Last night Diana slept late and when she woke up in the morning, the rest of the Espina family was already up.
Even Adrian was up early and accompanied Albina and Umberto back from their walk.
The boy’s chubby, delicate face, still slightly sweaty, stood smiling next to Albina as he carefully touched her bulging belly.
Their happiness made Diana a little uncomfortable.
As she regained consciousness, Diana noticed that she was walking towards them.
They both turned their heads to look at her as they heard footsteps beside them.
Their faces were extremely similar and at first glance it was obvious that they were siblings.
Diana’s fingers tensed as she noticed.
While Adrian’s face looked slightly uncomfortable, Albina was completely calm and even smiled at Diana.
-Diana, good morning.
The smile made Diana’s anger grow again.
She felt that Albina must be teasing her by always showing herself as if she was provoking her.
The smile seemed to say:
-See, my brother likes me a lot and no one in the Espina family likes you. No one cares about you, you’re just an adopted daughter.
The angrier she got, the more she was about to go crazy, but Diana was getting clearer and clearer, she controlled her emotions and smiled at Albina.
-I slept a little late last night. By the way, Albina, do you already have your dress for the party tonight? If not, I have a new one lying around that I prepared earlier and I haven’t worn it…..
At that moment, she paused and looked at Albina’s bulging belly with an apologetic face.
-I’m sorry, I forgot you’re pregnant. My dresses are fitted, so I don’t think you can wear them.
Albina just froze for a moment and reacted immediately to this girl’s intention.
-You don’t have to worry, I have a lot of dresses in my bedroom closet, but since I’m pregnant now, I can’t wear many. Fortunately, my brother went to get me a custom-made dress earlier, and I can wear it perfectly.
Diana thought about the gift box they had placed in Bianca’s room earlier and remembered the stunning dress adorned with gemstones inside.
“Oh yes, that dress was custom made for Albina by Hector, and when I touched it, Hector got angry.”
Diana’s fingers clenched tightly.
-Oh, so she was overthinking it.
If that dress was there, with Albina’s pretty face and the aura of the Espina family and Umberto, how could it not be in the limelight?
Diana was in a trance as she turned away from Albina.
Albina watched her back, her eyes narrowed and a small shiver ran through her.
“Why can’t Diana stop for a moment? She’s always trying to draw attention to herself when people are around. I really don’t understand.”
As she was thinking about it, someone tugged at her fingers.
Albina looked down and met Adrian’s eyes.
-Sister Albina, Diana probably doesn’t mean any harm, she just cares about you. Can you not be angry with her?
He stammered a little as he said this, but tried desperately to excuse Diana.
Albina stared at him for a long moment and raised her head to stroke his tousled curls.
-I’m not angry. As long as she doesn’t bully me, I won’t be angry with her.
“My Adrian is a kind boy who is very affectionate with Diana and defends her in everything. Unfortunately, Diana seems to be a bit ungrateful.”
Albina recalled the scene from a moment ago, when Diana ignored Adrian without even greeting him, but thinking that Adrian and she were on good terms, she relented.
However, there was something Albina could not understand.
She could dislike him, dislike him, despise him and do anything to him, but using a child as a raft was despicable.
Bianca was busy all day, and the Espina family maids were rushing back and forth to prepare the evening feast.
Due to the loss of Albina at the age of two, this time the family checked all the surveillance equipment in the house to make sure it was working properly and that there were no accidents like those of more than twenty years ago.
Albina caught their tense atmosphere, and her heart began to unconsciously clench.
Umberto also went somewhere with Hector and was not even in the house during the day, so his only company was Adrian.
Umberto and Hector did not return until late in the afternoon.
They were both well dressed.
Both were of equal height, had long legs, and wore well-fitting suits with convincing majesty. One was cool, while the other cool. Both were very handsome, and the two together drew even more attention.
Albina was sitting at her dressing table doing her makeup with several maids coming in and out of her room.
She took a moment to look at the two men and bristled.
-They disappeared for a whole day, but managed to dress so quickly, where have you been?
When Umberto and Hector heard Albina’s sultry voice, they shook their heads helplessly.
-What nonsense, where could I have gone to fool around? It was time, so I changed my clothes and ran back. We couldn’t be late for your debut,” said Umberto.
Hector, for his part, stood behind her and looked at the girl in the mirror. She was even more delicate and beautiful with the makeup artist’s touch.
“This is my sister who has been missing for over twenty years, has grown up and is now a wife and mother.”
Hector felt indescribably lost at that thought and turned to give Umberto a stern look.
Umberto was inexplicably fulminated with his gaze and made a puzzled face.
-Why are you looking at me like that?
Hector gritted his teeth and moved his eyes back again, his eyes immediately softening when he saw Albina.
-Our Albina is so beautiful. I’ve heard that many people become ugly when they are pregnant, how does our Albina become more and more beautiful? Our family’s genes are simply too good.
Hearing her brother’s smug words in complimenting her, a smile broke out on Albina’s lips.
-Brother, if you can talk, talk more, it makes me happy.
Encouraged, Hector praised his sister up and down with much enthusiasm.
Many of the maids had never seen this side of Hector before and their eyes widened.
At the same time, they had a clearer idea of Albina’s place in Hector’s heart and even in the Espina family, and they were already sure how to treat her afterwards.
Umberto didn’t even look at him, and when he saw that Albina was combed and made up, he grabbed Hector by the collar and dragged him outside.
-Let’s go out first, Albina needs to change.