Devoted Love, Mr. Hayes’ Darling Wife

Estrella Berrocal dared not utter a word and hastily withdrew her head, leaning back on the sofa like a shrunken turtle.

But her fears were apparently superfluous, because Adán Rouco, who had seen her, did not stop talking to Rosa Galicia, treating her as if she were a transparent person.

This depressed Estrella Berrocal’s heart even more.

Paulita pursed her pink lips and blinked at Estrella Berrocal: “Estrella, has daddy seen us?”.

Estrella Berrocal did not answer, so Paulita climbed onto the sofa, knelt on her two little knees and stretched out her little neck to see what was going on at table 32.

Suddenly, Paulita took the floor and called to Adán Rouco: “Papa!Copyright Nôv/el/Dra/ma.Org.

highlighting Rosa Galicia!

Rosa Galicia looked back and saw a baby face looking at her with curiosity.

Rosa Galicia was struck by the fact that that girl could not be the three-year-old daughter of Adán Rouco, could she?

“Mr. Adam, is she…?”

introduced Adán Rouco with a smile: “She is my daughter, Paulita”.

Paulita ran from this side of the sofa, towards Adán Rouco. Estrella Berrocal tried to stop her, but she was too afraid to show her face at that moment, so she let Paulita run to her.

“Dad, is this the aunt you found for my stepmom?”.

Rosa Galicia’s face was a colorful mixture of blue and white, and she was embarrassed to be called “stepmother” in public.

Adán Rouco frowned and sulked deliberately, “Paulita, don’t be naughty.”

Paulita, without fear, took Adán Rouco’s hand and said, “Dad, Estrella is here too, Estrella says she doesn’t want you to find me a stepmother, she wants to be my mother.”

Estrella Berrocal, sitting behind the sofa, opened her eyes wide, when had she ever said such a thing?

Estrella Berrocal unconsciously stood up immediately: “I didn’t say that!

Rosa Galicia was once again surprised, yet again!

How many people had been listening to her blind date with Adán Rouco?

Rosa Galicia looked at Estrella Berrocal with hostility in her eyes: “Mr. Adán, who is this young woman? She is not the real mother of your daughter, is she?”.

Adán Rouco looked at Estrella Berrocal with dark, calm eyes and said, “Of course not.”

Estrella Berrocal stood frozen in place, her watery eyes staring at him, her expression as indifferent, as if he were the most ordinary of friends.

Seeing Rosa Galicia’s skeptical face, Adán Rouco looked at Estrella Berrocal again with a slight smile and asked in the most indifferent tone: “Miss Estrella, tell Miss Rosa what our relationship is.

He looked at her lightly, called her “Miss Star” lightly, it was very clear.

Estrella Berrocal’s delicate fingertips pinched in the palm of her hand, her heart felt as if it were being crushed by a large hand, but she showed a smile on her face, “Señorita Rosa, I am only a friend of Sister Paulita, excuse the intrusion.”

With those words, Estrella Berrocal picked up her bag and left the Repulse Bay Restaurant.

Paulita said in anguish, “Daddy, Estrella is mad at you!”.

Heck, Dad lied and said that if he took Estrella to the Repulse Bay Restaurant today, he would make sure Estrella went home with them!

Adán Rouco lifted Paulita and said coldly and politely to Rosa Galicia: “Señorita Rosa, excuse me”.

As they left the Repulse Bay Restaurant, Adán Rouco took Paulita straight to the car, “Stay well in the car.”

“Dad, you have to catch up with Estrella!”

Adán Rouco closed the car door and caught up with Estrella Berrocal at a brisk pace.

“Why are you running?”

“Let go of me! Aren’t you afraid that Miss Rosa will misunderstand our relationship?”

What did he want? He had made a point of denying their relationship at the restaurant, and now he was coming after them?

Adán Rouco growled, grabbed her wrist and pulled her into his arms, “My relationship with you, wrong or not, is a fact.”

“What the hell do you mean?”

Estrella Berrocal struggled, frowning.

Adam Rouco stared into her watery, anger-cleared eyes and asked, word for word, “If I hadn’t asked Paulita to lure you to the Repulsa Bay Restaurant to see me today, how much time would you have spared me?”

Estrella Berrocal’s watery eyes were shaking hard.

What was he saying, that he had deliberately arranged a blind date with Rosa Galicia so that Paulita would tell him and then lure her here to see him?

But Estrella Berrocal didn’t want to believe him anymore and scoffed: “As Mr. Adam said, we are no longer related, and if we are not, why would I come to see you?”.

“So tell me, why did you come to see me today at the Repulsa Bay Restaurant?”.

Estrella Berrocal was stunned, this man was clearly setting her up!

“I didn’t! It was Paulita who said she wanted to come and meet her future stepmother and I …”

Before he could finish the sentence, Adam Rouco asked him in turn, “Aren’t you envious that you’re in such a hurry Repulsa Bay Restaurant to find me, aren’t you afraid that I’m really dating another woman?”

The man’s tone was so aggressive that she choked in her throat and just stared at him stunned, unable to say a word.

Estrella Berrocal bit her lip, broke her grip, averted her gaze and said coldly, “I don’t care who you’re seeing! I’m not jealous because we broke up a long time ago! I’m just afraid that the stepmother you found for Paulita is bad for Paulita.”

The man just looked at her with his dark eyes locked in a clear stare, a stare that said …. shit, get on with the shit.

Estrella Berrocal’s heart felt faint for no reason, “Since you have already received Paulita, I’m leaving now!”.

As soon as she turned around, Adán Rouco tugged at her again, “Who gave you permission to go?”

“We have broken up, Adán Rouco!”

“I promised?”

“…”

Whammy!

Estrella Berrocal was put in the car by Adán Rouco.

The black Maybach drove slowly down the road.

Estrella Berrocal recalled that her arm had only been out of the splint for a short time, was it really okay to drive now?

Unable to help himself, he frowned and asked, “Is your arm ready…?”.

“Worried about me?”

Adán Rouco looked at her through the rearview mirror with a deep look and a slight smile between his eyebrows.

Estrella Berrocal pursed her lips: “I’m afraid of being in danger sitting in your car with Paulita”.

Paulita looked at Estrella Berrocal with wide eyes and pleaded, “Estrella, why don’t you come home with me and Papa tonight, it’s been a long time since you’ve read Paulita a bedtime story, Estrella, will you read it to me tonight?”

Estrella Berrocal had never known how to say no to Paulita, something that Adán Rouco knew very well.

In the end, Estrella Berrocal would have a place in his heart and would follow them home, father and daughter.

…

Villa La Villa Rouco.

At the dinner, Roberto Rouco, seated at the head table, did not avoid some of the topics in the presence of Estrella Berrocal.

“Adam, how did you feel today on your blind date with Grupo Galicia’s daughter?”.

Estrella Berrocal’s fingers, gripping her chopsticks, trembled slightly.

Adán Rouco looked at Estrella Berrocal, whose face was downcast, and said, with a deeper sense, “That was good.”

The old man was a little surprised, “You say this, but since it’s good, let’s go along with it.”

Estrella Berrocal put down her chopsticks and said: “Take your time, I’m ready to eat. I’ll go see Paulita first”.

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