After Albina’s heartbeat slowed, she saw Adrian’s frightened face. She smiled stiffly and tried to calm him down.
She could sense that he hadn’t meant to, that it was an unconscious act of coming to suddenly and she was only at the entrance to the staircase when such a frightening scene took place.
She was fine now, so there was no need to scare him like that.
-Adrian, it’s all right…..
Her voice was still trembling a little and she tried to comfort Adrian, but he suddenly bit his lip, looked at her and shouted:
-You can scold me if you want, you don’t need to pretend!
Albina was a little confused by his words and frowned slightly as she said hesitantly:
-Adrian, don’t you love me?
Adrian didn’t expect her to ask so directly and with such a calm expression, he didn’t know what mood she was in now, but he held his breath and said:
-Yes, I don’t love you. We were leading a good life, but once you came, everything changed. Mom and dad surround you, big brother only loves you, and Diana has cried several times, why did you come back? You have been missing for more than twenty years, why are you bothering us now?
The children were naive, but sometimes their words were the cruelest.
They were just venting their feelings without realizing the damage they could do to people with words.
Albina had always been quite emotionally sensitive since her pregnancy, and now she was in a relatively unfamiliar situation. Although the warmth and concern of her parents and Hector reassured her, Adrian’s blunt accusations made her heart seize up.
She looked at the clear accusation on Adrian’s face and squeezed her fingertips tightly for a long moment before smiling slightly.
-Adrian, I’ll tell you the truth, I didn’t really want to come when big brother came looking for me. As you say, your family led a good life, and I was worried that my sudden appearance would make them uncomfortable,” Albina said, her face becoming more and more relaxed. I lead a very good life in Sogen City, it’s the same with or without you. I only came back because big brother said Mom and Dad had been thinking about me.
Adrian got a blank look on his face.
Suddenly, Albina had a thought in her mind and smiled.
-The reason I came back was because of mom, dad and big brother, not because of you, so whether you love me or not doesn’t really matter to me at all. Now that you’ve said it, it’s a good thing I don’t have to waste my time obsessing about how to get along with you.
Adrian’s eyes were incredulous, he thought that when Albina came home, she would try to please him to fit in, wasn’t everyone in the family supposed to love her?
Why wasn’t she following the rules?
-It’s okay if you have Diana and don’t want me as a sister. Actually, I don’t want a brother who hates me, as long as Mom, Dad and big brother love me,” Albina looked at Adrian blankly, and seeing his expression of doubt, she laughed in her heart.
She was about to turn around to leave when suddenly something occurred to her and she turned to Adrian.
-By the way, if you don’t like the Transformer I gave you, give it back to me. I’ve looked hard to get it, it’s very valuable. There are other relatives’ children who like this toy and I can give it to them. They will like it and appreciate the gift better.
Adrian was shocked and quickly said:
-How can you do like this? You can’t ask for back what you have given away.
Albina made a surprised face.
-If you don’t love me, then you should hate my gift, shouldn’t you?
Adrian’s expression froze for a moment and his little face turned red.
-I don’t love you, but I like that Transformer.
-Okay,” Albina deliberately slowed down her speech.
Adrian was embarrassed and annoyed, but he also felt quite uncomfortable.
It seemed strange to hoard a gift from someone you didn’t like.
After Albina finished speaking, he ignored him and turned around to go downstairs.
Hector walked in just in time to see the two of them standing at the entrance to the second floor stairs, and Adrian’s face was swollen with anger.
He took a few quick steps and stood at the top of the stairs, letting Albina hold his hand as he descended the stairs.
-Did you fight with Adrian? -he asked as he walked.
Adrian looked nervously at Albina.
He was afraid she would tell her brother that he had pushed her.
She was now a priority protection in the family, if her parents and brother knew that she had pushed her, even accidentally and unconsciously, they would surely teach her a lesson.
And that husband of hers looked awful.
Adrian was anxious, but he didn’t hear Albina talk about it to her older brother.
It was as if the exciting scene that had just taken place had never happened.
Albina just clung to Hector’s arm and said with deliberate aggravation:
-Adrian says he doesn’t love me, but that’s okay, it’s enough that my parents and brother love me.
After saying this, he winked at Hector from a place Adrian could not see.
Hector’s expression was not good, when he saw this little action, a smile shone in his eyes and he raised his voice.
-Yes, you’re right, it’s good that I love you. Anyway, when you were born, you had never seen this younger brother.
At first, Adrian was relieved that Albina hadn’t complained, but when he overheard the conversation between them, he instantly felt uncomfortable.
Seeing the way they were so affectionate, plus the fact that both of their features seemed exactly the same, Adrian felt a little jealous.
But as a man, he couldn’t admit defeat. Adrian lifted his little chin and vowed to persevere to the end.
The two left the room before Hector’s face showed his apologies.
-Albina, I’m sorry. Adrian is young and spoiled by us, he and Diana are close, so it must have been Diana who said something to him?
Albina’s face softened and she smiled.
-I know, he really loved me when he saw me when he came home. When we entered the house, he and Diana bumped into each other at the end, and that must have been when Diana secretly said something to him.
Hector gritted his teeth and his eyes revealed an indifference.
-Diana really is becoming more and more rebellious.
Albina’s brow furrowed.
-Brother, is she trying to attack me in every possible way because my presence poses a threat to her?