Dulcina Calvo fiddled with the chain, and suddenly wrinkled her nose, “Wouldn’t that mean you know where I’m going?”
Esteban Zaragosa looked at her quirky face and, of course, knew what her little mind was mulling over, “Sure, where else would the orientation point be?”
Dulcina Calvo muttered, “So what if I suddenly want to find my little brother?”
“What do you mean?” Esteban Zaragosa’s large hands grasped the little girl’s small waist, “With me, do you still want a little brother?”
Dulcina Calvo hurriedly lifted her little face and looked up at him with a smile, “…. I’m just kidding.”
Oh yes, I had almost forgotten the main event!
Dulcina Calvo reached out and put her little arms around Esteban Zaragosa’s neck, “Esteban Zaragosa, I have a surprise for you.”
“Hmm? What’s the surprise?”
Dulcina Calvo leaned close to Esteban Zaragosa’s ear, put her little hand over his ear and whispered, “Looks like I’m pregnant again.”
… A moment of silence and bewilderment.
Dulcina Calvo saw Esteban Zaragosa frozen and waved her little hand in front of Esteban Zaragosa, “Esteban Zaragosa what’s wrong with you?”
Wasn’t she glad she was pregnant again?
But Esteban Zaragosa had her by the waist and his dark eyes were fixed on her, “Dulcina, repeat that.”
“I … I said I’m pregnant.” Dulcina Calvo looked at him in confusion and then shyly asked, “Esteban Zaragosa, are you not ready to be a father yet?”
Esteban Zaragosa’s eyes fluttered, and even the hands holding Dulcina Calvo began to tremble slightly.
How can he not be ready to be a father, he’s not ready to be a father, he’s too excited …
The man sat Dulcina Calvo on his lap, his large hand caressed Dulcina Calvo’s flat belly, “This time, I will protect you, mother and child.”
Dulcina Calvo, seeing how nervous he looked, mocked in a falsely lighthearted manner, “Hm, how do you know they have to be mother and son, and if they are mother and daughter, what, you still prefer men over women?”
When Esteban Zaragosa heard this, his brow tinged with a slight look of affection and he looked at his young wife and said, “I am more woman than man.”
He longed beyond measure for Dulcina Calvo to give him a daughter like herself, so that she might have one more point of continuity in the world, and he could give them more of his pampering and affection, mother and daughter.
Dulcina Calvo growled softly as she got up from his lap and poured water for herself to drink while muttering, “This is not yet born and you are already partial to it, then when the baby is born you will be with it every day, won’t I die of boredom then?”
Esteban Zaragosa let out a light laugh, got up and walked behind her, wrapping his arms around her small waist, “When the baby is born, you will also be the one that hurts me the most, how will you get bored, I will always be there for you.”
Dulcina Calvo blinked her dark, watery eyes, “But I have a job, and I can’t be the one to feel bored now that you’re staying home.”
At the mention of this, Esteban Zaragosa’s eyes darkened for a moment, “Dulcina, can we … quit our jobs and stay home to raise the baby?”
“But I’m quite happy in this job now, and with Orlondo Marta dead, there’s no one who’s going to hurt me again.”
“But I’m still not sure, with all the viruses in the hospital and the number of patients you’re in contact with, I’d be worried about something happening to you again.”
Dulcina Calvo thought about it, turned to Esteban Zaragosa and agreed, “Well, how about this, right now I’m pregnant and you can’t see my belly, so I’ll resign when my pregnancy shows, okay?”
“But the first trimester is critical, and you have low blood sugar, so if something happens at the hospital, it doesn’t help that I’m anxious.”
Dulcina Calvo puffed out her little face and said sullenly with her watery eyes, “But I’ll be bored out of my mind if I’m home every day.”
Esteban Zaragosa patiently replied, “I can go out with you every day.”
Dulcina Calvo: “…. I don’t want to play with you, I want to play with my friends”.
With those words, Dulcina Calvo ran into the bedroom and plopped down on the big bed to stay there.
Esteban Zaragosa followed her, sat on the edge of the bed, ran his big hand down her back and said, “Dulcina, then this is settled, then I’ll call your dean to tell him you’re going on leave.”
Dulcina Calvo clutched the sheets and snorted, “You’re not even consulting me, you’re forcing it.”
“Yes, I can leave you other things, but not this one.”
At these words, Dulcina Calvo wrapped herself in the blanket, smothered herself with it and grunted several times, never to be heard by Esteban Zaragosa again.
When it was time to go to bed at night, Esteban Zaragosa took a bath and lay down on the bed, his back to Dulcina Calvo, and as soon as he felt the man behind her approaching, he moved to the side of the bed, clutching the sheets.
Esteban Zaragosa didn’t bother, she would be angry, which was to be expected, but even if she did, she had to, she could risk anything but her and the child.
“I just called your dean and gave you a long leave of absence.”
“…”
It was a pleasant surprise, and now it has turned into this.
Asking for a long leave for her without talking it over with her and saying it was a long leave is different than just leaving it alone.
Dulcina Calvo sulks and turns her back on Esteban Zaragosa.
She didn’t want to talk to him, so Esteban Zaragosa had to take the initiative and approach him.
Before, Esteban Zaragosa was used to being alone, not to say unconcerned about the feelings of others, but now that he has Dulcina Calvo, he can’t seem to stand the feeling of being apart and alone, not even for a moment.
Esteban Zaragosa hugged the girl tightly from behind and buried his head in her neck, Dulcina Calvo struggled a couple of times and stifled a growl, “Let go of me Esteban Zaragosa, I’m still mad at you.”
“Dulcina, I know you want to work and I’m very supportive of you working.”
Before Esteban Zaragosa could finish his sentence, Dulcina Calvo growled, “You support me at work and give me time off? You’re actually trying to keep me stuck at home like an old woman.”
“At this particular time, I would not like to have you chained to my waist, I would be very worried when you leave for work every day and I don’t see you and I don’t know how you are. dulcina, I am very afraid of losing you.”
She expected Esteban Zaragosa to lose his temper, but instead, Esteban Zaragosa put aside his pride and begged her.
Dulcina Calvo’s nose ached a little and she turned to Esteban Zaragosa with her dark, watery eyes, and looking into the man’s dark eyes, the girl’s mouth flattened and she said, feigning nonchalance, “Okay, I forgive you, but could you talk to me first about what you’re going to do in the future?”
“Okay.”
“Esteban Zaragosa, I am your wife, as they say, the woman upstairs.”
Esteban Zaragosa stared at her little face, reached out and took her tightly in his arms and cajoled, “Wife above, listen to Mrs. Dulcina from now on, okay?”
“What a nice speech, you won’t listen to me.”
“Well yes, I’ll do whatever you want from now on.”
Dulcina Calvo looked at Esteban Zaragosa blankly, “But you’ll keep your word, I won’t work and you’ll play with me every day.”
“Of course, a word to the wise.”
Dulcina Calvo’s big eyes narrowed and curved into a crescent shape. “Then let’s ask President Adam and Estrella to come over tomorrow to play cards!”.
Esteban Zaragosa: …
Is this taking a child out of the womb to learn how to play?