Jaime didn’t understand what happened in his mind. He shook his head so he wouldn’t get into a mess and took the candy to Alfredo.
-Grandpa, take one. This medicine smells bitter, and it must be even more bitter when you drink it.
Alfredo put the bowl down and glanced at it.
-It’s not bitter.
After saying that, he took a piece of the dessert. The secretary was nervous watching him, but seeing that Alfredo said nothing, he too remained silent.
Alfredo ate the candy. When he saw that Jaime was coming down the stairs with an empty bowl, he stopped him.
-Will you carry the medicine yourself every day?
Seeing that he took the initiative to mention it, Jaime nodded.
-I’m not busy these days and I can dedicate my time to having dinner with you every night.
Alfredo nodded before letting him go.
The secretary rushed into the room after Jaime had left a long time ago. Then, he asked him with an anxious look:
-Sir, how dare you eat the candy brought by him? What if it was poisoned?
Hearing this, Alfredo lowered his head and smiled.
-If the medicine were poisoned, there would be no need to tamper with the candy. If I showed myself nervous in front of him, he would not dare to do what he wanted.
Then he slowly opened the drawer, which contained a bowl of fully cooled medicine.
He took out the bowl of medicine and handed it to the secretary.
-Take it for a test.
The secretary solemnly took charge and nodded his head.
Just after Jaime left, he had replaced the medicine, but Jaime found nothing abnormal.
The secretary packed up the medicine. As he was about to leave, he looked at Alfredo and said:
-Sir, if anything is found, what do we do?
This was the child he had raised and they had been together for more than 20 years. Although he was not his own grandson, Alfredo saw him as a member of his family.
Hearing this, Alfredo was surprised for a moment, and then a trace of sternness showed in his eyes.
-If he really dares to do something that bad, I will be more cruel.
Time passed slowly, but neither Alfredo, Jaime, Pedro and Umberto found the man who had appeared in the elevator.
Nobody knew why the man mysteriously appeared and disappeared.
Everyone had the intuition that the man must still be in Sogen City, but they did not know why suddenly there was no news, as if someone deliberately erased all his traces.
During this period, Albina gradually recovered. The gynecologist really had an excellent medical profession.
When Umberto touched Albina’s hands, he found that they were not as cold as before.
Umberto’s family paid more attention to her health. If the doctor did not stop them, they would force this pregnant woman to eat more nutrients that she could digest.
Albina also put on weight, but she didn’t look any uglier. On the contrary, the skin on her body was brighter. Her beautiful face became more magnificent and showed a happy atmosphere from the inside out, which made people feel very comfortable when they looked at her.
Umberto hugged her whenever he wanted. Touching her fattened face, he felt very comfortable.
But Albina always sighed when she touched her waist in front of the mirror.
-The waist got thicker. I can’t wear beautiful clothes anymore. My face is also swollen.
Umberto hugged her, squeezed her little chin, kissed her fiercely, and then said in a hoarse voice:
-Don’t worry. You are the most beautiful girl in my heart. I love you like this.
-Don’t lie to me. I’m much heavier than I was before. What if I can’t lose weight after the birth? Would you like a fat wife with a thick waist?
Albina blinked and looked at Umberto for a moment with clenched fists.
Hearing this, Umberto joked grabbing her waist:
-Look, you’re not fat. I can hug you easily.
After saying that, he picked Albina up with one arm. He did it so easily that he showed no displeasure on his face.
-Look, now I can hug you with one hand no matter how much you weigh.
Albina wrapped herself around his neck and rubbed it at ease. The tender skin brushed against Umberto’s, which made him very relaxed.
-What if you can’t hold it at that moment?
Fixing his eyes on Albina, Umberto immediately answered without hesitation:
-I will do more exercises to be able to hold your weight with my arms.
Albina was very pleased with his words, feeling more and more pampered by Umberto and his family.
She was also a little embarrassed. When Umberto released her, Albina blushed and lowered her head, looking at his white fingers.
-Love, I’m not bothering you, am I? You’re so busy every day, but I still bother you with these trivial things.
Umberto bowed slightly. Seeing that I was embarrassed, he laughed.
-How can you bother me? This is what I always ask for.
In fact, I wanted to hear Albina talk about such things forever.
-Your request is not too much for me. I have a client whose wife is pregnant too. She always asks her husband to bring her food from all corners of the city. Once it occurred to her in the evening to eat cake from a bakery that was a two-hour drive from their house. But when her husband got there, the bakery was closed, so she waited until it opened. When she took the cake home, that woman wanted to eat something else.
When Albina heard Umberto say this, her beautiful eyes became round, which made her funnier.
-How can that be?
-She’s much more capricious than you. Except for the pregnancy reaction, you’re never picky about food. You’re very easy to raise, aren’t you?
Umberto was talking sweetly to Albina, touching her head.
Albina proudly lifted her chin and buttoned her chest.
-Of course, I’m never picky about food.
Looking at her proud appearance, Umberto laughed happily. Albina, who was pregnant, was looking more and more like a girl.
That’s good, since that that showed she was relaxed, happy, not feeling any pressure or sadness.
When Umberto was immersed in thought, suddenly someone tugged at his hem.
Umberto lowered his head, looking into Albina’s bright eyes.
-Love, I want to eat fried shrimp from the restaurant north of town where we ate earlier. It has been cooked several times at home, but it was not as delicious as the one there. Can you go and buy it for me? -Albina said sweetly, “I want to eat it crunchy, it sounds when I bite into it.
Umberto went blank, very sorry to tell his colleague’s anecdote.
But looking at Albina’s sweet smile and hungry look, Umberto pinched her cheek and smiled softly.
-Honey, you use what you learned.
Albina let herself squeeze his cheek and smiled sweetly at him, then spoke in a vague voice:
-I’ve wanted to eat it for a long time. Buy it for me, please.
-Of course, darling. Now you are the most precious person in the whole family.
After saying that, Umberto picked up the car key. Albina politely sent him off. Before leaving, she gave him a kiss, waiting for the fried shrimp.
An hour later, Umberto arrived at the restaurant and bought the fried shrimp along with the secret recipe of this dish for his chef to cook it a few more times and perfectly copy the taste of this dish. At that time, Albina could eat it whenever she wanted.
When he was carrying the food to his car, someone appeared in front of him.
Umberto fixed his eyes on the man, I understand it was the secretory that always followed Alfredo.
He looked at the building behind him. If he wasn’t mistaken, there was a drug testing agency there.