A soft voice began to sound.
-I was changing when I heard a noise at the door, what’s wrong, did something happen?
Hector and Umberto turned their heads hurriedly and both pairs of eyes lit up in astonishment at the sight of Albina’s appearance.
Diana saw the person walk out of the room and drop her dresses to the floor with a snap.
Javier was in a trance when he saw Albina, and his heart was filled with awe.
-How can our Albina be so beautiful? Umberto, I have to stress it again, the Espina family has very good genes.
Hector kept sighing and hurried to reach out his hand to help Albina out.
However, before Albina’s hand could grab it, another large hand was quicker, quickly knocking Hector’s hand away and taking its place.
Umberto took his wife’s hand and gave Hector a provocative smile.
-How can I bother the others to help my wife? I’ll do it.
Hector’s teeth gnashed.
“He’s too jealous.”
Albina was led outside by Umberto and when she saw Diana and Javier, she smiled at them.
Her appearance itself was flirtatious, and as she had fed very well these days, she was full of collagen, which enhanced her flirtatious features in an even more atmospheric and beautiful way.
Moreover, with bright natural eyes and every perfect feature, she was incredibly beautiful.
The dress was also stunning, with large and small rhinestone jewels on the upper half of the body and a soft white thread feather. It was not old-fashioned at all, but more noble and looked like a fairy.
Diana paid particular attention to the hem of her skirt, where there must have been a tear that reasonably could not have been repaired flawlessly in such a short space of time. The snow-white skirt would have been easy to see with this additional stain.
But now that single slit was embroidered with silver thread. It was a three-dimensional piece of feathers, with pearls rounding them so that not only was the slit not visible, but it mirrored the feathered kingfisher above.
If Diana hadn’t seen the dress, she would have thought that was the original design.
-How is that possible? -Diana couldn’t help but murmur in surprise.
Albina followed her gaze and looked thoughtful.
-I’ve remedied it for now, and I suppose the result was quite good.
Not only did it repair it, but it made the dress even prettier.
Diana squeezed her hand so hard that her fingernails dug into the flesh.
Albina glanced at some gowns on the floor and suddenly spoke:
-Did you find these gowns?
Diana reacted and hastily adjusted herself, picking up the clothes and dusting them off lovingly.
-Yes, I purposely found the baggy-waisted ones thinking they would fit you, but it seems I worked for nothing. All these dresses are very dear to me….. -she said smiling bitterly, and Javier was instantly distressed and was about to reassure her.
However, Albina’s fingers reached up, pulled out the dresses, looked at them and smiled.
For some reason, Diana saw the smile and had a bad feeling.
Indeed, Albina’s crisp voice was heard in the next few seconds.
-This one is from last year.
Diana’s heart clenched, Albina was right.
Just as she was about to speak in her defense, Albina pulled out another dress and frowned.
-This designer is suspected of plagiarism, it should be a big deal, haven’t you been paying attention? And this one,” Albina smiled sweetly at Diana. Looking at the markings, you must have worn it not long ago and it wasn’t well kept. It’s not ironed and has wrinkles all over it.
Hector’s face darkened as he listened to her.
Each of the three things Albina said alone could have ruined his first impression.
Then, Hector realized that half a month earlier, Diana had worn the third dress to a party.
If Albina had come out in this dress, guests who had seen Diana at that party would probably have rumored that Albina was wearing Diana’s old dress.
Not only would it have a bad impact on Albina’s reputation, but the image of the Espina family would also be tarnished and rumors might spread that the family mistreated Albina.
Diana’s arms were trembling slightly and she could barely hold the dress in her hands.
-I’m sorry, I was so focused on finding something that would fit Albina that I didn’t notice this. I’m so sorry,” she explained anxiously.
Albina was well aware of Diana’s machination.
She gave Diana a cold smile.
-Oh, you must have gone to a lot of trouble to find these clothes. It’s not easy to put these three troublesome pieces together.
Diana opened her mouth, but didn’t know what to say. She could sense that Albina, Hector and Umberto were aware of her actions.
No matter what she explained now, it would seem like a joke to all three of them.
Hector looked at her with boredom and said indifferently:
-If you have time for this, you could go downstairs to help the maids with the dishes.
After saying this, he said to Albina:
-Albina, ignore her. We’d better get ready.
It was the first time Hector showed his dislike for Diana so openly in front of Javier.
Before Umberto left, he looked at Javier and smiled.
-By the way, Mr. Javier, please keep an eye on your fiance. Yesterday she suddenly and inexplicably approached me to apologize and tell me something plausible. I found it very worrying.
With these words, and without waiting for any reaction from Javier, she left with Albina.
Diana’s heart was full of panic, her eyes looked horrified in the direction in which the three of them went, then she hurriedly turned her head to Javier and explained:
-Javier, don’t listen to their nonsense. They misunderstood me, so they deliberately said such things in front of you. Don’t believe it. Umberto is Albina’s husband, how can I have any idea about him?
Javier looked at her sullenly.
He had always had a good character and had been very affectionate with Diana since they had been together, but as long as a man could not bear the thought of his wife cheating on him, even if it had been nothing substantial, to have even this tendency could be very diabolical.
-Diana, Umberto didn’t say you had something in mind with him, why are you so anxious to explain? -said Javier as he stared at Diana- I realize that I don’t understand you at all anymore.