Devoted Love, Mr. Hayes’ Darling Wife

Estrella Berrocal remained in the hospital for a full day for observation and was discharged after nothing serious.

The next morning, not long after Adán Rouco left for the office, a WhatsApp arrived from Dulcina Calvo.

“Estrella, I’m in a bad mood, help me shop today!”.

Estrella Berrocal knew she was in a bad mood because she had broken up with Lázaro Morejón, but she was a little curious as to why Dulcina Calvo wasn’t working today.

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“Last night the demon Stephen butchered me so hard that I was in a particularly good mood, so he has mercifully given me the day off so that today I can adjust to my lost love.”

Estrella Berrocal could not help but laugh, this way of Esteban Zaragosa expressing his love…

Estrella Berrocal, who was about to get bored alone at home, agreed to meet Dulcina Calvo.

When they arrived downtown, Dulcina Calvo took Estrella Berrocal by the hand and they strolled through the mall.

Dulcina Calvo touched Estrella Berrocal’s flat stomach: “Estrella, are you really pregnant?

“Yes, I was surprised myself when I found out I was pregnant.”

Dulcina Calvo asked, a bit curious, “Estrella, how did you meet Adán Rouco?”.

That man, icy and cold, was not welcome, and yesterday she had greeted him with no intention of ignoring him.

Approaching the door of a candy store, Estrella Berrocal said, “Let’s go in and get something to eat while we talk.”

I don’t know if it was because I was pregnant, but I didn’t have to wander around much to feel a little tired and with an empty stomach, always wanting to eat.

I went into the dessert store and ordered several desserts, coffee lasagna spread, durian, fresh sencha latte …. Estrella Berrocal casually took a picture of it and sent it to Adán Rouco, and I was about to hang up the phone, but there was already a WhatsApp back, very fast.

“Out there?”

Estrella Berrocal replied: “I am shopping with Dulcina”.

Dulcina Calvo, eating her lasagna with a small silver fork, saw Estrella Berrocal let out an unconscious giggle as she held up her phone, presumably texting Adán Rouco by the looks of it.

“Have you forgotten that there is a woman sitting in front of you who has just fallen out of love! Showing affection in front of me at this hour is just heartbreaking!”.

Estrella Berrocal hung up the phone and advised earnestly, “That scumbag Lázaro Morejón is the same kind of guy Iván Martínez was, so break it off, Dulcina, you deserve better.”

Dulcina Calvo pouted and sighed: “But where is the best, Lázaro Morejón, that bastard, I must be blind with butter to trust him so much! Never mind, forget about that scumbag, I heard that La Empresa Berrocal has gone bankrupt, where the hell have you been all these years, I’ve asked all my colleagues, but there’s no contact information for you!”

Estrella Berrocal got a little emotional, “it’s a long story, when La Empresa Berrocal went bankrupt, I turned to Iván Martínez for help, but Iván Martínez refused to help me, so I had no choice but to become a surrogate, but to my surprise, my surrogate was Adán Rouco…”

Estrella Berrocal told the whole story of what had happened over the years, and Dulcina Calvo opened and closed her lips in surprise, taking a long time to digest the whole story.

“So, you, you and Adán Rouco have a three-year-old daughter?”.

Dulcina Calvo, excited, realized she had spoken too loudly and covered her mouth, lowering her voice again and coming closer to say, “No Estrella, do you mean to say that you are not yet married to Adán Rouco, but that you are pregnant with your second child?”

Estrella Berrocal was a little embarrassed: “Isn’t it a little unbelievable? I think it’s a little fast too…”

Dulcina Calvo said eagerly, “Compared to what you’ve been through, it’s no big deal that I’ve fallen out of love, but the good thing is that Adán Rouco is good to you, but Estrella, I think it would be better if you and Adán Rouco got your license as soon as possible, it would give you more peace of mind with a marriage certificate.”

Estrella Berrocal nodded, knowing that Dulcina Calvo had her best interests in mind. “Well, we have an appointment to go to the RegistroCivil on Friday.”

“So when are you guys having the wedding Estrella, I’m super interested in being a bridesmaid?”.

On the one hand, she had no family left, so she would have no one to help her with the dowry or to witness the wedding, and on the other hand, Adán Rouco was a public figure and his wedding would have caused a stir in The Holy City.

Estrella Berrocal is not so worried about the supposed ceremony, “it’s probably not a wedding, it’s too much trouble”.

Dulcina Calvo was a little sad, “if you have a wedding in the future, remember to let me be your maid of honor”.

“Sure.”

After dessert, Dulcina Calvo dragged Estrella Berrocal downstairs to browse again, and as she passed the jewelry counter, Estrella Berrocal was attracted to the rings on the counter.

On Friday she was getting married to Adán Rouco, and even if there was no wedding, she would have to buy him a man’s ring, right?

Perhaps her eyes lingered too long at the jewelry counter, and the sales clerk smiled kindly and asked, “What would you ladies like to see?”

Dulcina Calvo took a sip of the pearl latte she had just bought. “Estrella, what would you like to buy?”.

She was so poor these days, so poor she could barely afford a latte, she didn’t want to buy any jewelry, she couldn’t afford it.

Estrella Berrocal nods and says: “Well, I want to buy a ring for Adán Rouco”.

The shopkeeper smiles and asks, “What kind do you want it? Is it for your boyfriend?”.

Estrella Berrocal’s face got hot and she said: “Well, I want to buy a man’s wedding ring”.

“So it’s for your husband? These are all men’s wedding rings, see which one you like.”

Estrella Berrocal immediately noticed a plain platinum one, with no decoration and a small, minimalist design that matched Adán Rouco’s style.

“I’d like to see this one.”

Said the sales clerk as she pulled the platinum men’s ring off the counter while wearing gloves. “It’s a classic, very simple and durable, and it’s perfect for men.”

Estrella Berrocal looked at the man’s ring for quite a while and the more she looked at it, the more she liked it. “I’ll take it.”

Dulcina Calvo looked at the price, it was over 18, 000, almost as expensive as a normal diamond ring, it was a lot of money.

Dulcina Calvo tugged Estrella Berrocal’s sleeve and whispered: “18, 000 for a naked platinum ring, it’s too much!

Estrella Berrocal agreed that it was on the expensive side, but the brand itself was not small, and it was the first time she had given Adán Rouco such a significant gift, so Estrella Berrocal was not ashamed of it, although she did.

Besides, a man like Adán Rouco probably has the best food and clothes, and she feared that if she bought a ring worth more than 10, 000, he wouldn’t like it.

“When you have someone you like, you’ll think it’s not very expensive to buy them a hundred thousand dollar ring.”

Dulcina Calvo could not appreciate that because she was really poor.

The cashier smiled even wider when she saw how quick Estrella Berrocal was. “Miss, may I ask you approximately the thickness of your husband’s finger and the size of the ring he wears?”.

She had no idea about the size of the fingers, all she knew was that Adán Rouco’s fingers were fleshy, bony and long, and that they were beautiful hands that made her feel safe when she held them.

Dulcina Calvo suggested: “Why don’t you ask him?”.

Estrella Berrocal unconsciously gave the no: “Wouldn’t it be a surprise to ask her about her size?”.

“Yeah, why don’t we ask someone with fingers the same size as yours?”.

But whom to ask so suddenly?

I hesitated to tell Adán Rouco the truth when a familiar female voice reached my ears.

“Estrella Berrocal?”

Estrella Berrocal froze and turned her head to see Julieta Sarinana walking towards her on high heels.

“What a coincidence, I didn’t expect to find you here. I didn’t expect you to be back.”

Estrella Berrocal curved her lips and politely asked, “What is Dr. Julieta doing here?”

Juliet Sarinana looked at her and smiled slightly, “A patient asked me to meet him at a nearby café.”

Julieta Sarinana looked again at the counter behind her, she was choosing a man’s ring, her eyes were shocked, could it be that Estrella Berrocal was really going to marry Adán?

Juliet Sarinana calmly asked, “Are you choosing a ring, is it for Adam?”.

Estrella Berrocal had no intention of hiding anything, Julieta Sarinana would have found out sooner or later, besides, Estrella Berrocal would have liked Julieta Sarinana to know sooner, if Adán Rouco had married, Julieta Sarinana would not have coveted him anymore, right?

“Yes, does Dr. Julieta have any suggestions?”.

Estrella Berrocal was just asking, but to her surprise, Julieta Sarinana became serious, picked up the man’s ring, took a look at it and said, “It’s not the right size.”

Julieta Sarinana’s tone of voice was so determined and firm that Estrella Berrocal felt uncomfortable for no reason.

“Adam wears a size 7 ring, it’s just right.”

Julieta Sarinana looked directly at Estrella Berrocal, evidently in an unusual tone, but Estrella Berrocal could hear the confidence and complacency in Julieta Sarinana’s tone.

Julieta Sarinana was sure she knew Adán Rouco in a way that Estrella Berrocal did not.

Julieta Sarinana had said that she knew Adán Rouco well, but Estrella Berrocal did not expect Julieta Sarinana to know exactly what size ring Adán Rouco was wearing, which could only mean that Julieta Sarinana knew everything about Adán Rouco.

Estrella Berrocal smiled and said, “I was thinking of calling Adam to ask him about the circumference of his finger, but I wanted to surprise him again, thanks to Dr. Julieta’s help.”

“No need, you should do it.”

After Estrella Berrocal bought the ring, Julieta Sarinana lifted her wrist to check the time and smiled, “It’s dinner time, why don’t we eat together? This is…”

Estrella Berrocal was so busy choosing a ring that she forgot to introduce herself, “Dulcina Calvo, my friend from high school”.

Dulcina Calvo had a feeling that Dr. Julieta in front of her was not a good person – could someone who knew so much about the size of someone’s husband’s finger be a good person?

After a brief introduction, Estrella Berrocal said, “Let’s forget about dinner, Dulcina and I have some more shopping to do.”

“How about this, I’ll call Adam to come over for dinner and join you and Miss Lu again, while we wait for Adam to come.”

Heh.

Julieta Sarinana sounded as if she thought Adán Rouco was her boyfriend.

Estrella Berrocal, of course, could show no weakness. “Doctor Julieta, I just sent a message to Adán to come to dinner with me later.”

Estrella Berrocal’s insinuation was that she had asked Adán Rouco to accompany her to dinner, but that she did not plan to take Julieta Sarinana.

Juliet Sarinana smiled nonchalantly, “You want Adam to cut up with all the girlfriends before he gets married?”

Estrella Berrocal raised her eyebrows, “Of course I’m not that pushy, if it were a normal relationship I wouldn’t mind, but I’m afraid some people might have unwarranted thoughts.”

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