Paulita followed Estrella Berrocal back to La familia Rouco for the New Year.
But as the New Year approached, Adam Rouco noticed that his daughter’s mood did not seem to be high.
“Why it seems like Paulita doesn’t look like my daughter anymore after college. ”
Estrella Berrocal’s mouth twisted, “Where did you get that feeling.”
Adam Rouco frowned slightly, “Something’s not right with this girl.”
When she came back from vacation, she was always attentive to him at every opportunity, cutting fruit for him, serving him coffee and water, and saying she was complimenting him.
She had always been naughty, and suddenly she was so well behaved and obedient to him, instead he felt that this girl had some ulterior motive.
Lucio Rouco spat aside, “I think my sister is in love and is giving him a shot of caution.”
With this reminder from Lucio Rouco, Estrella Berrocal choked, “Ahem, that, Adam, I have something to tell you.”
Adam Rouco goes upstairs with Estrella Berrocal and enters the studio.
“What is it, and avoid Lucio?”
Estrella Berrocal took a deep breath and said, “You promise me you won’t get angry or irritated.”
Adam Rouco curved his lips and looked playfully at his wife, “You rarely talk to me like that after having Lucio. What do you have to give me as a precaution.”
“…”
Can you be told that your little girl is in love with someone unvaccinated?
Estrella Berrocal cleared her throat and said, “Paulita …. Paulita has a relationship at school.”
Having said that, she unconsciously looked at Adam Rouco and, sure enough, the man’s face darkened three shades and even his eyes grew cold.
Just know that … it will end like this.
Estrella Berrocal hastened to say, “But don’t worry and don’t rush to confront Paulita, she’s not a girl who messes with the feelings of men and women, it’s a normal relationship, you shouldn’t be so sensitive.”
“When was this?” asked Adam Rouco.
Estrella Berrocal rubbed her neck and said, “This … has been going on for a while.”
Adam Rouco: “So it’s been a while?”
“…” Ahem.
Estrella Berrocal reassured, “I also found out recently that the girl didn’t tell us because she was afraid we would discipline her for this matter, in fact,…. Adam, at eighteen she is also an adult, it is normal to fall in love in college, it doesn’t have to be a bad thing.”
Adam Rouco narrowed his dark eyes, “Has he asked you to come lobby for me?”.
Estrella Berrocal shook her head hastily, “Of course not.”
Adam Rouco repressed a sullen feeling in his heart and, after a long silence, suddenly asked Estrella Berrocal, “What was he like? Did you know him?”
“No, no. At first, when I found out, I said I would meet, but then it didn’t feel right. It’s not like we’re talking about marriage, what’s the point of meeting the parents.”
Adam Rouco frowned, “Talking about marriage? He has good thoughts.”
“…”
Adam Rouco pursed his lips, a little depressed that his daughter, whom he had raised in the palm of his hand, had started falling in love with a wild boy behind his back.
She is only eighteen, still a child, what does she know about love and affection.
Estrella Berrocal said cautiously, “Adam, I think you should not exaggerate in this matter. She came back from her vacation because she feared you would show her this, and from the time she returned from her vacation until now, she has always obeyed your wishes in everything, not daring to disobey in the least, she is afraid of breaking your heart.”
Adam Rouco found this amusing and irritating: “So you’ve been serving me coffee and cutting fruit for days, not because you really love me as a father, but because of another man, fearing that I will prevent you from having a relationship with that savage?”
Estrella Berrocal’s mouth twitches: …
I said to myself: that’s more or less what it means if you think about it.
But Adam Rouco is wise, calm and measured, and does not directly question his daughter, as other parents do.
After calming down, I began to reflect on myself.
Adam Rouco, puzzled, asked, “Estrella, don’t I spoil her enough?”
Estrella Berrocal said, “How can she think you don’t spoil her or love her, when you don’t spoil Paulita as much as the old man, but hold her in your hands and don’t let her melt in your mouth?”
The two things that Paulita lacked most in this family were material things and love, and these two things that the adults gave to their siblings were almost the fullest and best.
Adam Rouco became even more perplexed, “If I love her so much, why is she still afraid to initiate the matter with me and ask you to be the go-between?”
Estrella Berrocal smiled slightly, knowing he was not alive, and looked at him with teary eyes, “Adam, are you jealous?”
“Shouldn’t I be jealous when my precious daughter, whom I have raised for so many years, suddenly falls in love with a wild boy and goes behind my back?”
“He, he.”
Adam Rouco said, “I can stay out of things between kids, but I have to find out what kind of person the other one is.”
“And of course, I support you in doing that.”
Estrella Berrocal was about to leave the studio when Adam Rouco called out to her, “By the way, don’t tell Paulita that you told me, pretend she didn’t know.”
Estrella Berrocal smiled intrigued: “A moment ago you said you were angry with her, now why do you care about her emotions”.
The mouth is the heart.
As Estrella Berrocal left the studio, Adam Rouco phoned his assistant Santino.
“Hey Santino, check on someone for me.”
…
Inside the bedroom, Paulita searches for a signal with her cell phone.
Why can’t I get a single message from Severo Laris these days when the signal is clearly full?
It had been five or six days since they separated, and he hadn’t missed her at all?
It was better that she take the initiative. I don’t know how long it would take Severo Laris, the ice cube, to take the initiative.
“Severo, what are you doing, back in The Holy City?”
After I sent it, I waited four or five minutes and still no response from the other side.
Paula Rouco sent another, “Severo, I miss you so much.”
“Did you miss me?”
It was followed by an emoji of a cute little girl.
…
By the time Severo Laris received this information, Leopoldo had already found his home in Imperial.
The police had already been called, but Leopoldo was his father, and not only was it useless to call the police, it caused gossip.
Leopoldo is staying in Severo Laris’ apartment very generously.
Leopoldo inspected the decoration and furnishings of the house, “It’s a lot of money, to be able to afford such a nice house, my son is really something.”
Leopoldo looks at the photo album on display in the window, the photo that Susana took of Severo Laris and Paula Rouco when they went to Monte Puro.
Leopoldo picks up the frame and says with a smile, “A handsome man and a beautiful woman, a perfect couple, Severo. Quite beautiful.”
Severo Laris passed him a cold knife, came striding over and snatched the album from him with a split hand, “Don’t touch anything in here.”
“Fine, don’t touch it or don’t touch it at all.” Leopold leaned back on the couch with his hands resting on the back of his neck in a very relaxed manner.
A nuisance to the core.
“You’re not leaving, are you?”
Leopoldo shook his head, “Why should I leave, this is my son’s house, which is my home.”
“Fine.”
Severo Laris gathered his things and walked out slamming the door.
Behind him, Leopoldo’s voice could be heard calling him, “What are you doing, come back tonight and cook for me!”.
Severo Laris could not get rid of him, nor could he use legal means to do so, so he simply left him out in the open.
How long will Leopoldo be able to stay here when his water and electricity are cut off?