Devoted Love, Mr. Hayes’ Darling Wife

In the middle of the night, Adán Rouco heard no movement in the guest room, remembering that the woman had not eaten anything tonight, his brow furrowed, but he was relieved and entered the guest room with his long legs.

When he pushed open the door, he did not see Estrella Berrocal.

Adán Rouco searched the room and saw nothing. When he entered and pushed open the bathroom door, he saw a woman passed out in a corner, passed out on the cold tiles of the floor.

Adam Rouco’s dark eyes sank and he stepped forward to take her in his arms.

“Star!”

Adán Rouco stroked her pale, bloodless face, but the little woman in his arms did not respond at all, as if she had fainted.

Adán Rouco took her in his arms and carried her to the bed, where he called Esteban Zaragosa while raising his hand to Estrella Berrocal’s forehead.

It was warm to the touch.

Damn, the woman had a high fever.

When the call came in, Esteban Zaragosa was on call at the hospital: “Hello, Adán?

“Is it convenient for you to come to The Villas at Repulse Bay now?”

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Lucrecia Javier came in from next door and, not being able to read people’s minds, ran up to Adán Rouco and pouted, “Adán! She must be pretending to be sick to fool you! Don’t be fooled by her.”

Adam Rouco’s dark eyes were cold and stern, with a sinister aura. “Go away and may I never see you again!”.

Lucrecia Javier looked at him incredulously and, rubbing her stomach, said: “I’m not leaving, why are you going to throw me out?

“A child?” Adán Rouco put it bluntly, “I didn’t even touch you, how did you get pregnant?”

Lucrecia Javier was shocked to the core, “You, you…. how did you know…”

“Do you think I’m really going to be fooled by such a dirty trick? If you don’t leave, I don’t mind calling the police to arrest you.”

That look on Adam Rouco’s face, that tone of voice, it was no joke either, Lucrecia Javier was so scared that her legs faltered, if that man really held a grudge for what he had drugged her before…. she was afraid of wringing his neck!

Lucrecia Javier was so frightened that she stumbled out of the room and bumped into Esteban Zaragosa as she reached the door.

Esteban Zaragosa frowned, striding in with his medicine cabinet, and said in a soft voice, “What’s wrong?”

Adán Rouco stared at the little woman in the bed with a deep frown. “I think she has a fever.”

Esteban Zaragosa picked up the thermometer, looked at Adán Rouco and said: “You should do it, put it under your armpit”.

Adán Rouco pursed his lips and nodded, just as he touched Estrella Berrocal’s arm, she resisted, “Don’t touch me…. Adán Rouco go away…”

Adam Rouco’s hand, which held the thermometer, was slightly dazed.

Esteban Zaragosa gave her a deep, playful look and teased, “It looks like the patient has a deep grudge against you.”

Adán Rouco, who did not like to be rejected, least of all by Estrella Berrocal, reached out and held her small, restless hand down, his large hand forced into her shirt and placed the thermometer under her armpit.

Esteban Zaragosa smiled faintly and said nothing: “I thought Paulita was the only one who had called me in the middle of the night in such a hurry, but from now on it looks like there will be another one…”

Adán Rouco kept silent, without denial, his eyes fixed on the small, fragile woman on the bed.

Estrella Berrocal was asleep, alternately hot and cold.

In a trance, it seemed to him that long, strong arms were lifting his frail body.

But that person, he thought, should not be Adán Rouco.

Tears, streaming from the corners of their eyes, they cried so hard and sadly that they even sobbed softly.

The small sobs distracted Adán Rouco and he raised his hand to wipe away his tears.

After taking out the thermometer, Esteban Zaragosa looked at it and said, “Thirty-nine degrees, that’s fine. I brought some medicine, so give him some and sweat tonight. If you are worried, you can go to the hospital tomorrow for a follow-up.”

After Adán Rouco escorted Esteban Zaragosa out of the room, he looked back toward the door with a parting glance and said, “Don’t send her, go back and take care of her, the fever is quite unbearable. She … is Paulita’s real mother, isn’t she?”.

Adán Rouco’s eyes twitched, then he gave a weak “yes”.

Esteban Zaragosa was turning to leave when Adán Rouco suddenly asked in a calm voice, “What are the effects of taking the pill with grapefruit juice?”

Esteban Zaragosa looked at him with a twinkle in his eye and said, “There is a high risk that the pill won’t work, Nico used it to get Micaela pregnant.”

…

When Esteban Zaragosa left, Adán Rouco returned to his room and took Estrella Berrocal to the master bedroom.

He went back upstairs to the medicine cabinet on the first floor, took her little hand, which had been burned by the boiling water, and began to apply the ointment.

If she had been willing to bow, why had he provoked her with Lucretia Xavier?

She was sick because of him, but Adán Rouco felt no pleasure, and when he saw her collapse on the bathroom floor, his heart pounded with worry.

He had softened, but what about her, who was just being hypocritical with him?

Adán Rouco had always hated being cheated, but he couldn’t bear the thought of Estrella Berrocal, who had colluded with her and lied to him over and over again.

He had suspected her long before, but had not wanted to think about it over and over again.

After Adán Rouco gave Estrella Berrocal a fever reducer, she began to sweat, her forehead and the back of her neck were covered with hot sweat.

She leaned sleepily against a comfortable chest, she didn’t have the strength to open her eyes to see who was holding her, she just wanted to sleep more soundly.

The man looked at the little woman leaning in his arms, who was unusually well-behaved, and the anger and injustice he had built up earlier had, at this moment, somehow dissipated.

If she was that good all the time, she didn’t mind me cheating on her all the time.

She was just a token, and as long as she was still by his side, he could have her if he wanted her.

With that in mind, Adam Rouco tightly embraced the softness of her arms and kissed her forehead and lips.

…

The next morning Felipa took Paulita to The Villas at Repulse Bay.

Paulita knocked on the bedroom door: “Daddy! Star! It’s late! Get up now!”

Felipa reached her and covered Paulita’s mouth: “My girl, your daddy and Estrella are sleeping, don’t wake them up, it’s still early!”.

Paulita struggled and pushed Felipa’s hand away, “No, Felipa, I want Papa and Estrella to get up to have breakfast with me!”.

Adán Rouco, in the master bedroom, awakened by Paulita, looked at the sleeping woman in his arms and touched her forehead to her temperature.

Fortunately, the fever was gone.

Adán Rouco’s right shoulder blade hurts as he gently removes his right arm from under Estrella Berrocal’s head, but he ignores it, gets up, gets dressed and heads for the door.

When the door to the master bedroom opens, Paulita excitedly holds out her little hand: “Daddy, hug!

Adán Rouco had dropped Paulita off at La Villa Rouco last night for the night and, knowing that the little girl had missed him, he knelt down to pick her up.

Paulita was very light, but Adán Rouco’s right arm was visibly off and in unusual pain as he held her.

Felipa noticed the difference and asked worriedly, “Are you all right, señorito?”.

“Nothing, probably an old wound on my right arm that hasn’t healed yet.”

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