Actually, Hector wanted to show him Albina’s current photo, but he feared Adrian was too young to hide it from Diana, so he had to restrain his foolishness.
-Yes, she’s beautiful and kind and an exceptionally good person.
Hector hugged his brother and together they looked at a picture of little Albina.
-Adrian, I know that you and Diana are very close, and I’m not asking you to stay away from her, but it’s important to be attentive, many people in this world live with a mask.
I hadn’t lived with Diana very long since she was adopted, but Adrian was different, and a relationship of so many years could not be broken in one sentence.
Adrian was a very loving person, and to say that the relationship broke up in the last few years was to question the boy’s character.
But Hector could take his time in guiding his brother to discover Diana’s true nature, and it was up to Adrian to make his own decision.
With Albina, however, Hector had to put Adrian in his place, and there could be no hatred.
Adrian sat in his brother’s arms and looked at all those pictures before letting out a sigh of relief.
-I wish we could find my sister first.
Hector’s lips curved into a smile.
-Yes, hopefully…
Diana ducked down the stairs and watched the two brothers sitting together, completely devoid of the earlier struggle.
Her eyes glittered with resignation, wondering what they had said to each other, but the distance was too great for her to hear them.
Diana grimaced.
“Hector is on the defensive, but he missed the shot.”
Adrian was close to her, and when Hector left home for work, Diana would have a way to get useful information out of the brat.
Diana had always been pretty sure that Adrian was simple and could easily fool the boy.
Doria stayed with the Espina family and worked even more diligently, not daring to slow down at all.
Hector spent the day at home, at Doria’s side, asking questions under the pretext of remembering the past, but he noticed nothing wrong.
At the end of the night, Hector slept over and returned to the house where he was staying first thing the next morning.
He would have to investigate the servants who had left the Espina family to see if there was anything unusual about them.
As for the servants who remained in the Espina family, it was up to Antonio to investigate.
Both were careful not to be seen by Diana and the other servants.
The next day, when Diana saw that Hector had left, she finally seized the opportunity and went to Adrian’s room.
-Adrian, I have something for you.
Adrian, who was playing a video game, snorted, put the joystick down in his hands, turned his head to Diana and patted the seat next to him.
-Sit down here, sister.
He was very enthusiastic, but Diana looked down at the floor beside him and there was a flash of displeasure in her eyes.
-I’m fine sitting here,” Diana smiled softly and sat down ladylike in the chair next to the desk.
There was a glint of disappointment in Adrian’s eyes. His sister Diana was very nice, but she always gave the feeling that she tended to be too demure and made people a little uncomfortable.
But the twinge stopped when Adrian sat down in the chair next to her and asked:
-What do you want to ask me, sister?
Diana’s eyes were full of concern as she looked at Adrian.
-Adrian, I couldn’t intervene yesterday when big brother was there and I wanted to ask you if your body was still hurting. Big brother hit you very hard and I’m afraid you are hurt.
Adrian’s cheeks reddened with embarrassment at the thought of the image of his spanking yesterday. He rubbed his curls and smiled nervously.
-It didn’t hurt. Actually, my brother didn’t use any force, it just sounded a little loud, but it didn’t hurt at all.
He paused as he finished, looked at Diana and said seriously:
-Actually, we have misunderstood Hector, he is very nice. He tends to seem a bit unapproachable, but he’s actually very nice.
Diana’s expression wavered as she nodded desultorily and continued to ask:
-Yes, when I came down again, I saw you together looking at your phones, what were you talking about? You seemed very happy.
Adrian remembered the precious pictures of his biological sister he had on his cell phone and was so excited that he wanted to share them with Diana, but suddenly he remembered that Diana was an adopted daughter and would not be amused to see them.
-No, nothing… -Adrian averted his eyes uncomfortably, not daring to look at her.
In fact, what had happened yesterday had affected him a lot. He had always thought that Diana was his real sister, but to his surprise, she was adopted by his parents.
But whatever happened, with so many years of bonding, he would treat Diana as if she were his real sister.
Diana saw that he was tight-lipped and didn’t want to tell her, and she bit her lower lip with her eyes a little wild.
She let out a bitter laugh, and said in a cracked voice:
-Forget it, I won’t force you if you don’t want to talk about it.
Diana got up from her chair with her eyes already reddened.
-I just thought that our older brother didn’t like me and that I could never be a close sister to him. I thought I was closer to you, but you and the brother have secrets? -she said, wiping away the tears running down her face, and smiled reluctantly at Adrian, who was frozen in his chair- Forget it, forget it, pretend I’m babbling all this and forget I said it.
Diana finished and stumbled away.
Adrian instantly tensed, thinking that his sister knew she was an adopted daughter and so was uncomfortable that he and his brother were hiding something from her.
He hurried down from the chair and ran to grab Diana by the arm.
-Sister, it’s no big deal and it’s not a secret. I’ll tell you everything, don’t cry.
Diana turned her back to Adrian and a winning smile curved at the corner of her lips, but she hid it in an instant and stroked Adrian’s little curls.
-Adrian, you don’t have to be so reluctant, I don’t want to force you.
-Don’t say that.
Adrian didn’t think it was a secret, everyone knew about his biological sister but him, he was just worried that Diana would be angry if he mentioned it.
But since she wanted to know, he told her. The great thing was that later, when she was sad, he gave her sister all her snacks and toys.
Adrian reached over, pulled his phone closer and pulled out the picture he had asked his brother for and showed it to Diana.
-Yesterday my brother told me he had a real sister and showed me pictures.