Devoted Love, Mr. Hayes’ Darling Wife

La Villa Rouco.

Mr. Rouco himself had returned from dropping Paulita off at the nursery, carefully tending the delicate and precious orchids he had planted in the courtyard.

Felipa approached to announce: “Sir, Miss Julieta is here”.

“Juliet Sarinana?”

“Yes.”

Julieta Sarinana came from the patio, saw Mr. Rouco lifting the orchids and greeted him with a smile: “Uncle”.

Roberto Rouco looked at her kindly and asked: “Why did you have time to visit me today?

“I remember that uncle has been suffering from a cold in his legs, and a few days ago I asked a Chinese medicine friend of mine to brew a potion that is very effective in treating typhoid fever.”

“Is that so? Then thank you very much, even Adam doesn’t get this kind of attention, but you do.”

Julieta Sarinana handed Felipa the herbal remedy and said to Roberto Rouco, “It is only fair that the younger generations show their respect to the elders, and it is only natural that Adam is too busy to concern himself with such trivial matters. ”

Felipa, go make Julieta Sarinana a cup of hot coffee”.

“Yes, my lord.”

Once inside, Roberto Rouco and Julieta Sarinana sat down on the sofa to chat.

Julieta Sarinana unconsciously looked at the villa, where there were no other members of the family, except Roberto Rouco at home.

Roberto Rouco asked, “How did the work go?”.

“The usual, the clinic is doing well, but my father always thought there wasn’t much of a future for psychologists and keeps pushing me to come back to The Sarinan Family and help him with the business.”

Roberto Rouco nodded, “You are good, you should go back and help your father, he is not much younger than me and he should enjoy his life. Don’t you want to find a boyfriend or something to take your father home?”.

Juliet Sarinana laughed, a little helplessly, and said, “It’s not like you don’t know what I think, man.”

Roberto Rouco sighed and said, “I thought you would go with Adán, after all you have known each other since you were children, you have been students for many years, you know each other, and you are a sensible person who could help Adán in his career.” At first I didn’t like Estrella Berrocal very much, but I could feel that Adán had a special place for this girl. I’ve been pressuring him for years to find someone and start a family as soon as possible, but I’ve been pressuring him for years to no avail, until Estrella Berrocal came along and Adán said he wanted to marry this girl, and I’ve never seen him so determined to marry anyone. If you don’t get out, you’ll be the one who gets hurt.”

Juliet Sarinana smiled bitterly and said, “Uncle, it’s not so easy to say that one is ready to give up a relationship. But even though I’m not ready to accept someone new, I’ve already given up on Adam. I’ve been with him for many years and I know that, from the beginning, he never wanted to be with me.”

Roberto Rouco nodded: “I am relieved that you are thinking clearly”.

“But…” Juliet Sarinana looked at the old man, biting her lip slightly, and mumbled somewhat hesitantly, “Have Adam . . and Estrella have been doing well lately?”

Juliet Sarinana’s tone of question was so obvious that the old man could hear quite naturally that this was no mere politeness and frowned slightly, “What do you mean?”Belonging to NôvelDrama.Org.

“Dude, you … don’t know anything about it?”

“Informed? Juliet Sarinana, what exactly are you talking about?” The old man’s brow furrowed further as he looked at Juliet Sarinana in confusion.

Juliet Sarinana spoke with a somewhat grave face: “How is it possible that Adam is hiding such an important matter from you? There is something serious in this matter with uncle ….. The other day, my second uncle asked me to do a DNA test for him, I did not give it importance, but I found out after the test that this comparative DNA report, it was from my second uncle and Estrella Berrocal, and they are related by blood … as father and daughter.”

Sister Rouco’s face suddenly fell: “What did you say?

“The second uncle hid it from me and wouldn’t let me say anything, but I thought Adam and the others already knew and told you too, that’s why … you mustn’t say I told you, I’m afraid that both the second uncle and Adam will blame me.”

Sister Rouco’s hand trembled slightly as she gripped her cane, “This, could this be a mistake, how could Estrella Berrocal … be Fresco’s daughter?”

“Uncle, don’t you remember, Juanisha Capistrán, the second uncle’s first love, was Estrella Berrocal’s real mother. I have a copy of the DNA report between him and Estrella Berrocal, which I can pass on to you at the clinic.”

Roberto Rouco’s eyes sank: “Julieta Sarinana, you must keep this a secret, if this gets to the press, the consequences will be unthinkable.”

Julieta Sarinana nodded gravely and said, “But the good thing is that although Adán is now married to Estrella Berrocal, a common-law couple, the good thing is that the outside world does not yet know that Adán is married, nor who Mrs. Rouco is.”

Roberto Rouco froze, uneasy: “But the paper cannot cover the fire, it only happens once and it is like a time bomb that can explode at any moment”.

“Dude, since Adam and Estrella Berrocal are cousins, what are you going to do…. about it?”

Roberto Rouco raised his hand and touched his forehead, his face a little heavy, “Julieta Sarinana, you go back first, my head hurts a little, this business, I need to think about it.”

…

Roberto Rouco sat in his study, in silence for two or three hours, without even eating lunch.

In his mailbox he received an email from Julieta Sarinana with a document containing the DNA report of none other than Fresco Rouco and Estrella Berrocal.

Roberto Rouco looked at the report and hesitated.

I had never thought that Estrella Berrocal was Fresco’s daughter …

If the story were to come out and become public, La Ciudad Santa would be on everyone’s lips.

But Adam and Estrella were already a common-law couple…. What was to be done?

The landline phone on the table rang.

Roberto Rouco picked up: “Hello?”.

“Brother, it’s me.”

It was the voice of Shoshana Duque.

Roberto Rouco had a vague idea of what Shoshana Duque was calling for and his forehead rose …

…

At two o’clock in the afternoon, Estrella Berrocal had just finished writing a thousand-word review and had taken a photo to send to Adán Rouco, who had just sent it when Roberto Rouco’s call came in.

“Hi, Dad.”

“Star, you’re home, right?”.

Estrella Berrocal nodded, “Yes, Dad, are you coming?”.

“Adam … he’s not at home, is he?”.

“No, it’s not a day off, work, Dad, are you looking for Adam?”.

“No, I’m here to see you. I’m almost at The Villas at Repulse Bay and I have something I need to talk to you about.”

“Good.”

After hanging up the phone, Estrella Berrocal was a little suspicious, the old man sounded serious, what was so important that she needed her old man to make a personal trip?