Devoted Love, Mr. Hayes’ Darling Wife

She was pathetic, and with her delicate, lovely little face, it was hard to be cold-blooded.

I finally gave in and said, “I’ll try.”

She mashed her little mouth and said, “Brother, I’m so hungry, do you have anything to eat, I don’t want to starve to death.”

I remembered that I had two more meat buns at home and I went to sneak them and gave them to him.

I untied the nylon string from her hand and she grabbed the meat bun with her dirty little hands and devoured it.

I could tell she was very hungry.

She gagged several times as she ate too fast, and feared Leopoldo would hear her, so she covered her mouth and kept her face red.

I watched as she finished the meat bun and then retracted her hands with a nylon rope so Leopoldo wouldn’t find out the hard way.

She was terrified that I was lying to her and said, “Brother, you are so handsome, you will keep your word, won’t you?”

I couldn’t answer her because the affair was, in fact, more than I could bear at my age.

I was seventeen at the time and I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t scared or hesitant at all.

Seeing my silence, he tenderly called out to me, “Brother, brother? Brother, I’m really scared, can you save me from this, I’m sure I’ll pay you back later?”.

Without thinking, I casually asked, “How do you plan to repay me?”.

She opened her little mouth and froze for a moment, as if she didn’t expect me to answer, and then she said, “My father will give you a lot of money, a lot, and you can live well without studying or working afterwards.”

I was a little out of it, I didn’t even care what she said, my mind kept wondering if I should call the police or not.

He thought it was because the conditions he pitched were not attractive enough and pouted again, “Brother, if a lot of money is not enough, then when I grow up I will marry you and pay you for saving me with my body, okay…?”

A ghost would know he was scamming me.

When he comes out, he’ll remember who I am.

But the look in his eyes, surprisingly, was so sincere and innocent.

I didn’t care about those so-called rewards, and she didn’t know what my doubts and worries were.

Who knew that this ten-year-old girl, who thought too clearly, was looking at me with shy eyes, thinking that if I didn’t say anything, I would reject her.

She asked me weakly, “Brother, do you think I look ugly?”.

“…”

She was pretty, prettier than any girl I had ever seen, ever.

She added, “I’m young now, when I grow up I’ll be handsome, brother, if you save me from going out, you’ll be saving your future wife, it’s a good deal.”NôvelDrama.Org is the owner.

“…”

My somber mood received, surprisingly, a hint of pleasure from his naivety.

I asked amused, “How do you know you’ll always be okay when you grow up?”

What if, for example, you grow up crooked?

There are few examples of that, too.

She said confidently, “Because my mom and dad are handsome, especially my dad, my dad is particularly handsome, the women in The Holy City adore him, everyone says I look like my dad, so I must be beautiful when I grow up, brother, save me, it won’t be a loss.”

He had a few moments of amusement as he negotiated terms with me with a tug of his ear and spoke with childish exaggeration.

Seeing that I hesitated to respond, he couldn’t help but call me back, “Brother? Brother, I saw that you were a good man and would definitely save me from leaving, that’s why I agreed to marry you, there were many people I liked, but I didn’t agree with everyone, brother, can’t you back out?”

There was a glint in his dark, crystal-like eyes, so bright, there was no denying it.

I didn’t say yes, but I didn’t say no either.

When I left, he added, “Brother, if you really don’t save me from leaving, can you give me two more meat buns tomorrow? In case I starve to death, my father will definitely not pay.”

She retreated and looked very cute.

I gave a vague “mmm” and put the black tape back in her mouth.

That night, after tossing and turning, I finally called the police, because Leopoldo was not only the kidnapper, but also my enemy.

I called the police myself and sent him to jail. He probably won’t die thinking that his own son was the one who called the police when his kidnapping for ransom failed.

Nor did I imagine that my actions that night would completely change the course of my life.

If fate had taken pity on me, it would probably have been to push me towards Paula Rouco.

Later, when I remembered what she had said to me that night when I was ten years old, it was as if there was a plan, a wheel of fate, that linked me to her that night.

If you ask me one more time, brother, is it okay if I marry you with my body when I grow up?

My answer, without a doubt, is yes.

But fortunately, at the age of ten, her prophecy came true and she, later, married me and is, at this moment, in my arms.

It is the most pleasant thing in the world to have a person on your pillow, who is at the tip of your heart.

It is enough to live in this beautiful land, where the sun is strong and the waters are soft, and the wife of my Severo Laris is called Paula Rouco.