Devoted Love, Mr. Hayes’ Darling Wife

Estrella Berrocal huddled under the covers and asked the man at the end of the bed in a squeaky voice, “Adam are you cold?”

“Not that I’m you, always screaming from the cold.”

“…”

After a while, Estrella Berrocal couldn’t resist saying again, “Is there a hot water bottle, I’m going to use a hot water bottle.”

Put your cold feet on their stomach to warm them up, if Adam Rouco catches a cold.

Adam Rouco frowned slightly, as if he didn’t like me talking too much, and said in a light voice, “Where am I going to find you a hot water bottle in the middle of the night?”

Although Adán Rouco’s tone was cold, Estrella Berrocal was warm inside, especially her large, warm, dry hands, which held her feet against her abdomen, unusually warm, probably … better than a hot water bottle.

Estrella Berrocal couldn’t help twisting her lips under the sheets, “Hot water bottles tomorrow then.”

Adán Rouco made an “hmm”.

Estrella Berrocal’s feet, which did not take long to warm up, did not take long to fall asleep because of the pleasant temperature.

…

The next morning, while Estrella Berrocal was still asleep, Adán Rouco got out of bed lightly, put on some clothes and left the room.

He remembered what Arella Rouco had said yesterday about Fresco Rouco giving Estrella half his name and, inexplicably, felt a vague uneasiness.

But I couldn’t tell where the discomfort was coming from.

Perhaps this property, Fresco Rouco, was given for no reason.

Adán Rouco would not have been surprised if Fresco Rouco gave half of his fortune to his only nephew, but why to Estrella, whom he had only known for a short time and who was not related to him?

Adán Rouco called Fresco Rouco directly.

“Hello, Uncle Two, it’s me, Adam. ”

“Oh Adam, how are you and Estrella recovering in the hospital?”

Adán Rouco said in a light voice: “Everything is fine”.

“That’s good, that’s good.”

Adam Rouco asks, “Uncle Two, why did you leave half your name to Estrella?”.This belongs © NôvelDra/ma.Org.

Adán Rouco did not beat around the bush and was very direct in his question.

Fresco Rouco was not surprised that the story had reached Adam Rouco’s ears, but said “You have seen Arella’s character, Arella has disappointed me a lot, I was going to donate half of this property, but then I thought it would be good to give it to you and Estrella. ”

Adán Rouco frowned slightly, as this statement by Fresco Rouco was too exaggerated.

If that was Fresco Rouco’s intention, then he should have put half of the property directly on Adam Rouco’s head, why Estrella instead?

“Uncle Two, you said you and Estrella’s mother were old friends?”

Fresco Rouco was slightly stunned, he did not expect Adán Rouco to suddenly ask about him: “Yes, what is it?

What kind of friendship is it that allows Uncle Two to give half his name to Estrella directly?

“Nothing, just a casual question.”

Fresco Rouco hung up the phone with a hint of frustration.

Now that Adam and Estrella are married and have a daughter as lovely as Paulita, how will he bear to tell the truth about Estrella’s origins, a secret he wants to take with him to his coffin?

As I pondered, the voices of Shoshana Duque and Arella Rouco sounded at the door.

Is Shoshana Duque back?

Fresco Rouco gets up and leaves the studio to see Shoshana Duque, who has returned from a dusty trip.

“Shoshana.

Shoshana Duque looked at him coldly, without a trace of emotion, “Are you disappointed that I’m back?”

“What kind of words are you talking about?”

“Hm, you would like something to happen to Arella and me. If something happens to Arella and me, all your assets will rightfully go to Estrella Berrocal, and that’s okay with you, right?”.

Arella Rouco, on the one hand, looked confused at Shoshana Duque: “Mom, what do you mean, what do you mean by ‘in the name’?”.

Shoshana Duque’s eyes fluttered wildly at the slip of the tongue, but she quickly redirected the topic and said, “Arella, remember that the only people who can legitimately inherit your father’s legacy are you and me.”

“Mom…”

Fresco Rouco said, “Shoshana, do you still care about this at this point?”.

Shoshana Duque scoffed, “Don’t you care, don’t you care so much that you’re in such a hurry to make a will?”

Not wanting to argue with her any further, Fresco Rouco simply waved his hand and turned around to return to his study.

Shoshana Duque saw his silence and, after placating Arella Rouco, entered Fresco Rouco’s studio.

“Estrella Berrocal, your real daughter with Juanisha Capistrán, right?”

If Fresco Rouco had not been sure, he would not have left half of his assets to Estrella Berrocal.

This half of the property is Fresco Rouco’s fault towards Estrella Berrocal.

As Fresco Rouco did not speak, Shoshana Duque added: “Why haven’t you identified Estrella Berrocal with Juanisha Capistrán, since she is your daughter? Maybe, when you meet her, you will cry together, don’t you want your daughter to come back to you?”.

Fresco Rouco’s grip on his cane tightened as he squeezed it tighter and tighter and his brow furrowed, “Shoshana!”.

“Am I wrong, or are you afraid to admit it?”

“What are you trying to say?”

Shoshana Duque said, word for word: “You’re afraid, you’re afraid that if you tell Estrella Berrocal who she is, not only will she not recognize you, but she will hate you! She is Adam’s wife, but she is the daughter of your Fresco Rouco, and she is Adam’s cousin by blood and generation. Do you think she would be able to bear it if she knew?”.

“Shoshana Duque, what do you want?”

Shoshana Duque made two grimaces and said, staring at her vicissitudes: “What do I want, don’t you love her more than Arella? All these years you have loved Juanisha Capistrán, maybe I can help you identify with Juanisha Capistrán’s daughter”.

“Shoshana Duque! You’re crazy!”

“Am I crazy? You should be grateful that I helped you two get to know each other.”

Fresco Rouco’s heart twisted with rage and he put his hand on his chest and said, “Shoshana Duque, you can’t do this! Adam is also your own nephew.”

“Adam is my nephew, but I hate you and Juanisha Capistrán’s daughter to death! You and Juanisha Capistrán have made Arella and me unhappy, and I’m not going to let your daughter be happy like this! Estrella Berrocal is so happy with Adán now, how do you think she will react if she finds out about his birth?”

Fresco Rouco’s eyes shook violently.

…

At the hospital, Adán Rouco is having breakfast with Estrella Berrocal.

Estrella Berrocal thought about it and said, “Adam, I don’t think I can take half of the property that Uncle Two wants to give me in his name for whatever reason, and if I do, I’m sure Aunt Two will splice with me, I think.”

Adán Rouco nodded with his chin and helped her peel her coffee leaf egg, responding lightly.

“However, after thinking about it for half a day, I still don’t understand why the second uncle would want to leave me half of his property. Although I have an inexplicable feeling of affection when I see him, after all I’ve only known him for a very short time, and you’re only second uncle’s own nephew, so even if he wants to keep it, he’ll leave it to you, so how could it fall on my head.”

“Well, don’t think about it, just eat.”

Adán Rouco handed Estrella Berrocal a peeled coffee-leaf egg, which she took a couple of bites of and went back to eating her porridge.