Hector responded to Albina’s message in almost seconds.
He used many extravagant words to praise Albina as if she was perfect in the world.
At Olivia’s gaze, Albina blushed in embarrassment and did not dare to meet Olivia’s flirtatious gaze.
She was about to say she was going to send it to Hector when Hector suddenly texted her.
He asked Albina to put on her dress to show him.
-Miss Albina, you look like my long lost sister. I haven’t seen her for a long time, can you put it on and show it to me?
The words made Albina’s face sink.
If it had been before Olivia showed her Diana’s profile, maybe she would have sympathized with Hector and put on the dress.
But this time she already knew that Hector had a sister named Diana, and what welled up inside her was the fire of being teased.
-Mr. Hector, please stop saying such things. Your sister stays well in the Espina family, she is active in show business and can be seen when she turns on the television, so don’t make fun of me.
Although they were written words, Hector could easily read between the lines and see Albina’s anger.
Suddenly, he panicked a little inside and didn’t even bother typing but called her directly.
Albina’s voice was still hot when she picked up the phone.
-Mr. Hector, if you’re happy with the dress, I’ll have it sent to Jerala City right away.
Hector looked a little nervous and whispered:
-Lo… No, Miss Albina, are you angry? I’m not lying to you, you really look like my sister….
-Your sister Diana? -Albina’s voice was a bit sarcastic- -Anyone with eyes can see that we don’t even have a resemblance.
Next to her, Olivia didn’t even dare to squeal as she listened to Albina’s words.
She had met Hector and it was true that he looked a bit like Albina.
But Albina was in the middle of an argument and had no business intervening here.
Hector’s mind went blank when he heard Albina’s sarcastic voice, plus the fact that Umberto had not given him accurate information in the last few days, and in a moment of frankness, he said directly:
-Diana is only the adopted daughter of my family, not my real sister -you are my real sister!
The voice came out of the microphone and not only Albina froze, but Olivia as well.
-What?! -the two women said in unison, shocked.
Albina’s whole body froze.
-You, you have to stop joking….
-I’m not joking.
Once these words were said, Hector’s whole body relaxed and his voice was filled with tenderness.
-Albina, you are my real sister, the real lady of the Espina family. You were lost when you were two years old and your family has been looking for you for over twenty years. I too overlooked your fashion week photo some time ago. You look like your grandmother when she was young.
Albina’s eyes were a little troubled. It obviously sounded a little unbelievable, but she actually knew in her heart that Hector wasn’t lying.
Olivia had taken her to make contacts in the circle of noblewomen in Sogen City, and they hadn’t even approached her about making her a dress, but a young master from Jerala City was the first to do so, which was clearly not normal.
Hector’s eyes were also out of place when he first saw her, he had a look of longing and tenderness.
Albina felt a little confused at the time, but upon hearing this from Hector, it all connected.
Unprepared, she didn’t know how to face Hector for a while before her voice trembled and she said:
-You swear you’re telling the truth?
-It’s true, I swear. I still have the proof of paternity here, I’ll pass you the documents later. It’s authenticated by an authority, but if you’re not sure, we can go back and authenticate it.
Albina kept silent.
-What did you use to identify me?
Hector didn’t expect her to ask him this question and felt a little embarrassed for a while before saying sarcastically:
-That day, when you accompanied me downstairs, I secretly plucked one of your hairs.
Albina fell silent.
“My own brother is quite the thief.”
-Does that mean that this dress was ordered for me?
She asked quietly, and Hector gave a soft “yes.”
-Those jewels were left to you by your grandmother who, before she died, remembered her sweet granddaughter and said she would leave them to you as a dowry.
Speaking of which, Hector was a bit embarrassed.
-Didn’t I tell you to make the waist of the dress looser? I had just said that because of your pregnancy. I thought I had implied it very clearly.
The last sentence was a whisper.
Albina’s head ached as she uttered her words, and suddenly several images flashed vaguely.
The little girl was on the lap of an old woman, whose voice was soft and gentle as she looked at her jewelry piece by piece.
If the little girl could repeat what the old woman said, she would happily lower her brow and say “good girl” and “baby”.
Albina’s eyes were a little moist and red.
-I seem to have just remembered an image in which I saw an old woman holding a little girl and I…..
Her voice broke a little and tears came to her eyes as soon as she opened her mouth.
Hector was silent for a moment before speaking.
-Grandma was the one who loved you the most, she held you in her arms every day and wouldn’t even let us touch you.
Albina opened her mouth, but did not know what to say.
Earlier, Umberto had asked her what she would do if her family approached her.
At the time, she replied that she felt nothing for those people, and that she would do her duty as a daughter if she could get along with them, nothing more.
But when she was really confronted with it, she realized that her earlier assumptions had not been sidorealistic. From the first time she had met Hector, she had really felt a sense of closeness, a closeness of blood that simply lingered.
She still had vague memories of when she was very small.
“That’s right!”
Albina’s sad look stopped for a moment and her tears ceased.
Then she thought there was something strange.
“Umberto!”
For days now, that guy had asked her several times what she would do if her real parents came looking for her.
He was testing her attitude, both explicitly and implicitly.
At that moment, she wondered why that man was suddenly bringing up the subject again, but now she knew the reason!
“Shit, I already knew I’m the daughter of the Espina family.”
Albina’s heart filled with anger and she asked Hector:
-Who else besides you knows that I am your sister?
At these words, Hector rubbed his nose shyly.
-I already told Mom and Dad….
-Who else? -Albina insisted.
Hector coughed lightly before saying:
-And, and Umberto?