Dulcina Calvo fled the room in terror, dragging Esteban Zaragosa with her.
“Why did you break his hand! What if he sues you! You’re going to run out of luck.”
Esteban Zaragosa looked at the small woman before him unfazed, his voice calm and unperturbed. “There was no surveillance in the room, and besides, I didn’t say I wouldn’t help you get your hand back when I broke it.”
“…” Dulcina Calvo was totally confused.
He grabbed his head with his two little hands, like ants in a hot frying pan. “What now, what if that Fraco Mato goes to the Vice Presidency and gives us away, what if the Vice Presidency fires us?”.
Esteban Zaragosa slowly and methodically took off his gloves and threw them into the wastebasket next door, then took her little hand in his and said, “Well, quit and go home and I’ll take you up.”
“…”
Dulcina Calvo looked at him in amazement, her watery eyes flickering as she stood on tiptoe and reached out a small hand to touch his forehead.
“You’re not talking nonsense, are you?”.
Esteban Zaragosa withdrew his small hand and calmed his nerves, “Don’t worry, Fraco Mato wouldn’t dare do anything to you, if he did, I’d have him killed.”
The man’s eyes flashed with a fierce, murderous intent that made Dulcina Calvo shudder.
Esteban Zaragosa pulled her into his arms and hugged her, his voice instantly softening as he whispered, “Don’t be afraid.”
The little woman in his arms sighed in a low tone, “Esteban Zaragosa, who are you, you’re not really a wanted criminal, are you?”.
Esteban Zaragosa held her head, his thin lips curved and asked, “If I were really a wanted criminal, would you be afraid?”
“Yes!” answered Dulcina Calvo with sincerity.
Dulcina Calvo’s eyes were spinning in her arms, her mind still thinking about that whole Fraco Mato thing. “What if Fraco Mato sues us?”.
She wasn’t as brave as he was, she was still afraid of going to jail and losing her job, and she was about to graduate, it was a critical time, if she got in trouble, would her life be ruined?
Esteban Zaragosa kissed her on the forehead and said softly, “I’ll take care of this, don’t worry.”
A colleague passed around her and Dulcina Calvo hurriedly pulled Esteban Zaragosa aside.
The colleagues did not know they were in love.
If they knew, they would have laughed at her.
Esteban Zaragosa looked at her little face, which was burning red, and the smile on his lips deepened.
…
Esteban Zaragosa returned to the practice and ordered one of his doctors to fix Fraco Mato’s bones.
Dr. Avelino was perplexed: “Didn’t Fraco Mato have a slight fracture in his thigh? Why did he suddenly break his hand too?”.
Dulcina Calvo smiled awkwardly and said, “Dr. Avelino, go on, don’t keep the patient waiting, he seems to be quite badly injured, so take him well.”
But Esteban Zaragosa, who was sitting in his armchair, said: “There’s no hurry, it’s bad, let it hurt a little more, don’t let it die”.
Dr. Avelino: “…”
Dulcina Calvo: “…”
This man, he is so bad!
After Dr. Avelino ran off to get the bones, Dulcina Calvo surreptitiously tried to follow her as well, but was stopped by Esteban Zaragosa.
“Where to?”
“I … I’m going to see how Dr. Avelino is doing with fixing Fraco Mato’s bones.” Dulcina Calvo said with a satisfied smile.
“Aren’t you afraid he’ll get his right hand back and turn on you again?”
“I don’t think he dares to do it to me now, I kicked him hard.”
Dulcina Calvo remembered the kick and still felt a small pang, if she had really crippled Fraco Mato and cut him off, the Van family would not have let her go!
Esteban Zaragosa took a look at Dulcina Calvo’s little body, but she was strong, but not very strong, so she would have been killed in a second if she had encountered a criminal.
“Do you have plans for this weekend?”
“I’m meeting a classmate to go shopping.”
Shopping? That’s kind of boring.
“Flatten it.” Esteban Zaragosa’s thin lips spat out two words.
Dulcina Calvo immediately said no, “Why? I just finished my thesis and I’m free to relax, I haven’t gone shopping in years…”
Esteban Zaragosa stood up and walked over, past her, his dark eyes burning into her little face, and said, “Your weekend, I’m hired.”
“…”
Unwise!
But the heartbeat, jumping so fast, for what!
What were you taking her to for the weekend…? A candlelight dinner?
Dulcina Calvo couldn’t help but feel like it again, and seeing Esteban Zaragosa leaving the office, she turned around and asked, “Where are you going?”
“The vice president just sent me a WhatsApp, I’m on my way.”
Big deal!
Dulcina Calvo’s face sank: “I’m coming with you!”.
Esteban Zaragosa looked at her suspiciously and said with a slight smile, “Do you want to go with me and get scolded?”
“… But this, this is my fault, you can’t carry the blame alone, I’m part of it.”
It was all a thought for him.
The man raised his hand and stroked her little head, “Don’t worry, be good.”
Dulcina Calvo froze.
Esteban Zaragosa had already turned around and was heading towards the vice-president’s office at a steady pace.
Dulcina Calvo rubbed her head where he had touched her and looked back, but couldn’t resist following him.
If the vice-president had fired Esteban Zaragosa, she would also resign!
…
The office of the vice president.
Before Esteban Zaragosa arrived, the vice dean had prepared coffee and was waiting for Esteban Zaragosa.
“Dr. Esteban, come, sit down here.”
Esteban Zaragosa nodded slightly and sat down on the sofa.
The vice-president said with a smile, “Dr. Esteban, have a coffee”.
Esteban Zaragosa was not in the mood and spoke up: “What did the vice-president want from me, tell me directly”.
“This … just now my nephew didn’t know anything and provoked that apprentice of yours, don’t be offended, he’s used to being naughty and hasn’t grown up, don’t take it personally with him.”
Fraco Mato had just called him in a rage, saying that he wanted to sue Esteban Zaragosa and his student Dulcina Calvo, and he almost died of anger.
Fraco Mato was young and ignorant, he didn’t know who Esteban Zaragosa was and didn’t want to mess with anyone but Esteban Zaragosa!
This hospital is owned by none other than Esteban Zaragosa!
As to why Esteban Zaragosa had to come to the hospital as a junior director, I could not understand, and Esteban Zaragosa had instructed the hospital management not to reveal his identity, nor reveal his identity to anyone.
Esteban Zaragosa curved his lips and scoffed, “Hasn’t he grown up, almost thirty years and he still hasn’t grown up? The vice president loves this nephew very much and he still treats him like a three-year-old child.”
The man’s voice was cold and hard, and the depths of his eyes were even more somber.
The vice president shivered and said with a forced smile, “I’ll teach him a good lesson later! Don’t take it personally, don’t bother him! I’ll take him to apologize to you and Dr. Dulcina later.”
“Tell him that if he ever touches Dulcina Calvo again, I will make him regret it for the rest of his life.”
…
Dulcina Calvo walked to the door of the vice president’s office.
I didn’t hear much even when I was in the doorway, only that the office was very soundproof.
She was about to approach when the office door was pushed open, hitting her squarely in the head.
“Oooooh!”
Esteban Zaragosa was stunned and approached her with a frown, “Why are you staying here, you’ve stuck it to yourself?”.
Dulcina Calvo’s little hand covered her head, but without caring about the pain on her forehead, she asked urgently: “Did the vice-president scold you? Is he going to expel you? I’ll tell him that I beat up Fraco Mato and that you had nothing to do with it.”
She was about to rush in when Esteban Zaragosa pulled her back.