RDD 32

Chapter 32

They became Penelope's burden. Where it became her job to give them a prosperous life. They put their trust in her and believed that she would come back as a successful person.

The atmosphere became depressing and everyone looked at us. Corazon and Alberto didn't know what to say, they were sad too.

Only Sophia's crying voice echoed. She cried and cried, pulling her mother's clothes.

"Mommy, Auntie hates us! Wuuuu!"

"Sweetheart..."

Even Penelope was losing herself. She sniffed as tears flow down her cheeks.

"Honey, let's go to our room."

"Yes. Father and Mother, we will rest now."

"Y- yeah. Take care of yourself. Sleep early, we have something to do tomorrow."

Alberto and Corazon nodded.

"En."

Penelope did her best and smiled. Her parents clearly loved her and they loved Señorita too. They were their children and they love all of them. So seeing their children fought broke their hearts.

We left the dining room with awkward silence.

'Perhaps everyone treated Penelope as their way to escape poverty.'

Bunch of bastards.

I didn't care if they were Penelope's siblings. If they treated Penelope like that, I would be the one to stop them.

If Señorita was a man, perhaps I'd already broken her nose.

When we reached our room, Sophia was already sniffing. She didn't cry anymore but her eyes were swollen.

"Mommy, Sophia wuv you. I wuv you, Mommy."

"Hm. I love you too."

Sophia hugged her mother and Penelope hugged her back. Then, Roman hugged her mother too.

Penelope hugged her children tightly as her shoulders shook. She controlled her emotions so that she won't break down.

"Mama, I love you. I will always love you."

Roman assured her mother that he was there for her. He dropped the phone as he knew that his mother was more important than playing games.

"Hm, I love you too Roman. You're a good child. You never cause trouble to us. You always follow our orders, you're a mature child."

They started sobbing.

As for me, I smiled bitterly and approached the three. It hurt me to see them like this. I choked hard as I hugged my wife and children.

"Dad's going to work hard for our family. I will do my best to give you a better life."

I said as I kissed Penelope's forehead.

I understood it very well. I was the reason why Penelope failed.

If I didn't seduce her, perhaps she would become a career woman who had a professional job.

The fact that her family became disappointed was because of me. All because of my stupidity. I ended her dreams.

It took us a few minutes to settle our emotions. Then, we realized that Sophia had fallen asleep. Penelope chuckled while having tears in her eyes. She touched Sophia's nose happily.

Despite facing a problem, watching Sophia sleeping comforted our hearts. Our children were the reason why we kept pushing forward.

"I'll prepare the bed for Sophia," I said and opened our luggage.

We brought Sophia's cushion so that she could have a proper sleep.

A few minutes later, Sophia was sleeping on her cushion with no problem.

Even Roman stopped playing games and fell asleep too. Perhaps the travel made them exhausted and made them asleep faster.

Our bed had nothing but a quilt. We didn't have a foam mattress to sleep on. It was expensive.

Maybe the other rooms had foam mattresses but they were already occupied by the others.

"Honey," I asked my wife who was resting her head on my shoulder. Her face looked horrible, swollen, and red. I love this woman.

"Hm?"

"Do you think something will change if you didn't meet me?" I asked this question without thinking of the consequences.

Suddenly, I almost jolted when a painful pinch struck my stomach.

"Ouch! Honey? Why did you do that?"

"... Don't ever ask me of that again."

"I understand. I'm sorry, I just don't want to see you sad." I was honest. I wiped her tears and kissed her again. At this moment, this was the best way to comfort her-- shower her with kisses.

"I chose you because I love you. I follow you, I made a family with you because you're the man I want to spend my life with. Don't talk about something that might make our children sad, that will make me sad." She started sobbing again.

"Then what about me? Have you never thought of me? Asking me that question will make me regret my decision." Her tears landed on my chest as she wept.

'Ah! I made her cry!'

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I will never do that again. I promise that your decision is right."

I put my arms on her waist and pulled her closer. I realized that she was currently sensitive and anything bad that I might say would affect her.

"Wwuuuu, you said that you will protect me. Then why are you saying that we shouldn't meet? Keith, you're a bad guy! Stupid!" She cried and slammed her fists against my chest.

"Yes, yes. I'm a bad guy. I'm stupid! You can hurt me more!"

As long as I could make her feel better then I would let her beat me.

We looked like a stupid couple right now, sobbing and hugging. We were acting like we were still teenagers.

"Honey, I will prove to you everything."

"En."

"I will never say anything bad to you ever again."

I would say anything, just to make her happy. What I'm saying might be cringe to other people but I would stop saying it to my wife.

"Hm."

"I will never drink alcohol and smoke cigarettes, I never do vices." I touched her hand.

"Promise me."

"Yes, I promise you."

Our fingers intertwined and locked.

"So please, smile. As long as I see you smile, I will be content."

"Silly..." She pouted and gently wiped her face against my chest... Her snot and tears were left on my skin, but who cares

"I love you."

"I love you too."

We simply kissed a short one but I felt that it was the hottest kiss we ever had.

"Let's talk to your parents tomorrow."

"Let's talk to them."