Devoted Love, Mr. Hayes’ Darling Wife

Adán Rouco would be lucky if he didn’t go after Olivia Montes because of Orland Borrego, how dare he go after Estrella Berrocal?

“The Rouco Group will no longer do business with Orland Borrego”.

When the man said this in a firm tone, Estrella Berrocal froze for a few seconds and bit her lip as she asked, “You, do this for me so…?”

“If my wife Adán Rouco was intimidated in that way, how would she lose face if word got around the circle? Besides, working with someone like Orland Borrego, sooner or later things will go wrong.”

The reason for Orland Borrego’s success in business circles is simply due to his wife Luvenia Masias’ maternal family. The Masias Group had made some achievements in the traditional industry in Ciudad del Norte in previous years, but in recent years Orland Borrego had blown it and had few prospects for development. Borrego is not only using the Masias Group as a tool for his own benefit, he is also trying to subvert the female employees.

Even if Adán Rouco had not dealt with him today, he would have been offended sooner or later.

Estrella Berrocal’s dark eyes looked at the man driving, Adán Rouco was not at all what she expected in a couple, especially in terms of personality.

“If you keep looking at me with those eyes, I’m going to think you want it now.”

The man’s usual cold voice interrupted her fantasy, and she blushed and coughed slightly twice before her phone rang.

The caller ID read: Ivan Martinez.

Unconsciously, he looked at Adán Rouco and took it doubtfully.

Ivan Martinez, on the other end of the phone, sounded a little sad. “Estrella, I’m leaving Ciudad del Norte first thing in the morning and I’d like to see you again, can you drop me off tomorrow morning at …?”.

Leaving the City of the North?

Estrella Berrocal didn’t think it would come so suddenly, “Why are you leaving the City of the North?”.

“The Martinez Group has filed for bankruptcy and our family is leaving the North Side, maybe we’ll be back later, or maybe … we may never come back.”

Estrella Berrocal had thought she would be glad to know that the Martinez Group was bankrupt, that she should have hated it when Ivan Martinez had helped Irene Guillen against her, had led her and her father to their deaths, and had cut off their youthful love affair, but now that the Jane family and Ivan Martinez had ended up in this situation, she was surprised to feel some emotion.

Iván Martínez had been mistaken for Irene Guillén, and although he had been an accomplice, he had not been the one who had killed his father.

Seeing her silence, Ivan Martinez added, “I did you wrong three years ago, Estrella, and if I could do it again, I wouldn’t be so stupid.”

She shook her head, “What’s done is done, it’s too late to regret it now.”

“Star, I know you’re not going to forgive me anymore, but I want to see you one more time before I leave, is that okay?”.

Estrella Berrocal bit her lip, hesitating a bit in the presence of Adán Rouco.

“There’s nothing more to say between us, have a safe trip.”

“Star …”

Estrella Berrocal hung up the phone immediately.

Adán Rouco did not ask and remained silent, but he could not hold it in any longer and opened his mouth to explain: “It is Iván Martínez, the Martínez Group has no money, he is leaving Ciudad del Norte and has asked me if I can come to see him off for a while”.

I expected Adán Rouco to say something like “no,” but the man didn’t react at all, he just said something indifferent.

Estrella Berrocal did not give it much importance, but assumed that she did not like to talk about Iván Martínez.

…

Adán Rouco took Estrella Berrocal back to the Rouco family and then went to the nursery to pick up Paulita to give her the injection.

Estrella Berrocal had just showered and came out of the bathroom with a change of clothes when Perla Prats tweeted from her phone

“Star, are you free tomorrow night? Let’s go to the movies!”.

Estrella Berrocal laughed: “What’s the point of going to see it with me if you’re not going to see it with your boyfriend?”.

“Every time I go out alone with him, it’s so cold I might as well bring you as a lightning rod.”

“I’m not going to act as a lightning rod!”

In itself, I had a big headache with Jonathan Tasis, this man was not simple, his intentions were not pure, and I really feared that one day, Perla Prats would be caught by him.

She wanted to warn Perla Prats, but Perla Prats was so fond of her that she couldn’t say anything for a while, for fear that Perla Prats would think too much of her and think she was meddling in her relationship with Jonathan Tasis.

But speaking of going to the movies, she and Adán Rouco had only been together for a couple of days, so shouldn’t they go to the movies together to bond?

When she looked at the most recent movies, there was a romance on the billboard, and Estrella Berrocal dared to buy three tickets online, in the last row.

He lay down on his bed to rest for a while when the sound of an engine came from the yard.

He went downstairs and Adán Rouco entered the house with Paulita in one arm and Paulita’s backpack in the other.

Estrella Berrocal approached him, touched the little girl’s forehead and asked, “Is your fever gone? Do you have to go for your injection tomorrow?”.

“No, you just have to be more careful.”

Paulita looked for Estrella Berrocal to hug her: “Estrella, hug yourself”.

Estrella Berrocal takes Paulita from Adán Rouco’s arms and asks her: “Did today’s injection hurt? Have you eaten any sugar?

The little girl strokes her neck and nods with her little chin: “Yes, it hurt…. I wish Estrella had told me earlier, then I wouldn’t have been afraid of the injection before!”.

Estrella Berrocal pinched his little nose, “Is it still hard?”.

The little girl shook her head and Estrella Berrocal looked at Adán Rouco and said hesitantly, “That…. why don’t we take Paulita to the movies with us tomorrow?”

The man frowned slightly.

Watching a movie? What kind of movie could a child understand, other than cartoons?

“What kind of movie?” asked Adán Rouco as he raised a hand to loosen the tie around his neck.

Estrella Berrocal looked at Paulita and then remembered that romantic movies did not seem to be suitable for children.

“That … is a romantic movie.”

“Romantic movies are not suitable for children.”

Estrella Berrocal picked it up immediately: “Then why don’t we forget it?

Suddenly he shuddered a little and Adán Rouco looked back at him, but he remained silent for a few seconds and said to Paulita: “Paulita, you go watch the cartoons”.

“Dad, I want Estrella to watch it with me!”.

“I’m going to talk to Estrella and then she’ll see with you.”

Paulita then slipped out of Estrella Berrocal’s arms and went to watch cartoons first, alone.

“What, what do you want to talk to me about?”.

The man looked at her with a twinkle in his eye, “Do you want to take Paulita to the movies or do you want to watch it with me?”.

She blushed and stammered, “What’s the difference? Then I’ll go return the tickets online.”

Adán Rouco said in a low voice: “Well, give Paulita’s back”.

Estrella Berrocal froze for a few seconds; did she mean that they would both go to see her without Paulita?

As she said nothing, the man looked at her, “What, you don’t like it?”.

Why not?

She was too happy to say anything: “Well, we’ll go to the movies together tomorrow night, that’s the deal. I’ll go see the cartoons with Paulita.”

The man looked at her, his thin lips curved, and Estrella Berrocal’s little face burned with heat.

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