Devoted Love, Mr. Hayes’ Darling Wife

After picking up Paulita, Estrella Berrocal and Paulita re-entered The Villas at Repulse Bay.

Estrella Berrocal cooked a simple and delicious dinner and ate it with Paulita before sitting on the couch with the little one to watch cartoons.

She was engrossed, wondering what was in the cartoon, when Paulita suddenly turned her innocent little face and asked, “Estrella, when are you and Daddy going to give me a baby sister or brother?”

Estrella Berrocal froze and looked at the little girl with astonishment: “Hmm? Why are you asking that all of a sudden?”.

“All the little ones in our class have little brothers, and Paulita wants one too.”

Estrella Berrocal raised her hand to his little head and rubbed his face against hers. “Isn’t it nice that Daddy and I spoil Paulita?”.

It had been three years since she and Adán Rouco had had Paulita by accident, and she had never thought it was a coincidence that the man who had killed her father was the father of her daughter.

When she had been with Adán Rouco, she had taken the pill after every session, even though Adán Rouco had taken measures, just to be safe, just to avoid accidents.

Between her and Adán Rouco, having another child would only add to the mess.

“Yes, but Paulita is a little lonely, and Paulita would like to have a little brother and sister to play with, so Paulita can protect them.”

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His plans for revenge had never included Paulita, and he could not bear to use her.

“Star, what’s wrong with you? You don’t want to give me a little brother with daddy, so don’t have one, will you stop crying?”.

The little girl coaxed her with a milky little adult voice, raising her little white hands to wipe away her tears.

Estrella Berrocal took her in her arms and laughed softly – Paulita, there will be other aunts who will give you siblings.

…

Night falls over the Las Villas de Repulse Bay complex.

When Adán Rouco returned from a dinner party, the house was dark, he changed his slippers at the door and came in to see the little woman dozing on the sofa.

She was curled up on the couch and her slender figure looked even smaller.

He stretched out his long legs and removed his jacket to cover her. She seemed to be sleeping lightly, half asleep, and although his movements were gentle, he woke her up.

She looked at him with dazed eyes, from not getting enough sleep, and subconsciously snuggled into his arms again, hugging his neck and murmuring, “When did you get back?”

“I just got back, I wanted to take you upstairs to the bedroom, did I wake you up?”.

“I was waiting for you and fell asleep waiting …. By the way, Paulita has fallen asleep in her room, I made her fried rice for the night and she ate a lot.”

Adam Rouco’s empty chest felt like it was filling with something, warm and full.

Estrella Berrocal asked wearily, “What time is it?”.

“Nine-thirty.”

Estrella Berrocal snuggled into his arms and wrapped her arms around his waist, “Is the reception over that early?”

He tightened his arms around the little woman and kissed her hair, which smelled of shampoo, and said quietly, “The reception was a little boring, so I slipped out before anyone noticed.”

Estrella Berrocal laughed softly in his arms and raised her little face to look at him incredulously: “So there are times when you skip classes, it’s not like you”.

She had thought that a serious businessman like Adán Rouco would be used to these social gatherings, but she had never thought he would find them boring.

A group of businessmen talking about the economic situation and the situation at home and abroad, accompanied by a few beautiful women, drinking and having fun, half socializing and half having fun, yes he was used to this kind of receptions, but tonight he was thinking about the little woman in his arms, and looking at other women was no fun at all.

Adán Rouco bent over her and lifted her upstairs while indicating: “Wait for me from now on, leave a light downstairs and don’t sleep on the sofa again, you’ll catch a cold.

Estrella Berrocal wrapped her arms around his neck and looked at him with a burning gaze, her eyes slightly pained, perhaps there would be no more moments like tonight when she would wait for him to come home.

Adán Rouco thought she hadn’t heard him and frowned slightly as he looked at her, “Can you hear me?”

She rested her face in the crook of his neck and emitted a heavy “mmm,” her nasal voice said, “Yes.”

Adán Rouco heard the loud nasal sound and, after leading her to the bedroom bed, put his hand to his forehead, “Why do you have a cold?”

Estrella Berrocal pulled her hand away, “It’s because of the air conditioning in the office today, I’m fine, I’ll be fine overnight.”

Adán Rouco looked at her and tried to kiss her, but Estrella Berrocal raised her small hand to cover his lips.

She scrunched up her nose, which was not as sharp as it should be because of the cold, and sniffed him like a puppy, saying with some disgust, “Go take a shower first, you smell of cigarettes, alcohol and women’s perfume.”

Adán Rouco pulled away from her small hands and lifted her up with his arms, Estrella Berrocal, startled, exclaimed: “Why are you lifting me up?

“To wash together.”

Good thing Estrella Berrocal had a cold, but Adán Rouco just gave her a hug and did nothing more than that.

But after a good bath, Estrella Berrocal’s stuffy nose cleared up considerably.

When Adán Rouco brought her out of the bathroom, she was much more awake than in her drowsy state.

When they reached the bed, Adán Rouco started kissing her again and Estrella Berrocal resisted a couple of times: “Well … I have a cold and I’m going to give it to you”.

“Well, infect me, I’ve heard that if you infect someone else you’ll get over your own cold.”

I don’t know if it is true or not.

The man lightly says a few words, and not exactly of love, Estrella Berrocal but easily moistens his eyes, sours his nose, wraps his small hands around his neck, and presses his face against his arms.

“Adam …”

Adam Rouco was slightly stunned, she rarely called him that, although on Beach Island she had asked him to call him that from now on, but perhaps she was too thin skinned and kept calling him “Adam” more often, “Adam” seemed too intimate to her.

However, every time she called him that, he felt a warmth ignite in his heart.

“Hmm?”

The man’s large, bony hand unconsciously smoothed through his long hair as he whispered in response.

“Adam ….”

She was called back.

Adán Rouco looked at her and asked in a soft voice: “What’s wrong?”.

“Nothing, I just wanted to call you.”

She arched an eyebrow at him, lifted her small face and kissed his thin lips when he was off guard.

“You’re playing with fire-”

Estrella Berrocal purred: “I’m catching a cold …”.

The man raised his hand and slapped her hard on the hip, “Who told you to fucking seduce me?”.

“I’m uncomfortable…”

“Hold on!”

Estrella Berrocal woke up sore and weak, with no Adán Rouco in sight.

As soon as he got up, he found the man sitting in house clothes at a side desk working on business on his laptop.

Wrapping herself in the sheets, she awkwardly approached him, half-jumping, half-walking, and squeezed into his arms to sit up, “When did you get up? I didn’t even know.”

With some effort, the man managed to get the plump wrapped woman to sit on his lap, the blankets were a bit thick over her and it was a bit uncomfortable to hold her like this, Adam Rouco frowned slightly, “You slept like a little piggy, strange to know I’m up.”

Estrella Berrocal growled softly, “Would I have slept like this if you hadn’t tossed and turned me around last night?”

With a turn of his head, he saw that the screen of Adán Rouco’s open laptop had a window of chip-shaped images, plus a colorful web page of stock market charts.

Curious, she touched the touch button to open it and see, “What is it?”.

Adán Rouco took her hand, his voice slightly cold: “Don’t move”.

Estrella Berrocal was stunned and angrily withdrew her hand, “Don’t move, don’t move, why are you so aggressive?”

Adán Rouco could do nothing, so he held her in his arms, “What are you doing with me at this time of the morning? Stay still.”

“I’m afraid I’m going to disturb your work if I sit in your arms, you’d better put me down, I’m going to prepare breakfast for Paulita.”

“It’s still early, if you do it now, it will be cold by the time Paulita gets up.”

Estrella Berrocal pursed her lips, “Then I’ll go to bed and sleep a little longer so as not to disturb your work.”

“Can you still sleep looking like that gamer?”.

Adam Rouco gave him a wrinkled look and clicked on the chip diagram, saying, “This is a smart chip developed by the Rouco Group, can you read it?”

Estrella Berrocal twisted her head toward her arms, “Forget it, there’s really nothing to see here.”

The chip, I believe, was the one Jonathan Tasis was talking about.

Adán Rouco resumed his work and Estrella Berrocal glanced slightly sideways at his computer screen to find him looking at the Rouco Group’s financial statements, but there were too many figures for Estrella Berrocal, who was not a student of finance, to understand.

Estrella Berrocal looked at him with some confusion, “Don’t you get confused when you look at so many financial reports and charts every day?”

Adán Rouco frowned slightly and laughed playfully, “That’s the first time anyone has ever asked me that question.”

“Is that a stupid question?”

Adán Rouco looked at the little woman in his arms and two words escaped his thin lips with a faint smile: “A little bit”.

“…”

Estrella Berrocal felt embarrassed.

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