Devoted Love, Mr. Hayes’ Darling Wife

Dulcina Calvo slowly followed Dulcina’s mother into the next bedroom.

Dulcina’s mother paced up and down the room, anxious as if she had a thousand words to say to Dulcina Calvo but didn’t know where to start.

Dulcina’s mother pointed to Dulcina Calvo: “You, stand by the wall!”.

Dulcina Calvo stood meekly at the base of the wall, holding her head in her hands and raising a white flag of surrender, “Mama … just a moment ago I … we weren’t in that … …”

Dulcina’s mother’s eyes twitched, “That? Which one were you on?”.

Dulcina Calvo clutched her hot little ears with both hands and bit her lip as she muttered, “In that one or not in that one…”

“Dulcina Calvo, Dulcina Calvo, you’ve got a lot of nerve, haven’t you, what have I taught you since you were a little girl?”

“A girl has to be reserved, love herself and stay out of trouble.”

“You have a good memory if you don’t mess up, what’s the point of that?”.

Dulcina Calvo looked at her mother fiercely and felt a little aggrieved, “It’s not that I wanted to kiss him, it was …”

“You kissed him, he kissed you, what’s the difference Dulcina Calvo, tell me honestly, did you kiss him or didn’t you kiss him!”

Dulcina Calvo nodded unconsciously, and before she could nod her head, she shook it like a rattle, “No, no! Mom, I’m innocent…”

Dulcina’s mother approached her and said seriously, “Dulcina Calvo, it’s okay for you to fall in love, I’m not going to interfere, but you have to remember one thing clearly, although our family is not a rich and famous family, but we have a family religion, it’s okay for you to fall in love with Lazaro, but until you get there, you must not cross the line! You can have a relationship with Lazarus, you know what?”

Dulcina Calvo wondered if her mother would cut her to pieces with a kitchen knife if she knew she had had a one-night stand with Esteban Zaragosa. Or … did she cut Esteban Zaragosa?This is property © of NôvelDrama.Org.

“Yes, got it, Mom.”

Dulcina’s mom grabbed Dulcina Calvo’s little ear, “You just know, how, how did you and Lazaro make out in bed if this was in our house? If this wasn’t in our house, outside, you two would still be in …”

Dulcina’s mother became increasingly worried: “Anyway, Dulcina Calvo, now you’re going to have to take care of yourself! Do you hear me?”

“Yes, I will.”

Dulcina’s mother glared at her again before releasing her.

When Dulcina’s mother left the bedroom, Dulcina Calvo followed her, cowering like a squirrel.

Esteban Zaragosa was bleeding from his nose because of the punch Dulcina Calvo had just given him.

Dulcina’s mother asked, “Lazaro, why is your nose bleeding?”.

Esteban Zaragosa looked deeply at Dulcina Calvo and said in a weak voice, “Maybe there is dryness.”

Damn, this guy is going to hold a grudge! He’s going to make him eat his words in the hospital.

She hurried over to him and, on tiptoe, wiped him with a tissue.

Esteban Zaragosa looked at the girl in his arms, reaching out to wipe her nosebleed, and couldn’t help but look at her with tender eyes.

Dulcina Calvo whispered: “I didn’t mean to hit you now. I didn’t mean to hit you, who told you to be a rascal!”.

“I’m not wrong! You only have yourself to blame.”

Dulcina’s mother looked at the “couple” and smiled suddenly, before leading Dulcina’s father into the bedroom, leaving the living room for them.

In the bedroom, Dulcina’s father, newspaper in hand, asked in confusion, “What did you drag me in for? My coffee is still brewing in the living room”.

Dulcina’s mother gave him an expressionless look: “What coffee at night, you can’t sleep, don’t you see that Dulcina is there with Lazaro …”.

Dulcina’s mother shot him a look, Dulcina’s father rubbed his chin and thought, “I think Lazarus is a good match for our daughter, good.”

Dulcina’s mother smiled and said, “If Lazarus likes Dulcina very much and is very good to Dulcina, then he is not a real catch, it’s because Dulcina is lucky and has found a treasure, Lazarus is more than enough for Dulcina.”

“No, woman, how can you speak for someone on the outside? How can a mother say that about her own daughter?”

“Isn’t it just the two of us? It’s not like I said it in front of Lazarus – haven’t you heard the saying that the more the mother-in-law looks at her son-in-law, the better she sees him?”

Dulcina’s father snorted, “Chit-chat, I haven’t even promised Dulcina to go with him yet, and you’ve already become his mother-in-law! I tell you, I only have one daughter, and I don’t want her to get married yet.”

“Fine, fine, keep her, keep her as an old woman and see if she complains to you then!”

Dulcina’s father shook the newspaper and sat on the edge of the bed, looking at it as he hummed softly, “What’s wrong with an old girl, I want to keep Dulcina a few more years.”

“I don’t bother talking to you.”

Dulcina’s mother went to the bedroom door, peeked out again and said, “Dulcina’s father, when do you think Lazarus is leaving tonight?”

“Not soon, where are you going to sleep when you leave?”.

Dulcina’s mother also frowned and thought, “I don’t know, we don’t have a third bedroom for him either. We can’t let him sleep with Dulcina, can we?”.

“How can you do that! You’re not even married yet.”

“Yes, but I don’t think Lazaro … has any intention of leaving. If I go out and ask him when he’s leaving, does it look like I’m kicking him out? That’s not very nice, is it, or should I go and say so?”.

Dulcina’s father also frowned: “It would not be appropriate for me to say it, you go, you go!

“Huh? Man, I’ll go myself!”

In the living room, Dulcina Calvo was still helping Esteban Zaragosa with the bruise on his nose when Dulcina’s mother entered the room and coughed twice.

Esteban Zaragosa’s and Dulcina Calvo’s eyes turned to Dulcina’s mother at the same time.

Dulcina’s mother asked: “Well, Lázaro, I think … it’s getting late today, are you going to stay … tonight?”.

Before Dulcina’s mother could finish the sentence, Esteban Zaragosa kindly replied, “Tia, I’m going to stay at the hotel in town for the night.”

Dulcina’s mother was immediately relieved to hear this, “That’s good, I was afraid you wouldn’t have a place to sleep, we only have two rooms and I’m too embarrassed to let you sleep in the living room, a hotel is good, a hotel is comfortable.”

When Esteban Zaragosa left, Dulcina’s father and Dulcina’s mother accompanied him to the door.

Then Dulcina’s mother said, “Dulcina, come down to Lazaro, Lazaro, come to breakfast at our house tomorrow morning.”

Esteban Zaragosa smiled slightly and said, “No, Aunt, I have personal things to do tomorrow, so I won’t be coming.”

“Ah, then next time you’ll come home with Dulcina and Auntie will prepare something tasty for you!”.

After saying hello, Dulcina Calvo left Esteban Zaragosa downstairs.

Dulcina’s father and mother stood by the window and saw the BMW parked below.

Dulcina’s mother said, “This Lazaro, at such a young age, drives a BMW? Is it a very rich family?”.

“Yes, if she’s very rich, Dulcina can’t marry him, what if she’s bullied by her in-laws?”.

Dulcina’s mother also frowned with concern and sighed, “Yes, if he is too rich, his family will be more complicated and Dulcina is a simple girl. But I see Lazarus is quite polite and modest, it seems like a good family upbringing, so I guess the house parents are also very well qualified.”

“Don’t bother with that, anyway, if she can’t make our daughter happy, we can’t let her marry into the wrong family even if we raise her for life.”