After a nice weekend, Dulcina Calvo went to work and Esteban Zaragosa became the man of the house.
Dulcina Calvo, fearing that Esteban Zaragosa was bored alone at home, went with him to the pet store to buy a Scottish Fold cat.
Since then, Esteban Zaragosa not only does the washing and cooking, but also takes care of the cats.
Initially, Esteban Zaragosa asked Dulcina Calvo to move into his apartment, but Dulcina Calvo was still traditional at heart and felt that it was still not a good idea for them to live together without being married.
But Esteban Zaragosa does not return home and spends his days in his small rented apartment.
In the end, Esteban Zaragosa talked to the owner and bought the small apartment in its entirety.
Only at the end of the month, when Dulcina Calvo was ready to pay the rent and contacted the landlord, did she learn that the apartment had been bought by Esteban Zaragosa.
Dulcina Calvo made a face of few friends and asked, “Why did you buy this apartment without even talking to me?”.
“There’s a lot of money and I feel burned out.”
The corner of Dulcina Calvo’s mouth twitched: “…”
Dulcina Calvo settled back on the couch, clicking unhappily and nibbling on her fries, sitting a good distance away from him, staring at the TV screen, clearly angry.
Esteban Zaragosa moved to sit next to her and said good-naturedly, “You refuse to live with me again, and these days, I have been eating you and living with you, and you have been supporting me, but how can I, as a man, let you support me?”
“But now that you’ve bought this house, I’ll feel a little uncomfortable when it becomes your house that I live in.”
Dulcina Calvo had a proper job and a steady paycheck, and she was used to spending her own salary, although she knew that Esteban Zaragosa had money and had no intention of taking advantage of it.
Esteban Zaragosa knew, naturally, that she was a good girl, and that’s why he liked her more and more.
“Honey, let’s not be so clear, what’s mine is yours. If you really feel you’ve taken advantage of me, it’s not like there’s no way to make up for it.”
Dulcina Calvo asked curiously, “How do I make it up to you? I’ll pay you the rent.”
Esteban Zaragosa ignored her suggestion, his dark eyes just looking at her thoughtfully, and said seriously, “Physical communication twice a week, I think we can increase it to four times a week.”
“…”
Dulcina Calvo copied a cushion and smashed it against Esteban Zaragosa: “Animal!”
…
The next day, Dulcina Calvo rubbed her back on her way to work.
That’s a lot of rent to pay.
When they arrived at the hospital, during the lunch break, Dulcina Calvo spoke to Estrella Berrocal on the phone.
Estrella Berrocal was eating her words over the phone: “So, …. do you live with Dr. Esteban now?”.
Dulcina Calvo made a “hmm”: “Estrella, did you and President Adam live together when you were in a relationship before? Does living together wear out the other person’s interest?”.
Estrella Berrocal coughed twice: “Adán and I got married before we fell in love, there was no process of living together, we are not like you and Dr. Esteban. That was not normal for me and Adán, this was a normal relationship experience for you, you met, you fell in love and then you got married when the water was fine.”
“It’s true that the relationship improves if you live together, but over time, I don’t know if it’s a good thing or a bad thing.”
Estrella Berrocal said objectively, “It’s true that living together for a long time can drain the relationship, but Dr. Esteban is so fond of you that there shouldn’t be any problem with that, not to mention that you’re the one who goes out to work every day and he’s the one who stays home, so what’s your fear?”
“My mother would kill me if she found out I was living with a man, especially if it was Esteban Zaragosa, I’m afraid it would make her vomit blood.”
“Your parents still don’t know about your affair with Dr. Esteban?”
My parents insisted that Esteban Zaragosa was a divorced man who had abandoned his wife and had no conscience, that if he could abandon his wife, he could also abandon me. The reason Esteban Zaragosa married Claudio Belles was for work.”
As soon as the words were out of her mouth, a colleague came over to call out to her.
“Dr. Dulcina, there’s a man outside looking for you.”
Dulcina Calvo, after finishing her phone conversation with Estrella Berrocal, put her cell phone in the pocket of her white coat and had just left the office when she saw Lázaro Morejón at the door.
Lázaro Morejón took a red invitation and handed it to Dulcina Calvo: “Hermina Najarro and I are getting married next month”.
Dulcina Calvo took the invitation with little emotion and said, very nonchalantly, “Congratulations.”
Lázaro Morejón looked at her unhappily and frowned slightly, “Dulcina, you don’t have to pretend to wish us well if you’re upset or having a bad time, I know you’re not happy.”
Dulcina Calvo looked at Lázaro Morejón and said amused: “Why did you send me an invitation if you knew I was unhappy?
“I was waiting for you to come.”
Dulcina Calvo: “… I’m not upset, I stopped liking you a long time ago. How things were with you and Hermina Najarro, I have no waves inside”.
Not only was there no ripple inside, but I even had a bit of a craving for cassoulet and rice.
“Dulcina, you don’t need to disguise yourself in front of me…”
Not wanting to hear too much from him, Dulcina Calvo took the invitation and said, “Esteban Zaragosa and I will be there on the day of your wedding to Hermina Najarro; after all, Esteban Zaragosa is Hermina Najarro’s distant cousin, and we won’t be short of participation money. If there is nothing else, I am going to work”.