Devoted Love, Mr. Hayes’ Darling Wife

Estrella Berrocal had just gotten up from the table when Roberto Rouco set down the dishes and asked, “What, are you going to let her stay home today?”

These days, Estrella Berrocal never eats at La Villa Rouco, although she visits Paulita regularly.

Adán Rouco said nonchalantly: “She is Paulita’s real mother, what’s wrong with her staying at La Villa Rouco?

Roberto Rouco frowns: “Adán Rouco, you broke up with her, didn’t you? And now you live with the daughter of Grupo Galicia, and you have an affair with Estrella Berrocal, what is this?”

Adán Rouco, eating slowly and calmly, began, “Dad, I said Grupo Galicia was nice, but I didn’t say I wanted to spend time with her.”

“You…!”

Is this guy totally fooling himself?

Olivia Montes said in a low voice: “Adán, do you have to make daddy angry about Estrella Berrocal?”.

Adán Rouco put down the cutlery: “Dad, sister-in-law, I’m full, enjoy the meal”.

…

Estrella Berrocal was barricaded in the bathroom by Adán Rouco.

The man stared at her from above, “I thought you were going to see Paulita, why are you hiding here alone?”.

Estrella Berrocal, with teary eyes, said biting her lip, “Get out of the way, I’m going out.”

Adam Rouco wasn’t going to let her go so easily, he grabbed her wrist and pinned her against the cold wall, his gaze locked on her in a narrowed stare, “You haven’t answered my question.”

“Do I have to introduce myself to you when I come in to use the bathroom, Adam Rouco, who the hell are you to butt into my life all the time?”.

“Because I am the father of your child.”

Estrella Berrocal said ridiculously: “We are nothing more than that, Adán Rouco, let’s leave it here”.

Up to here?

He had moved forward and she told him to stop?

Adam Rouco moved closer to her, his breath hot on her small face. “You care so much, why don’t you admit it?”.

That deep look, as if she wanted to see through it, was so deep that she had nowhere to hide.

Estrella Berrocal freaked out for no reason, “I admit what?”.

“Admit that you don’t want him to be with another woman, that you don’t want him to find a stepmother for Paulita.”

Estrella Berrocal just felt amused by the teasing and confronted him with her little face, “Okay, I admit I don’t want you to be with other women and I admit I don’t want you to find a stepmother for Paulita, Adam Rouco, will you stop being with other women and finding a stepmother for Paulita if I admit it?”

“Of course.”

Before Estrella Berrocal’s words had even fallen, Adán Rouco’s thin lips had already spat out those two firm words.

Estrella Berrocal froze, and before she could react, her chin was lifted by the man’s long fingers and Adán Rouco suddenly lowered his head and kissed her.

Estrella Berrocal was stunned for a few seconds as her waist was lifted by the man’s large hands and squeezed tighter in his arms, narrowing the distance between them.

Such an ambiguous mockery, such a tender kiss, Estrella Berrocal was doomed not to be moved again.

…

Outside the bathroom, Olivia Montes saw the two blurry shadows intertwined and clenched her fists.Text © 2024 NôvelDrama.Org.

Olivia Montes rolled a small ball to the bathroom door and the lion cub was drawn through the …

In the bathroom, just as the man had Estrella Berrocal against the wall, trying to do what he wanted, the bathroom door was suddenly touched by the lion cub.

Estrella Berrocal was suddenly startled, her senses sobered and she violently pushed Adán Rouco, who was on top of her.

“There is someone…”

But he looked down and saw a white puppy with a small ball in its mouth, wagging its tail.

How did this puppy … look so much like the stray puppy I had picked up two days ago?

No, this was the stray dog!

“This dog of … is obviously wandering around La Villa Berrocal, how, how did it end up in your house?”.

Adán Rouco looked coldly at the little lion: “Get out quickly?

Estrella Berrocal frowned and reached over to take the dog in her arms, “Why are you being mean to him? He doesn’t understand.”

Estrella Berrocal gave the lion a particularly gentle touch, but Adán Rouco’s face sank a little and he came at her with such force that the lion jumped away from Estrella Berrocal’s hand.

“Why did you run away?”

Adán Rouco grabbed Estrella Berrocal by the wrist and pulled her into his arms as the man closed the bathroom door and pinned her against the wall, saying coldly, “I’ve been injured and in the hospital for a month and you haven’t seen me once in there, so stuck to a stray dog, eh?”

“…”

“Is that a comparison you make to a dog?”

“Why would I come to see you? In what capacity am I visiting you? You have Lucrecia Javier on your left and Rosa Galicia on your right, what am I, Adán Rouco, who are you to question me like this?”

“Will you see me if I don’t have a blind date with Rosa Galicia?”.

Estrella Berrocal froze, swallowed saliva and looked at him with reddened eyes, “And what about Lucrecia Javier, who already has your child!”

For the last month she had been holding back her emotions from exploding, working desperately, telling herself she couldn’t think about him, but the moment they met today, it all went down the drain.

She was still waiting for an explanation from him.

A shiver crossed the man’s eyes: “Lucrecia Javier set me up that night and I will not let her take my son.

Estrella Berrocal is not sure, but unconsciously she wants to believe him, she keeps silent and Adán Rouco frowns: “You don’t believe me?

Seeing her cold and annoyed face, he turns around to leave when Estrella Berrocal suddenly grabs his waist from behind.

Adán Rouco looked down and saw the small, white hands wrapped tightly around his waist.

Estrella Berrocal pressed her face against his back, her eyes moist, and choked back a sob: “Who says I didn’t visit you in the hospital, I did, and you were so close to Olivia Montes, how could I go in there and bother…”

“What did you say?”

Adán Rouco pulled his small hand away and turned to stare at her with burning eyes.

Estrella Berrocal’s tears rolled down her face as she looked at him. “Adán Rouco, you are surrounded by so many women, what exactly do I have to do to get rid of them?”

Adán Rouco stared at her for a long moment, his thin lips finally curving up.

The tip of her nose flushed and she mumbled, “What are you laughing at?”.

The man lowered his gaze, marked her with a kiss on the forehead and spoke in a low, magnetic voice: “Star, behave as if you were a wife.”

Estrella Berrocal blushed: “I … I am not a wife!

I didn’t want to be a wife either, wives are not usually as favored as lovers!

Adán Rouco looked at her, raised his hand to gently wipe the tears from her small face and opened his muffled voice: “It was my fault for leaving you alone at the RegistroCivil that day, but you’ve been stubborn with me for a month and you’re still angry…”

He asked timidly, “But can you tell me why you left me at the RegistroCivil that day, not because of Lucrecia Javier, but because of whom?”

“Star, I already told you it was a set-up by Jonathan Tasis.”

Looking at Adán Rouco, Estrella Berrocal knew he was not going to say anything.

But were they like this, were they really considered to be reconciled?

But it was true that he was with Lucrecia Javier, it was especially true that Lucrecia Javier was pregnant, and the only person he was not going to say anything about was Analena, wasn’t it?

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