This way, in the hospital.
Esteban Zaragosa finished changing for his shift and came out of the office to see Dulcina Calvo crouched to the side waiting for him with her little head on her back and her school bag.
“Let’s go.”
The man held out his hand and Dulcina Calvo stood up and looked at him with some trepidation.
Esteban Zaragosa saw her motionless and frowned slightly, “What’s wrong?”.
“I… Am I really going to stay at your house tonight?”.
When she had bent down to wait for him earlier, she had rethought it and decided that it wasn’t quite right, even though they had established their relationship as boyfriend and girlfriend, they hadn’t gotten to that point after all.
Besides, she didn’t want Esteban Zaragosa to think she was just some random girl who could spend the night with him.
Esteban Zaragosa looked at her, his gaze light and subdued but soft and provocative, “I don’t want to be alone tomorrow Saturday, and besides, you stay again and I’ll pick you up tomorrow.”
“Me, I can take the subway to your house in the morning by myself.”
Esteban Zaragosa pulled her straight by the strap of her school bag and moved to pull it off with a strong gesture, “It’s not convenient.”
Dulcina Calvo stumbled after him, Esteban Zaragosa dragged her by the strap of her school bag and simply dragged her in his arms, half dragging, half carrying her straight out.
Dulcina Calvo’s face turned red and her teary eyes rolled as she looked around, “Ah… this is a hospital! We’re going to be seen by a lot of people! I can walk alone! Let go of me…”
But the man didn’t care, his look was even a little arrogant: “What’s wrong with seeing, I can’t see anyone?”
“…”
The corner of Dulcina Calvo’s mouth twitched: “Is it bad that I’m the one who won’t show?
Esteban Zaragosa was in a good mood and the corners of his lips curled up, but he did not let go.
Dulcina Calvo clung to her small book bag until she was pushed into the passenger seat with her head in her hands.
Esteban Zaragosa got into the car and couldn’t help but look at her with a mousy expression.
The man leaned over to buckle her seat belt and Dulcina Calvo immediately put her hand against him defensively.
“What are you doing!”
“What do you want me to do to you…?”
Esteban Zaragosa raised an eyebrow, his dark eyes gazing at her playfully, mocking the nude.
“How would I know… what you intend! Don’t worry about repercussions! This is in front of a hospital!”
Esteban Zaragosa reached out, without moving to pull the seat belt and buckle her in, while blowing hot air into her ear. “I want…”
Dulcina Calvo blushed up to her ears, “Mmmmmm…”
He took a step back and pushed his small hands against Esteban Zaragosa’s face, “No good!”
Esteban Zaragosa’s eyes blinked mockingly until Dulcina Calvo heard the sound of the seat belt key being inserted into the slot and froze for a few seconds, looking up, her clear, watery eyes met Esteban Zaragosa’s deep gaze.
The man’s long fingers stroked his forehead, “What are you thinking, give me your backpack.”
“… oh”.
Esteban Zaragosa took his school bag and threw it straight into the back seat.
Dulcina Calvo warned him: “Watch out! I have a computer in my backpack”.
“You’ll get a new one if it breaks.”
Dulcina Calvo grunted, “It’s a great thing to be rich.”
“There’s nothing great about being rich.”
But being super rich is great.
This, however, Esteban Zaragosa did not say, not wanting to scare her before her time.
Dulcina Calvo said, “I still have my thesis on that computer, and today my tutor told me she had to check my thesis and called me, so annoying, I have to fix it tonight.”
He leaned against the car window with a sullen look on his face and muttered, “Revising a thesis is the worst pain in the world, and having to check the weight rate …”
Esteban Zaragosa did not answer her question, just raised his hand and rubbed her head, asking as he drove, “What do you want to eat tonight?”
Dulcina Calvo leaned her head to the side of the window and sighed deliberately, “I don’t feel like it, I don’t want to eat.”
She wanted to pretend more if it would do any good, she had changed her thesis so many times that she could not approve it, if Esteban Zaragosa did it for her … emmm….
Esteban Zaragosa gave her a sidelong glance and cowered like an aggrieved little mouse.
“Isn’t it just a paper change? I’ll help you change it when we get home after dinner.”
Dulcina Calvo came back to life immediately!
“You’re serious!” She looked at him expectantly.
Esteban Zaragosa looked at her a little and gave a faint “hmm”.
Dulcina Calvo was in the mood to talk about food: “Let’s go out for hot and spicy food tonight! It’s been a long time since I’ve eaten hot and spicy food!”.
Hot and spicy?
Esteban Zaragosa frowned.
That thing, could it be eaten?
…
Dulcina Calvo dragged Esteban Zaragosa, with great enthusiasm, to a regular bistro for hot and spicy food.
Esteban Zaragosa made a face of disgust and, when he sat down, he saw that there was still grease and grime on the table that had not been cleaned.
As a physician, you have a big cleanliness problem.
Dulcina Calvo, who had no problem with cleanliness, pulled out some sheets of tissue paper and wiped the table for him, her big eyes smiling like crescent moons. “Eat dirty, grow meat, don’t worry too much about these details.”
Esteban Zaragosa: …
Dulcina Calvo asked for a lot of things.
“What are you going to eat? Come and choose your dish”.
Esteban Zaragosa didn’t bother to ask: “Same thing.”
Dulcina Calvo smiles and says to the owner: “Two of the same! I’ll have mine with extra chili”.
“Well, sit down for a while!”
Dulcina Calvo went to the vending machine next door to get another drink, “What would you like to drink, mentor?”.
Esteban Zaragosa scanned it: “I don’t drink”.
“Okay then, I’m going to get a Coke.”
Dulcina Calvo returned with a bottle of Coca-Cola.
Esteban Zaragosa held out his hand and Dulcina Calvo froze and said, “I thought you didn’t want to drink. If you want, I’ll bring you another one”.
The man had already taken the Coke from her hand, and with long, strong fingers, he ripped the lid off the can, which made an effervescent sound as Esteban Zaragosa handed the opened Coke back to Dulcina Calvo.
“… I can open it.”
It was not so delicate, it was quite strong.
The man was extraordinarily arrogant: “I know, I just like to open easy cans, don’t I?”.
“…”
Dulcina Calvo rolled her eyes twice as she sucked on her coke through a straw, casting a couple of furtive glances at the noble man who wasn’t too comfortable in this environment and seemed a bit annoyed.
If he was in a bad mood, he wouldn’t change his role and that would be the end of it.
Dulcina Calvo moved her small stool and, silently, moved a little closer to him, until she was very close to him …
He bit into his straw and whispered, “When I buy mineral water in the future, you’ll unscrew it for me too, okay?”
After a few seconds, Esteban Zaragosa emitted a soft nasal hum in response.
Dulcina Calvo smiled a little and stole a few glances at the side of his face; he didn’t seem too hard to cajole.
When the hot and spicy food arrived, Dulcina Calvo ate it with relish, her mouth red and flushed.
Esteban Zaragosa, who wasn’t very interested in this kind of thing, took a few bites, which didn’t taste bad but definitely didn’t smell that good.
Dulcina Calvo especially liked the gluten buns in the spicy pot, which Esteban Zaragosa naturally noticed as he continued to fish things out of his bowl.
The man fished the gluten bun from his own bowl into hers.
Dulcina Calvo’s heart warmed, but she also saw that he hadn’t moved much and said, “Tomorrow we go to a big dinner and eat whatever you want!”
Like that expensive, authentic French food, Japanese food?
Esteban Zaragosa lowered his gaze, his eyes looked with tenderness and affection at the girl who was eating picante with her head down, as if her heart was full of something, very hot, very hot.