After leaving the house, Jaime did not go to the company immediately, but went to look for Saul. The result was as he expected, Saul and his daughter were long gone.
He sent someone to check on their whereabouts, only to be told that their trip had been deliberately covered up by someone in the Santangel Family.
The Santangel Family did not hide it from him at all, but deliberately made it known so that Jaime would know that Saul and his daughter were the ones he wanted to protect.
This so infuriated Jaime that he immediately trashed his office.
Grupo Seco employees could hear angry curses and banging sounds as they passed by his office, all of them trembling with fear.
Although Pedro didn’t know what was going on, he was glad to see Jaime angry. What made him even happier was that Alfredo had taken the initiative to contact him and put him in charge of the company’s most important projects.
Originally, these projects should have been given to Jaime, but for some reason, Alfredo gave them all to him.
Pedro felt ecstatic, although he could not let go of Jaime’s position as heir, as long as he was high enough in the group, he could not be easily defeated.
Unlike his mother, he used to fully ambition the Dry Group under Stephanie’s inducement and coercion, and tried his best to work against Jaime to wrest the inheritance from him.
But Alfredo’s repeated defense of Jaime made him finally realize that, after all, he was not a descendant of the Seco Family and it was enough for him to get a share of the stock. Inheriting the entire Seco Group seemed unrealistic to him.
So when Alfredo handed him the important project, Pedro was moved by the fact that Alfredo really cared about him, and subsequently worked even harder.
In the evening, Jaime heard about this matter, and he was so indignant that he rushed to Alfredo’s study, his face full of aggression.
-Grandfather, didn’t you say before that I would be in charge of this project? Why did you give it to Pedro?
Jaime was very angry, but given the events of the day, he did not dare to shout and cause trouble, and only used aggressiveness to cover up his anger.
Alfredo looked at the document in his hand and blinked.
-This is something I gave Pedro. You already have so many projects, I was afraid you wouldn’t have time and would get tired, so I’ve put Pedro in charge.
Jaime was speechless. He did have quite a few projects, but this one was very important for the company and he wanted to take care of it personally.
-Grandfather.
Jaime still wanted to fight for it, but was impatiently interrupted by Alfredo.
-Ya, it’s just a project, don’t focus on such a small place. Your mind needs to be trained, you learn more from Umberto.
Jaime was speechless. He felt very uncomfortable when he asked him to learn from Umberto.
Seeing that Alfredo showed vague signs of anger, he didn’t dare argue with him, lowered his head and left the study in silence.
Alfredo looked at his back with a frown and complicated eyes, and finally sighed deeply.
This was only the beginning, then he would find a way to weaken Jaime’s resources little by little.
Jaime had supplanted his identity and had enjoyed many of the Seco Family’s facilities and resources for many years, and would leave him a share of fortune before he left, which was already benevolent.
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There was no need for Umberto to actively inquire about Alfredo’s actions, Stephanie had spread the news to everyone.
Umberto knew what Alfredo was planning all along and was pleased with his arrangement. He was also very happy to cooperate and turned people in the company over to Jaime to make Alfredo’s plan a little more convenient.
At the same time, he knew that Alfredo had already started sending people to find out the truth about what had happened and the whereabouts of that child, and he had his own people gradually reveal the information they had found out to Alfredo.
Alfredo had a suspicious nature. Although he already got the results of the paternity test, he had his subordinates retest. If the Santangel Family had given him the news directly, he would have been suspicious, so it was better to let his subordinates investigate so he would believe it.
Umberto acted abruptly to fix everything, let Alfredo handle the Seco Family matter on his own, and now the matter of Albina and him should be on the agenda.
A few days later, first thing in the morning.
Albina woke up in a daze and was puzzled to realize that the person next to her was missing.
Every morning for the past few days, as soon as she opened her eyes, she could see Umberto holding her tightly.
Albina was not used to it at first, but then she gradually got used to it. Today she felt a little strange when she opened her eyes and found that he was not beside her.
She sat on the bed for a while before the drowsiness gradually subsided.
She got out of bed to wash up, and when she came out of the bathroom, she saw Umberto standing in front of the bed with a smile, wearing a light blue t-shirt and beige pants, a very casual and cool outfit.
If someone else dressed like that, Albina would think it was normal. But if it was Umberto, Albina felt a little abnormal.
She stood in the bathroom doorway, surprised, not daring to approach, and full of confusion.
Was the person standing in front of the bed really Umberto?
Umberto heard her come out of the bathroom and turned his head to look at her. All the coldness in his face disappeared and was replaced by a warm smile.
He had white skin, delicate features, and wore a suit that, combined with his indifferent expression, gave him a sense of inaccessibility.
But now, in that outfit, he looked much younger and more handsome.
-Albina, come here,” Umberto waved his hand at her with a gentle smile.
Albina approached him in a slight trance, and as soon as she reached his side, her fingers involuntarily reached out and pinched his face.
Feeling the soft warmth of his skin, she spoke.
-You really are Umberto.
Umberto was still puzzled by Albina’s action and when he heard her murmur, he also smiled and couldn’t help but pinch her cheek.
-Albina, aren’t you awake yet? What nonsense are you saying!
Albina took two steps back and looked him up and down. She discovered that not only had he changed his clothes, but that his hair was not neatly combed as before.
His hair was very fluffy, light brown, and fell in front of his forehead. He looked very handsome and vibrant in his outfit today.
-What’s with those clothes, do you want to go back to school?
Albina’s eyes were suspicious.
-Don’t tell me you’ve fallen in love with a student and dressed like that to go on a date with her?
Umberto saw that her words were becoming more and more outrageous and that she even suspected that he had deceived her, so he tensed up and slapped her forehead.
-Yes, I really want to date a girl, but it’s not someone else, it’s you!
He pulled out a blue floral dress and handed it to her.
-Put it on.
The dress looked beautiful and pretty.
Albina stared at the dress for a long time. The garment seemed to have a very youthful look.
Umberto even asked her to pretend to be young, what was she trying to do? It was very strange.