When Albina heard Umberto’s words, she was also ready to raise her head to listen to what Alfredo was going to say, and suddenly she felt someone tugging gently on her skirt.
She turned her head and realized that Angelina had run down from the stage and was standing next to her.
Angelina had slightly reddened eyes and tightly pursed lips as she looked at her sadly.
So far, Albina remembered that Yolanda’s mother had made a fuss about the engagement party, and the fuss was not only about Jaime’s engagement party, but Angelina was the other main character.
Today was also Angelina’s engagement day, an important event in her life, but this kind of accident happened. Everyone was focused on the Seco Family and Jaime, and ignored the Pomar Family and Angelina.
Albina looked at her tightly pursed lips and felt a little guilty.
Albina knew beforehand that Yolanda’s mother would cause trouble at the engagement party, but she didn’t tell Angelina, who treated her like a friend, so she felt guilty.
With a kind look, Albina stroked her hair and asked:
-Angelina, why did you come here?
Angelina was already feeling quite aggrieved, and her eyes moistened a little when she heard the tenderness of his words.
-Albina, I don’t want to be engaged to Jaime.
Albina was stunned for a moment. It was surprising that things had gone so well, her original intention had been to keep Angelina from being engaged to him.
Jaime was very bad, and marrying him was like jumping into a fire.
But with his position, there was really no way to persuade Angelina, who had her own ideas, and could only wait for Angelina to wake up on her own.
But she didn’t expect the awakening to be so quick.
Umberto and Santiago also noticed Angelina. As soon as they turned their heads, they heard her say that she didn’t want to commit, and they were all a bit stunned.
Santiago even speculated whether Angelina’s sudden unwillingness to commit was because Jaime’s leg problems had been discovered.
-I used to think the Seco Family was small, the family situation was simple and Alfredo was sensible. Although Jaime was hypocritical, he still seemed like a gentleman, better than other men, but now I’m a little insecure,” Angelina said sadly and her eyes reddened.
The Pomar Family and the Carballal Family were similar in many ways.
For example, their family was not at the top, but neither was it weak. They only had one daughter, and the family fortune would undoubtedly fall to her in the future.
The only difference was that Angelina’s parents were actually very good to her and coddled her from a young age to keep her naïve.
But just because she was naïve didn’t mean she was stupid.
Jaime cheated on Yolanda before, occupied the Carballal Group’s properties and finally abandoned her.
When Yolanda’s mother came in and said this situation, Angelina had been thinking about this. The more she thought about it, the more afraid she became and feared she would be next.
The Pomar Family would also become the next Carballal Family.
Angelina explained briefly, and Albina was surprised, she hadn’t expected her to understand so clearly, but that was a good thing.
She smiled as she stroked Angelina’s cheek and said softly:
-If you have already decided, discuss it with your parents. They spoil you a lot, they will definitely support you.
Originally, Angelina was anxious, but upon hearing this, she calmed down and gave her a sweet smile.
-Good. Albina, thank you,” he said and directly hugged her waist, deeply inhaling the light fragrance of Albina’s body.
This fragrance awakened her greatly.
In a few seconds, she let go of Albina, waved her hand at her and then ran to her parents.
Everything happened so suddenly that Albina did not expect Angelina to embrace her, and Umberto, Santiago and Camilo were stunned.
Only after Angelina left, Umberto reacted violently, and hugged her tightly as if he wanted to remove Angelina’s smell.
His face was serious, but his movements were very childish. Albina found it interesting.
-We’re girls, what’s wrong with a hug?
-No! -Umberto said uncomfortably, he really didn’t anticipate that Angelina would dare to hug Albina in front of him and smell her body.
He really didn’t expect that a girl would do such a shameful act.
-What a shameless thing to do! -Umberto was very angry.
Santiago and Camilo also reacted and looked at Albina with a complicated expression.
-Albina, I thought you only attracted boys, but I didn’t expect that you could also attract girls. You and Angelina have only known each other for such a short time, but she already loves you so much.
Albina touched her nose when she heard what Santiago said, and she really felt like the bad man who seduced the innocent girl.
-Don’t talk nonsense, she just loves me and we have the same interests. You think too much.
Camilo smiled softly when he heard this.
-Stop talking, just now Jaime looked in your direction.
Albina looked in Jaime’s direction, just in time to see his eyes retract.
The smile on her face disappeared and she realized that he wasn’t looking this way, but was looking in Angelina’s direction.
At this moment, no one was paying attention to the Pomar Family, and they were hiding in a corner, secretly arguing. Angelina’s parents were looking very somber, as they looked at Angelina with concern.
Angelina was talking, and before long, Albina saw her parents nodding their heads and a big smile appeared on Angelina’s face.
Albina was relieved, her parents should have agreed to withdraw from the marriage.
She looked into the loving eyes of Angelina’s parents and sighed lightly. Tomorrow was the day of her engagement, but her parents, who had loved her for so many years, would not even have the opportunity to attend.
As she thought, Umberto reached over and took her hand.
At that moment, Alfredo finally took a breath and walked up to the stage with the help of his assistant. Looking in Jaime’s direction, his majestic voice carried across the banquet hall through the microphone.
-Everyone, today is the engagement party of my grandson, Jaime, we didn’t expect this kind of thing to happen all of a sudden. But since Mrs. Carballal has said this, I have to explain it, so that our family and my grandson do not suffer an injustice and his reputation is tarnished.
As she said, she looked at Yolanda’s mother fixedly.
Yolanda’s mother had just been overwhelmed by Umberto’s intrusion, and she tensed as she saw the situation reversed. She hadn’t expected Alfredo to suddenly turn the conversation toward her.
She raised her head, met Alfredo’s eyes and unconsciously averted them.
Although Alfredo was old, Yolanda’s mother had heard of his previous exploits since she was a child, and naturally, she feared him.
-Mrs. Carballal, you say that Jaime has ruined Yolanda’s innocence and cheated her body, her heart and her family fortune. Then I would like to ask, was Yolanda such a fool to be deceived by Jaime?
Alfredo scoffed.
-Now it’s a new partnership, as long as two people love each other, they can be together, isn’t it a normal thing? Men and women are all the same now, if Yolanda is innocent, isn’t Jaime? I can also say that Jaime’s innocence was ruined by Yolanda!
What Alfredo said was a bit bold, and the whole banquet room tensed up, even Sergio had a stunned look on his face.
He had known Alfredo for many years and knew his temperament well. He was very protective of his family and paid a lot of attention to dignity. He said such an embarrassing thing because he was so angry.
However, the Santangel Family had no intention of interfering in this matter. Although Sergio and the others sighed, they said nothing.
Today, they were just spectators.
Yolanda’s mother was also stunned by Alfredo’s words. She was very angry and pointed at Alfredo shakily.
-You bastard, how can you be so shameless? You’re the one talking nonsense and twisting the facts.