Devoted Love, Mr. Hayes’ Darling Wife

“Star, take it as a favor, and as a plea, that you do not initiate contact with Adam, will you? You know his character better than anyone else, even if you are related by blood, even if your identity may come out, he won’t let go. But if he stays with you, no matter what the consequences, do you know how many people will be implicated and harmed?”

Estrella Berrocal’s eyes blushed, she sniffled and nodded vigorously, “I know, Dad. I … I won’t contact Adam.”

Estrella Berrocal handed the phone she carried in her pocket to Mr. Rouco, which meant she would no longer be in contact with anyone in La Ciudad Santa.

Mr. Rouco took it and said, “Be careful when you get to Florence, after all it is a foreign country, you are a girl, so be careful. You can find work or not as you want, if you don’t have enough money, call Nataniel Revilla, Nataniel Revilla’s details are also in the paper bag.”

Nataniel Revilla, standing behind the old man, said, “Third Young Grandmother, when you have a problem, call me.”

An announcement sounded in the lobby.Belonging © NôvelDram/a.Org.

“Hello dear passengers, flight number LH654343 bound for Florence is about to be checked, please queue at the gate to check your tickets”.

Estrella Berrocal squeezed the kraft paper bag in her hand and bit her lip, “So … I’m leaving.”

“Continued.”

The old man stood on his crutches to see her off, and Estrella Berrocal couldn’t stop the tears from falling as soon as he turned around.

The last time I had been abroad was three years ago.

When her father left, she was expelled from La Villa Berrocal by Doria Guillén and his daughter, without having achieved anything.

This time, however, it was filled with sadness and longing.

She raised her hand to wipe her tears, stopped her steps, turned to the old man and said, “Dad, I’m counting on you to take care of Paulita.”

“Don’t worry, I will take good care of Paulita and educate her.”

Tears, a torrent of them, fell.

She squeezed the diamond ring on her ring finger and felt nothing but a dull, tight ache in her chest and didn’t look back as she ran to the waiting room.

Roberto Rouco looked at Estrella Berrocal’s back as she was leaving and let out a sigh.

Nataniel Revilla asked worriedly, “President, if President Rouco asks, what are you going to say?”.

“What to say, what to say, he is not confused and will not fail to know what the consequences will be if he insists on being with Estrella Berrocal.”

…

On the plane, Estrella Berrocal leaned against the cabin window, clutching the kraft paper bag, shedding tears for a long time, crying dizzily and falling asleep for a long time.

When he woke up, it was dark outside and a faint roaring could be heard in his ears.

Estrella Berrocal looked at the time and it was already eight o’clock in the evening.

At that hour, Adam would have come home and found her missing, wouldn’t he?

I would have looked for her everywhere in a hurry …

At the thought of this, Estrella Berrocal couldn’t help but wet her eyes again.

Suddenly, he was handed a clean handkerchief.

Estrella Berrocal looked up, slightly startled.

He was a handsome and elegant man.

“Take it.”

The man handed her the handkerchief and his voice was beautiful, but in Estrella Berrocal’s mind, no man could be more perfect than her family, Adán Rouco.

Estrella Berrocal took the handkerchief by mistake: “Thank you”.

The man did not speak to her again, but opened his laptop and continued to tap on the keyboard with his long, fluid fingers.

Estrella Berrocal wiped tears from her eyes and then opened the kraft paper bag.

She saw that the name on her passport and identity card was no longer Estrella Berrocal, but Mu Weiwei.

This was her new name and her new identity for the new life she was about to begin.

She had run away from home before, but each time Adam had easily found her and brought her home, but this time, the master had planned it so well that Adam would not be able to find her.

Although she should not expect Adam to find her, and she should not let Adam find her, she selfishly wanted Adam to know a little about her.

Tears, in your passport.

The Oriental sitting next to her heard the whisper of sobs and turned his head to look at her.

Estrella Berrocal, thinking she had upset him, quickly apologized and said, “Did I upset you?”.

The man closed his notebook and said, “No. Is this your first time out of the country? You look scared and sad.”

Estrella Berrocal shook her head, “I just miss my family.”

…

The Holy City, 8 p. m.

Rouco family mansion, in the studio.

“President, I heard that … President Rouco is about to spin the whole of La Ciudad Santa, it’s night and the whole town knows that the Third Young Grandmother has disappeared … This is coming out…”

Roberto Rouco did not move, “Let it go around, it is human to lose your wife and go around for a while”.

“Chairman, there’s something I don’t know if I should talk about.”

“You’ve asked, what else can’t you ask? Speak up.”

Nataniel Revilla said, “Are you going to let the Third Young Grandmother stay in Florence all the time? Not only is she the wife of President Rouco, but she is also the mother of Paulita … It’s not an option to let them live and leave.”

“I don’t want Estrella Berrocal to leave either, but I can’t help it, Shoshana Duque threatened me that if I didn’t send Estrella Berrocal away before Christmas Eve, she would expose it to the press. ”

…

In the middle of the night, a group of “nasty” cold-hearted men arrived at the airport and passengers and travelers alike turned on them.

Adán Rouco stood in the middle of the airport lobby, his eyes searching hard.

Santino Yepes, who had conducted several checks, said, “Chief, there is no record of the wife’s boarding, could it be that she was not even on the plane?”

“Impossible, he took the family passport.”

“But it is true that there is no shipping record.”

Adán Rouco’s eyes fell on the back of a girl who looked like Estrella Berrocal, and Adán Rouco quickly approached her.

“Star!”

As soon as the girl turned her head and looked at him with a suspicious expression, the girl’s boyfriend was quick to reach over and slap Adán Rouco’s hand away from her shoulder.

“What are you doing! Inexplicably!”

Adán Rouco froze for a long time.

The boy put his arm around his girlfriend, pointed at Adán Rouco and said, “You’re blind! You’re sick!”

Santino Yepes overheard the discussion and rushed over, warning the boy, “Watch what you’re saying!”

Adam Rouco’s brain swelled with pain, his long fingers pinched his forehead, and without a word he turned and walked away, and Santino Yepes ran after him.

“Boss, don’t worry, I’m sure we’ll find the lady soon.”

Adán Rouco’s face was clear and cold, “I’m going back to the Rouco family, you take the men and keep looking”.

Estrella’s cell phone was with the old man, which meant that it was the old man who had arranged for Estrella to leave La Ciudad Santa.

He would like to see what right the old man had to make Estrella Berrocal leave him.