Devoted Love, Mr. Hayes’ Darling Wife

Estrella Berrocal stared at the cake that had fallen to the floor, her eyes unblinking and slightly dazed.

Olivia Montes saw that he was unresponsive and threw the plate he had made, all of it, back in the trash.

“Estrella Berrocal! I’m telling you! Adán can’t eat this anymore! You’re a nemesis! Ever since you joined The Rouco Family, something has always happened to Adam!”

Estrella Berrocal sat in an eerie silence.

Olivia Montes shot him a death glare, “Why don’t you say anything? By default.”

The commotion in the hall attracted Roberto Rouco.

“What are you arguing about?”

Olivia Montes was slightly stunned, “Dad…”

“Paulita is painting in her room with Dante, are you trying to attract the children with all this fuss? I’ve had enough to worry about these last few days, can’t you two get along?”

Olivia Montes blushed, bit her lip and said, “Dad, I’m sorry, I’m just … I just don’t think it’s worth Adam leaving.”

“Olivia, I know you don’t like Estrella, but at least she is Adán’s wife, she is the daughter-in-law of La familia Rouco just like you, right now, if you are not together, what will people outside say?”.

Olivia Montes ducked her head and did not speak again.

Roberto Rouco called Felipa to clean up, and then asked her to send Estrella Berrocal upstairs to rest.

Estrella Berrocal was calm, strangely so tonight compared to the previous two days when she had lost control.

When Felipa came downstairs, she said to Roberto Rouco with concern, “My Lord, the Third Young Grandmother is not in the right state. It would be fine if she cried, but tonight she doesn’t cry, she doesn’t speak, and it only hurts her more to keep it inside.”

The old man frowned and thought better of it, but called Santino Yepes.

“Mr. Santino, go and find out what friends Third Young Grandmother is usually with, and ask her best friend to come and keep her company.”

Half an hour later, Santino Yepes took Dulcina Calvo to the Rouco family.

Presumably informed of the latest developments, Dulcina Calvo pushed her way in and caught a glimpse of Estrella Berrocal, leaning on the bed and caressing a man’s coat.

“Star?”

Dulcina Calvo ran to her and gave her a hug.

Estrella Berrocal even smiled slightly and asked, “What brings you here?”.

Dulcina Calvo looked at her and said sourly, “Estrella, if you want to cry, hug me and cry loudly, don’t keep it to yourself, you have a baby in your belly, if you get depressed, what’s going to happen to the baby, Adán Rouco wouldn’t want you to be like this if he were still here. ”

“Yes, if Adam were still here, he would have come to my aid when I was harassed by Olivia Montes.”

“Did someone bully you?”

Estrella Berrocal shook her head. “When someone harassed me before, Adán always came out to protect me when it mattered most, but why didn’t he show up tonight when Olivia Montes threw away the cake I made her and threw the food I made her in the trash?” “Dulcina, has Adam really abandoned me?”.

“Star …”

Dulcina Calvo felt that Estrella Berrocal was out of place and looked at her for a moment, not knowing how to console her.

“Dulcina, do you think it’s true that when people die they have souls?”.

Estrella Berrocal was leaning with her back to the bed, her face flushed with gray, her languid gaze looking out the window, pale and lonely.

Dulcina Calvo took his hand and said, “Estrella, I’m not leaving tonight, I’ll stay with you, Roberto Rouco told me I could come stay with you one of these days, I remember we slept together in the same bed in high school, so many years have passed …. ”

Dulcina Calvo tried to change the subject and her attention, but before she could finish the sentence, Estrella Berrocal took her eyes away from the window, looked at Dulcina Calvo and asked again, “Dulcina, do you think Adam will be cold lying alone at the bottom of the sea?”

“Estrella … we don’t want Adán Rouco, okay?”

“No, he’ll be cold when he’s alone at sea, Dulcina, I’m going to the Bohai Bridge to see him.”

With this, Estrella Berrocal stood up and Dulcina Calvo held her down, “Estar! Adam Rouco is dead, he can’t see or hear you, what can you do on the Bohai Bridge?”

“I … just want to be with him on the Bohai Bridge, don’t worry, I won’t jump overboard, not because of the baby in my belly.”

Dulcina Calvo put her arms around Estrella Berrocal: “Estrella, cry, cry, will you stop it?

Estrella Berrocal rested her chin on Dulcina Calvo’s shoulder and said, “I thought, when I made the cake and cooked the food, that Adam would come back, he promised me he would be home soon …”

“Estrella, the most important thing for you right now, is to protect your baby with Adán Rouco, your progesterone is already low, it’s not good for the baby if you stay so depressed, just in case …”

Estrella Berrocal’s eyes twitched and the depths of her eyes grew cold. “Just in case the baby gets lost, I won’t have to think about it so much.”

Dulcina Calvo was startled, surprised by this idea of hers.

In a state of extreme sadness, one has no sense of survival, Estrella Berrocal was not strong, she was too sad, too sad to think of anything.

He could go on living his life without Adán Rouco, but now his heart felt as if it were wrapped in an airtight plastic bag, and it was hard to breathe, and he didn’t know how long it would take to suffocate the pain coming from his organs.

“Estrella, you can’t martyr yourself, you still have Paulita, Paulita has already lost her father, what will she do if she loses her mother again?”.Contentt bel0ngs to N0ve/lDrâ/ma.O(r)g!

Estrella Berrocal, with reddened eyes, smiled softly and said, “I don’t want to die, I’m not that weak, Dulcina, I’m just tired and sad. Papa is going to have a funeral for Adam, but I always feel that Adam is not dead.”

“If you’re tired, go to sleep, let’s not think about it, okay?”.

Dulcina Calvo didn’t know how long it took to fall asleep.

…

Early the next morning.

“My lord, there is a Miss Irene outside who wants to come in to see you, she says she has something to tell you about the Third Young Master…”

Roberto Rouco’s eyes sank as he stood up and said, “Send her in.”

“Yes.”

In the study, the old man looked at Irene Guillén.

“What exactly does Miss Irene have to tell me?”.

“Mr. Rouco, I think I should introduce myself, I am Irene Guillén and stepsister of Estrella Berrocal, whose father, Stefano Berrocal, is my mother’s ex-husband. ”

Roberto Rouco frowned, laughed coldly and said, “Miss Irene, if you want to climb the ladder, you are very bad at choosing your time, now that we have had such a big incident in The Rouco family, do you think I am in the mood to visit relatives with you?”

Irene Guillén laughed lightly and said, “Roberto Rouco, you have misunderstood me, today I have not come to visit you, I have come to tell you that the man who killed your son may be right under your nose.”

“What do you mean?” Roberto Rouco’s eyes grew cold.

“Doesn’t Roberto Rouco know that Stefano Berrocal, my stepfather, was involved in those affairs of the Rouco Group?”.

Roberto Rouco’s brow furrowed, “Miss Irene, I’m not in the mood to beat around the bush, what are you trying to say?”

“My stepfather was ruined because of the Rouco Group, Estrella Berrocal was with Adán Rouco to avenge his death, and allied with Jonathan Tasis against Adán Rouco. The car accident of Adán Rouco, the person who was most likely to do it was Estrella Berrocal, Mr. Rouco, don’t you suspect?”

Roberto Rouco’s heart turned over: “Do you know what the consequences of lying to me are?

Irene Guillén hooked her red lips, “Wouldn’t I be a fool for lying to you about something like that, you could have sent someone to investigate the case of Stefano Berrocal who threw himself off a building when Adán Rouco was so cold and ruthless that he forced my stepfather to throw himself off, Estrella Berrocal knew about it and the truth is that I don’t understand why Adán Rouco kept Estrella Berrocal when he knew she was up to no good.”

Roberto Rouco spoke after a long silence: “Miss Irene, if there is nothing else, you may leave”.

Irene Guillén did not expect this attitude from Roberto Rouco, “Mr. Rouco, you do not believe me, do you?”

“Whether I believe you or not is my business, it has nothing to do with Miss Irene.”

Irene Guillén gritted her teeth and exited the studio on her high heels, just in time to bump into Estrella Berrocal.

“Irene Guillén, what are you doing here?”.

Irene Guillén clings to his arms without a hint of panic, “Estrella Berrocal, you have a strong psyche, after killing Adán Rouco, you can continue to live in La familia Rouco with peace of mind and pretend to be pathetic, congratulations, you have finally avenged your father’s murder. ”

Estrella Berrocal frowned, “What nonsense are you talking?”.

“You know what I’m talking about, you were the one who set up Adán Rouco’s car accident. You wanted to kill Adán Rouco to avenge your father’s death, didn’t you?”.

“You’re full of shit!”

Estrella Berrocal tried to slap her, but Irene Guillén grabbed her wrist. “Estrella Berrocal, that’s how you are, you have always acted as if you had no heart, but you are the guilty one, you are the one behind it, you killed Adán Rouco, didn’t you? You killed him, didn’t you? Admit it once and for all”.

Estrella Berrocal clenched her fist: “I didn’t do it! Irene Guillén, you came to La familia Rouco today to provoke me!”.

Olivia Montes ran out of the room and said angrily: “Estrella Berrocal, it’s you!

“Miss Olivia, this Estrella Berrocal is not a good person, she lives in her The Rouco family, you should warn Mr. Rouco about her”.

“Estrella Berrocal! Give me back Adam!”

Olivia Montes slapped Estrella Berrocal in the face so hard that she was stunned and crashed against the railing.

Roberto Rouco came out of the studio and saw the dangerous scene before him: “What are you doing?

Dulcina Calvo had just changed her clothes and left her room when she saw that Estrella Berrocal had crushed her forehead, her face was pale and bloodless, and her hands were clutching her abdomen.

He ran and put his arms around Estrella Berrocal on the floor, “Estrella, how are you?”.

Estrella Berrocal’s brow furrowed in pain, “My stomach hurts … Dulcina … Take me to the hospital … ”

Dulcina Calvo was alarmed: “Yes, I’ll take you to the hospital right now! Don’t worry.

Roberto Rouco scolded her: “What are you waiting for, get help!