struggling to pay off debts. Albina felt no affection for the three of them, nor did she know whether she should invite them or not, she gave Umberto a wink and he understood at once how confused she was.
He squeezed Albina’s hand and said quietly:
-You can make decisions regardless of who the guest is, the Santangel family will do everything possible to take good care of them, even if something happens, we will be able to fix it well.
It was the engagement party they were looking forward to after going through so much, it was also the important day to announce Albina’s identity. She didn’t want anything bad to happen that could ruin the party that the elders had lovingly prepared.
But at least one person from the Espina family should come. She thought for a moment and said:
-Then add Mrs. Espina.
It was obvious that Albina didn’t like Mrs. Espina at all, she wouldn’t even call her grandmother.
Sergio and the others knew what happened to her in the Espina family, and nodded without saying anything.
Then they all went on talking for a long time about the party’s propaganda.
The last time Umberto and Yolanda got engaged, the news was known to almost everyone under the deliberate publicity of the Carballa family.
So Umberto’s grandfather and parents decided to give Albina a perfect engagement party, at least it would have to be much more special than the one for Yolanda.
In fact, during this family reunion, almost all the decisions had been made by the elders, Albina and Umberto behaved like students being taught by their teachers.
Although Umberto had once participated in the engagement party, he did not pay attention to the steps he had to do, he simply did them mechanically to complete them.
But this time it was Albina, so he was very attentive during the whole process and offered his opinions from time to time.
All the procedures were completed by sunset and everyone was a bit tired, but they were happy.
-Well, tomorrow we are going to send out the invitations announcing the celebration of their engagement.
Anyway, with Grandfather’s announcement, the meeting was over and everyone went back to their rooms to rest.
Although Albina had already taken a rest during the day, at this point she was feeling very sleepy and fell asleep before Umberto finished washing up.
Umberto climbed into bed with a little damp body and hugged Albina, feeling her warmth and the softness of her body, soon after, he closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep.
The next day, all the invitation letters were ready and Sergio announced the news of Albina and Umberto’s engagement on behalf of the Santangel family.
As soon as the news came out, the public was very surprised, especially Internet users who knew nothing about the relationship of the two.
For them, Albina had been very famous after the Paris Fashion Week, being a new designer, she had attracted a lot of attention from big designers from foreign countries. She was beautiful, talented and all her designs were filled with a lot of inspiration, she also had an intimate relationship with Clarie.
But internet users never imagined that she would become engaged to Umberto, and the Santangel family itself was the one who announced this relationship and had made a lot of publicity to confer more importance than Yolanda.
In less than half a day, this announcement had risen several times to the most popular topic.
If Albina had been famous for Fashion Week, then her engagement to Umberto got her name nailed in many people’s minds.
Even people who had not paid attention to Fashion Week before were now curious about Albina, checked out her resume and became her fans.
There were multiple comments on the Internet and the Santangel family only paid attention to the negative ones and then deleted them.
After the announcement, Sergio sent his men to send out the invitations one by one.
Albina invited Morena and Emily by WhatsApp to participate in the celebration, and after confirming that they could come, she sent the letters to both of them.
As Ariana lived very close to Albina, she would deliver them herself.
Now all that was left was to send the letter to Mrs. Espina.
Albina held the letter without knowing what to do.
Umberto approached her, saw her clench the letter in a daze, said nothing, took her hand and walked towards the door.
-Umberto, where are you taking me? -Albina asked doubtfully.
Umberto looked at her and answered smiling:
-Didn’t you say before that you were going to the cemetery?
Albina remembered that he had said he was going to go these days without setting a specific date.
She nodded.
-I really have to tell my parents about our engagement, they will be very happy that I was able to find my ideal partner.
Thinking about that, she felt a great sorrow in her heart.
When she was very little, her parents hugged her and told her that she would find a husband who would cherish and spoil her very much so that she would continue to be a princess.
They always wanted to see her grow up and then form a happy family, but they could not fulfill this wish and passed away because of the evil ones, they even died in great pain watching their daughter suffer.
Umberto took Albina to the cemetery by car.
The car parked at the bottom of the mountain, the two headed up step by step, and when they entered the cemetery, the guard met the two and greeted.
-Sir, lately I have been cleaning your parents’ graves every day according to what you asked me to do.
Umberto had paid a lot of money to the guard demanding him to take good care of Albina’s parents’ cemeteries.
At a glance, the guard could tell that he was talking to a very powerful lord, so he obeyed his words carefully.
Albina held Umberto’s hand with great emotion.
If a person really loved the other very much, he would do anything until his deepest needs were met.