Devoted Love, Mr. Hayes’ Darling Wife

Estrella Berrocal spent some time alone on the beach collecting shells, thinking that Paulita would love to take all those precious shells with her.

After rinsing them, he went down to the shore and looked for Adán Rouco before finding him at the back of a large tree.

He was sitting against the tree, butts at his feet, his face pale and cold, though his gaze was cold, it was not as sharp as it usually is, as if he were trapped in some memory.

Estrella Berrocal ran to him and showed him a handful of shells: “Look, I took them for Paulita, aren’t they beautiful?

Adán Rouco looked at the shells and said nothing for a long time.

Estrella Berrocal asked worriedly, “Adán, what’s wrong? Have I bothered you in any way?”.

She had not been in a good mood since morning, but last night, Adán Rouco had treated her, if not with much enthusiasm, at least much better than now.

She had always been in a good mood when it came to people she liked, not to mention that she knew in her inner self that she had liked Adán Rouco first, and that now Adán Rouco didn’t like her as much as she did, so she was willing to accommodate him and lower her face to please him.

But Adán Rouco, too, only returned a cold: “You have not bothered me”.

Estrella Berrocal lowered her eyes and saw a dark burn mark on his thumb and forefinger, and held up her hand, “How did you do that to yourself? Did you accidentally burn yourself smoking?”

But, if you were to accidentally burn yourself with a cigarette, it would be at most a red spot, but this is so black that it looks like deliberate self-abuse.

She frowned worriedly and said, “If we don’t treat it, you’re sure to get a blister, so let’s go to the clinic to get you bandaged and have the doctor change the ointment on your back as well.”

She pulled on it and was about to get up when Adán Rouco grabbed her hand and pulled her violently into his arms in one smooth movement.

“Star.

Suddenly she found herself tightly hugging him. “Hmm? Does your wound hurt?”.

She reached up and placed her hand on his back, stroking it gently, the gesture was extremely soft.

I had never seen the vulnerable side of Adán Rouco. If she had to count, it had only been when her stomach hurt in the studio, but at that moment, despite the stomach ache, she had not shown any weakness, but now, when he hugged her so tightly and called her “Estrella”, I don’t know if it was just a mistake, but it seemed to her that Adán Rouco at that moment had completely lost his usual toughness and strength.

She didn’t know why she was like this all of a sudden, but she liked the feeling of being needed by him.

He took her hand, brought it to his lips and blew gently, “It won’t hurt anymore if you blow on it.”

Adán Rouco’s eyes shone before her, his gaze fixed on her small face.

Estrella Berrocal blew on his finger while saying, “If you smoke, why aren’t you more careful? Your fingers burn like this, can’t you feel them?”.

She was mumbling to herself, chattering like a little old lady, and Adán Rouco didn’t want to talk at that moment, just to sit with her, listening to her voice, which seemed to calm his inner turmoil a little.

When Estrella Berrocal looked up, she saw that his dark eyes were looking at her with a mixture of emotions.

“Why are you looking at me like that?”

Was he looking her in the face, thinking about his dead “first love”?

Adán Rouco paused slightly in his gaze and stood up, “Let’s go.”

Estrella Berrocal bit her lip, thinking he had deliberately avoided the subject, and followed him, taking his hand in hers.

“I know you don’t like me now as much as I like you, but I can wait.”

Wait for him to have in his heart, only her.

She could understand Adán Rouco’s past; after all, she had met him later, and the person in her heart had met him before she did.

When he said nothing, she added, “I am a very patient person, take your time, there is no hurry. But still, I want you to like me quickly.”

She couldn’t wait to see what it would be like to fall in love with Adán Rouco, the Estrella Berrocal.

Adán Rouco felt a strong and forceful blow to his heart, a detachment of the heart that had been unbreakable.

…

Upon returning from the clinic, the immersion that Estrella Berrocal had planned with Adán Rouco ended.

He had injured his back and, although he would wear a waterproof diving suit, the doctor told him it was better to stay out of the sea for exercise.

But, seeing the crowds and the surf, Estrella Berrocal was eager to get out and play.

But leaving Adán Rouco alone in the hotel was too much.

Estrella Berrocal resisted the impulse and sat down with Adán Rouco at the hotel.

Soon after, Adán Rouco’s cell phone rang.

She scrutinized him coldly, her dark eyes darkened and she did not answer, but said to Estrella Berrocal, “If you want to go out, go out, I want to be alone.”

Estrella Berrocal felt inexplicably banished and tried to speak to say that she wanted to stay here with him, but Adán Rouco’s face was cold and he had no intention of keeping her here; after all, she was a girl, and she was unsettled by the fact that she had gone out of her way to please him from the morning she had taken the initiative until now.

“I’m going out then, remember to call me if you need anything.”

She went to the door and, closing it, glanced back and, seeing that he had no intention of calling her, closed the door behind her in dismay.

Estrella Berrocal left the room, and that’s when Adán Rouco tagged Jonathan Tasis again.

The call was answered –

Jonathan Tasis, on the other end of the line, scoffs: “I heard that Estrella Berrocal has gone to the Isla de la Playa to rest, and you’re after her? What, Mr. Adam is no longer afraid of the sea?

“What do you mean?”

“I’m afraid you have forgotten how Analena Lozada died, so I come to remind you that, because of you, Analena Lozada died in Isla de la Playa, without even recovering her body, which is still just a grave, Adán Rouco, thanks to you! ”

The man’s voice was calm: “Have you said enough?”.

“If it weren’t for you, Analena Lozada and I would already be married with children, and because of you, Analena Lozada is still dead! You should know what it feels like!”

Adán Rouco’s fists turned blue: “I warn you to stay away from Estrella Berrocal!

“What if I don’t? How are you going to repay me for that human life you owe me?”

“This is between you and me, it has nothing to do with Estrella Berrocal!”

“Is that so? You want me to stay away from Estrella Berrocal, fine, then you and Estrella Berrocal break up right now and I won’t go near her, Adán Rouco, what do you think?”

Adam Rouco’s fists clenched and snapped.

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