Devoted Love, Mr. Hayes’ Darling Wife

Analeigh’s thank you dinner, booked in a large private room at the Imperial The Gammon Hotel.

A banquet table for friends and family of the bride and groom.

Between meals, Benedict and Analeigh got up to toast everyone.

“Thank you all for your help on my and Lemon’s wedding day, we would like to propose a toast to all of you.”

The entire table got up and returned the toast.

“Don’t say that, we are all good friends, and we will need your help when we bachelors get married later.”

“That’s right, don’t be polite, everyone sit down and eat your food and eat your food.”

“I heard that the food in this hotel is cooked by a master chef at the Imperial, who is a master at making ma po tofu.”

“Then hurry up and try it.”

Analeigh poured herself a glass of juice and toasted Buena with a smile, “Buena, this time I really have to thank you, this big bag originally cost us four thousand dollars, luckily you did us a favor and gave us a 30% discount, it’s much cheaper.”

“Next time I get married, I would like to have my wedding reception at this hotel, I don’t want 30% off, I would appreciate 10% off, even 95% off.”

The audience joked.

Buena stood up with a spring in her step, “If people want to have a drink at this hotel in the future and want a discount, just come to me and I will help.”

“Good students, give it a whirl!”

In the midst of eating and drinking, the door to the private lounge suddenly kicked open.

Mrs. Carda burst in with a Hermes bag in hand and three bodyguards in black suits behind her in a commanding, animated manner.

Before anyone could react to know who was on the other side, Ms. Carda had already approached Buena and slapped her several times by the roots of her hair.

“Bitch! Bitch! Scoundrel! How dare you seduce my husband! You don’t even know what kind of person I am! How dare you want to marry into a rich family! A sparrow isn’t even worthy of our family’s shoes!”

Mrs. Carda approached brutally, with a strong hand, dragged Buena by the hair and pushed her face into the soup bowl.

Buena debated, head buzzing from the blow, face in the soup bowl, choking on her nose, “Cough, cough, … you’ve made a mistake! Let go of me.”

“Did I make a mistake?”

As Mrs. Carda tugged at his hair, her eyes glanced toward her seat and saw a Hermes bag identical to his.

Mrs. Carda picked up the Hermes bag and sneered, “This bag is a gift from Vidal Carda, isn’t it, can I be wrong, are you saying I’m blind?”

Mrs. Carda got so angry that she threw Hermes’ purse on the floor, grabbed Buena by her long hair and lifted her out of the soup pot, reaching up to slap her several times!

“Bitch, I tell you, you’re still too young to try to hit on my husband!”

Mrs. Carda’s voice was shrill and her mouth full of nasty expletives.

The private room was agitated.

Even Paula Rouco was a little stunned; she had not expected Buena to make herself someone’s mistress.

“Shame on you! You’ll get what you deserve for being a mistress!”

Mrs. Carda pushed Buena to the floor and kicked her several times, cursing under her breath, “You dare to show off in our hotel, you’re a delinquent! And you use my husband’s face to give your friend a discount? Shame on you.”

Mrs. Carda spat at Buena.

Analeigh and Rio tried to help stop them, but Mrs. Carda was not able to stop them.

Soon after, Ms. Carda had the doormen remove Buena from the floor.

Buena appears to be a rag, crawling up from the floor in a miserable state.

Analeigh and Benedict’s thank-you dinner was also a failure, and the atmosphere was so uncomfortable that the food ran out in short order.

On the other side, Mrs. Carda pulls Buena by the hair and heads for Vidal Carda’s office without repairing her image.

Mrs. Carda frightened Vidal Carda when she dragged her into his office and broke down the door.

As soon as Vidal Carda saw that it was Mrs. Carda who had arrived, he bolted, “Honey, what are you doing here?”

Mrs. Carda slammed Hermes’ purse directly into Vidal Carda’s face and snorted, “What did I come here for, don’t you know what you’ve done yourself, I’m here to catch a lover! What else am I doing here, I’m here to punish you two sons of bitches.”

Vidal Carda was sobered by the blow.

Buena raised her dirty face and shouted, “Vidal Carda, help me!”.

Vidal Carda’s eyes flashed and he frowned, “Girl, you can eat your food, but you can’t talk nonsense. I don’t know you, you can’t throw dirt on me!”.

Mrs. Carda sat domineeringly on the leather sofa at one side of the office, in the attitude of watching a good show, “Tell me, how did you two hook up and how long did you keep it from me, how much money did you spend on this slut?”.

Hearing this, Vidal Carda rushed up to Mrs. Carda and said, “Honey, what are you talking about, how is it possible that she’s out there behind your back to attract nasty people, this woman, I don’t even know her!”

“Is that so? I heard she’s worked with you as a translator before, so I couldn’t possibly know her.”

Vidal Carda patted his head and dissimulated, “I remember a little, she translated for me, but it wasn’t for long and I had a lot of work every day, so how could I remember her? What a waste of a nap.”

Mrs. Carda, an outspoken man, shot a cross look at the kneeling Buena and looked at Vidal Carda, “Tell me, what are you going to do about this woman?”

“None of my business, do what you want with him wife!”

“Really?” Mrs. Carda looked at him with a mocking smile.

“Of course it’s true, I am devoted to you, my wife, and my true heart can be seen in heaven and on earth!”

Mrs. Carda didn’t bother to break off. She had seen a lot of rich men out there, and Vidal Carda was too scared to divorce, he had no worries.

It was the little bitch in front of her that made her feel so bad that she hated her guts.

Buena listened to the couple’s every word and looked at Vidal Carda with pained, desperate eyes.

Vidal Carda touched his eyes and was a little startled, and looked away hurriedly.

Buena scoffed, she was actually being played for scum!

She had always thought Vidal Carda wasn’t married and hoped he was.

“Hahahahahahahahahaha…” she suddenly burst out laughing madly.

Mrs. Carda and Vidal Carda froze.

Mrs. Carda frowned and asked, “What are you laughing at?”.Copyright by Nôv/elDrama.Org.

Buena gritted her teeth and glared at Mrs. Carda, saying word for word, “I laugh at you being worse than me, knowing the true nature of this dog of a man and still refusing to divorce him! Coward!”

Vidal Carda, naturally furious at being scolded, went up to Buena and slapped her so hard that the corner of her mouth bled.

“Watch your mouth!”

To Vidal Carda, Buena is only a shadow mistress and he has no feelings for her, so he does not hesitate to abandon her, or even trample her, if she threatens his interests.

Vidal Carda tugged at his tie, irritated, looked at the woman on the floor, dirty as mud, and ordered his bodyguards, “Get her out of here and out of my way!”.

Two bodyguards, dragging the dirty Buena, left her at the elevator door.

Buena saw herself reflected in the elevator mirror, her otherwise beautifully clean face streaked with numerous spots, her hair pulled back as if it were a handful of straw, and several shoe marks visible on her expensive dress.

At the corners of her mouth, there are bruises and blood.

Her scalp was bleeding and painful to the point of numbness after Ms. Carda pulled a strand of hair from her scalp.

She tugged bravely at the corners of her lips to maintain her smile and stood up proudly clutching the wall.

From the elevator, all the way to the hotel entrance, she was very subdued.

It wasn’t until the hotel entrance that she saw Severo Laris standing next to a black Maybach, opening the back door, chivalrously blocking the roof, and climbing into the car with his other arm around Paula Rouco’s waist.

And then the extravagant limited edition Maybach sped past before their eyes.

It had just rained lightly at Imperial and the Maybach’s wheels slid over a spot of standing water, splashing her with mud and water.

Right now, Paula Rouco is the beloved princess and she, for all intents and purposes, is no better than a rag.

Buena stood in the misty, rainy sky, fists clenched white.

She said, word for word, between clenched teeth, “Paula Rouco, I will never admit defeat.”

…

Severo Laris received a phone call.

The caller was brief and direct: “I am Adam Rouco and I would like to meet you.”

What comes around, always comes around.

Severo Laris never pretends to run away, “The Holy City or Imperial, I can do it all.”

“No, I’m in Imperial, I’ll send you the address.”

After hanging up the phone, Severo Laris received a message from Adam Rouco.

It’s the address of the appointment.

…

Half an hour later, inside the cafeteria on Chang’an Street.

The two men sit facing each other with the same aura, calm and serene.

The discerning eye is no mere teacher.

“What exactly is your relationship with my daughter, now?”

Adam Rouco is direct and uncomplicated in his questions.

Severo Laris also came clean and said, “We’ve been meeting for some time and it’s obvious I’m pursuing her, but she hasn’t agreed yet.”

Adam Rouco gritted his teeth, with a glint of hardness in his gaze, “Seven years ago you broke up, and now, after seven years, what do you mean by getting back together with her?”

“Seven years ago, I wasn’t strong enough, and I left not because of you; I wasn’t good enough for her then, so I left. These seven years, I’ve forgotten her without a day.”

Adam Rouco said coldly, “So?”

Severo Laris looked at him with an unmistakable look and said, “So now, I don’t want to entertain myself with her, not even for a second. I want her, I want her, and this time, no matter who gets in my way, I won’t let her go.”

Adam Rouco said angrily, “But it was you who gave her away in the first place, do you know that because of you she is suffering from severe depression?”

Severo Laris slipped the lump in his throat, pursed his thin lips and said quietly, “I know.”

“So now you’re still with her, you want her to get very sick!”. Adam Rouco repressed his anger and shouted at her.

Adam Rouco cannot show himself calm and polite to a man who has hurt his daughter so viciously.