-These flowers… -Albina murmured softly and touched the bud with her fingers.
The flowers were very fresh, they had a touch of dew on them, and sap could be seen on the cut part of the stem. Obviously, these flowers were recently cut.
Seeing that she liked them, Miguel’s eyes sparkled with surprise. He put the vase in front of her, and said softly:
-As you like white platycodons, I have planted many in my garden. Now is their season, and tomorrow I can take you to see them.
Seeing his expectant and wary face, she felt sad.
After a while, Albina said with a smile:
-Okay. Thank you very much.
When she finished speaking, she touched the vase and discovered that it was made of plastic.
Speaking of which, in the whole room there was nothing she could use as a sharp weapon. All the points and edges were already treated, even the mirror was made of a special material, and the glass was tempered glass.
She always knew that Miguel was a cautious person, but she had never thought that someday this character of his would be a weapon against her.
-Albina. Let’s eat already, or else the dishes will get cold.
Seeing her looking at the vase, Miguel felt a little guilty, so he called her to tell her to eat.
As he spoke, he helped her serve a sweet and sour rib.
Albina really liked sweet and sour dishes, so he hired a cook who was a specialist in making sweet and sour dishes. And he would definitely like it.
He held his fork and looked at Albina.
She felt very strange, but she had no choice but to eat what he had served her.
She was always too kind to those who were close to her.
As soon as she put the rib in her mouth, a sweet and sour taste and a smell of the sauce spread through her nostrils. Immediately, her face turned pale. She put down her fork, covered her mouth and ran to the bathroom.
Miguel was stunned and, after coming back to his senses, hurried to the bathroom.
The door was closed, and he did not dare to enter without her permission, so he waited anxiously for her at the door.
-Albina, are you all right?
What answered him was a faint sound of vomiting.
After a long while, the toilet flushed and Albina opened the door, her face was very pale.
Due to the vomiting, her eyes were wet and red, and she looked very pitiful.
As she didn’t eat much all day, she couldn’t vomit anything.
-Albina, I’m going to get a doctor…. I…
He became nervous and couldn’t even speak clearly. He looked at Albina’s weak body, and supported her with his arms.
She wasn’t pretending, she was really uncomfortable.
Miguel remembered that the reason she threw up was because of the bittersweet rib, and his expression changed abruptly.
-Was it the rib that made you sick?
But after thinking about it, he shook his head.
“All the ribs have been selected by the cook, and he wouldn’t dare put something bad on the plate.”
Albina waved her hand and said faintly:
-Maybe it’s too hot today and my stomach is uncomfortable. Smelling the grease, I felt a rush of nausea in my stomach.
She looked a little tired and looked at him apologetically.
-I’m sorry, I can’t finish the meal with you. I’m very tired and I’m very sleepy, I want to go back to sleep.
Hearing her words, he was at a loss.
“You slept for a long time today, and woke up very recently, why are you already so sleepy again?”
Drowsiness, nausea and vomiting when he heard fat?
Thinking about all the symptoms he had, something occurred to Miguel.
He seemed to be unsure, suddenly looked at Albina and asked:
-Albina, you haven’t eaten anything today. You have to eat something before you go to sleep. What do you want to eat? I’ll have it prepared for you.
She was going to say that there was no need, but she just remembered the fresh apricots on the Santangel family’s table that she saw when she returned from the Seco family’s engagement ceremony.
He reflected for a few seconds and said with some embarrassment:
-I want to eat some apricots, let them be the ones that are a little more acidic…..
For a second, Miguel’s heart seemed to stop. He took a step forward and grabbed Albina’s wrist.
His sudden action surprised Albina.
-Miguel, what are you doing?
She hastily tried to pull away. She just wanted to eat some apricots, she didn’t understand why he got so emotional.
-Albina. Don’t move! I’m helping you take your pulse.
Miguel’s expression was very serious. When he was in college, he studied medicine as a selective class, so he knew how to take the pulse of others.
Seeing his serious expression, she didn’t dare to move. Her body stiffened and she stared at his fingers on her wrist.
After a moment, he released her wrist.
-Miguel, how is my health? -she asked cautiously.
Albina’s words snapped him out of his stupor. His expression was a little stiff, and he wanted to give her a smile, but found he couldn’t even smile.
-It’s true that your stomach is in a bit of discomfort. I’ll go tell them to fix you something now.
When he finished speaking, he turned his head and removed all the food from the table.
Whether it was because he was anxious or not was unclear, but he ended up breaking a plate. He hurriedly bent down, picked up all the broken pieces on the floor, made sure there was nothing else on the floor and then went downstairs.
Everything he did was very fast and didn’t leave even the slightest chance for Albina to speak.
She looked at his back and frowned.
During that time, it always seemed to her that Michael’s expression was strange and his smile was stiff, as if he was trying to hide something from her.
“Could he have some serious illness that makes Miguel behave so strangely?”
While Albina understood absolutely nothing, as soon as Miguel left the room, she leaned against the wall, her gaze lost in thought.
“Albina got pregnant!”
Not with many months, but she was really pregnant.
His eyes turned red. His look showed that he didn’t want to give up, but after a long time he lowered his head, and smiled sadly.
In the past three months, he had made many preparations under the pretext of traveling, and had succeeded in his wish to steal her away from her engagement ceremony.
But fate gave him a joke.
“Now she’s pregnant! She’s expecting Umberto’s baby!”
He was already smarting from the fact that she didn’t want him, and he didn’t stand a chance. All his preparations were in vain.
Miguel was lost.
After a long while, he raised his head and made a decision.
He looked at the closed door behind him, he could hear the sound of Albina walking inside, and his gaze became tender.
Miguel brought the new food, all the dishes were very refreshing.
This time, she finally didn’t throw up anymore. Her belly was already full and she let out a sigh of satisfaction.
Miguel saw that she was eating like a cat, and pursed the corners of her lips.
-Are you full?
-Yes,” she nodded her head, and touched her ear unconsciously. Her earlobe was empty, and suddenly, she was stunned for a second, and looked at Miguel. Did you take off my earrings?
Umberto had prepared a complete set of jewelry for her, that jewelry had a positioning and tracking system connected directly to satellite signals, and the communication range was very large. As long as they were within the coverage of the radio waves emitted by the satellite, she would be able to make a communication with those jewels. Even if there was a disaster, communication would not be affected.
Today, to match the dress, she did not wear the whole outfit. However, she was with the small earrings in case any inconvenience happened to her.
She remembered to put that pair of earrings in her ears, but now they were gone.
Miguel was cleaning the table, saw that she was looking at him with a serious face, and nodded slightly.
-It was me who took them off.
-You…
She was about to say something, but paused and changed her words.
-Can I have them back? I really like them.
He smiled when he heard her words, lowered his head and said something that surprised her.
-Can I give them back to you so you can talk to Umberto?
She clasped her hands nervously.
“Why does he know the function the earrings carry?”
At first glance nothing special could be seen and they only looked like two small pearls. Even when she wore them, she hid them with her hair, and usually no one could see them.
As if seeing the doubts she had, he put the things on the tray, and his look was still tender.
-Don’t forget that my brother and Umberto have a very good relationship. When he had this done, I was just sick. He was afraid he would lose me, so he asked Umberto to help me do something similar.
Albina suddenly felt a little ironic and clasped her hands tightly.
He continued speaking without paying attention to her.
-The pearl earrings didn’t match today’s dress?
-Stop it!
She took a deep breath, her voice was a little tense and it took her a lot of effort to control herself so as not to lose her temper.
-Miguel, please don’t be like that. It’s not worth it! It’s not worth it at all!