Estrella Berrocal’s watery eyes, crouched by the toilet, trembled fiercely.
But in his head, unconsciously, he dismissed that possibility …
Impossible, he had taken the pill every time he had done it with Adán Rouco …
It was impossible for her to be pregnant.
Adán Rouco took her hand in his and lifted it, his dark eyes looking at her tenderly.
Estrella Berrocal took a deep breath and said, “Me, I probably haven’t had my period this month because I’ve been sick to my stomach lately and I’ve been staying up late.”
But what if, what if I had?
Estrella Berrocal’s heart thudded as the thought crossed her mind.
Adán Rouco did not ask any more questions, but instead raised his hand and touched her forehead: “Are you still uncomfortable?
She shook her head and slipped weakly into his arms, wrapping her arms around his waist and saying breathlessly, “No, I don’t feel bad, I probably haven’t had enough rest lately, don’t worry.”
Estrella Berrocal looked at him and when he suspected nothing more, she urged him, “Come out, if you don’t go, you’ll be late for work.”
…
Estrella Berrocal had been working all morning and had been distracted.
He unconsciously rubbed his belly, he couldn’t really have, could he?
The only time she hadn’t taken the pills was the night Adán Rouco had taken Lucrecia Javier home, and she clearly remembered that Adán Rouco had just rammed her because they had been arguing and Adán Rouco seemed bent on humiliating her, so she hadn’t quite gotten it in.
So, by definition, she could not be pregnant.
With that in mind, he thought no more about it.
It was lunchtime and Estrella Berrocal was eating in the dining room when Adán Rouco’s call came in.
When he picked up the phone, the male voice came in a low tone, “Have you eaten yet?”.
“Yes, I’m eating, are you?”.
“Right away.”
Estrella Berrocal looks at the food on the plate, has little appetite, bites the chopsticks and asks in a soft voice: “Adam, I’m not feeling well today, I’ll take the afternoon off first and come to see you, okay? ”
Adán Rouco raises an eyebrow: “Sure, I’ll ask Santino Yepes to pick you up”.
“It’s only a ten minute walk, don’t bother Mr. Santino, I’ll go myself.”
“Are you still very sick? I’ll take you to the hospital this afternoon.”
Estrella Berrocal squashed her little mouth, pecked at the vegetables on her plate with her chopsticks and mumbled, “I don’t like going to the hospital, my mother died of a postpartum hemorrhage when she gave birth to me in the hospital, and I’m afraid of hospitals.”
That, it was a lie to him.
Indeed, her mother had died of a hemorrhage in childbirth, but Estrella Berrocal did not hate going to the hospital.
I had more important things to do in the afternoon.
Adán Rouco, for his part, sighed softly and said, somewhat affectionately, “I can’t help you, come first thing in the afternoon.”
“Yes, okay.”
Estrella Berrocal hung up the phone with a faint smile on her face, fading away.
Even if Adán Rouco had something to do with her father’s death, she increasingly realized that she could not be ruthless enough to take revenge on Adán Rouco.
I was in love with Adán Rouco, really in love …
He fell in love a long, long time ago.
…
Over here, Adán Rouco, who had hung up the phone, looked at the card prominently displayed on the table, his eyes dark and deep.
…
In the afternoon, after calling in sick, Estrella Berrocal went to Jonathan Tasis’ office.
“This is the first time you’ve come to see me of your own free will.”
Estrella Berrocal said coldly, “I can help you steal the chip, but I have one condition.”
“You name it and I’ll try to deliver.”
Estrella Berrocal took a deep breath, looked at Jonathan Tasis and said, word for word, “After stealing the chip, I want to leave Adam Rouco and get out of Ciudad del Norte.”
Jonathan Tasis chuckled lightly and looked at her, “Star, this is where it’s at, that chip will indeed fight the Rouco Group, but there’s a long way to go before we can take down Adam Rouco and avenge your father.”
“I don’t want revenge, Jonathan Tasis, you need to stop catalyzing me with my father’s death, my father wouldn’t want me to be blinded by hatred.”
“What, you hardly want to continue with Adán Rouco?”.
Estrella Berrocal shook her head with a bitter smile, “I don’t want more revenge, but me and Adán Rouco, there is absolutely no way, I am not going to be with a murderer who killed my father.”
Jonathan Tasis stood up, approached her and asked, word for word, “Star, do you really not want to bring your father’s murderer to justice?”
Estrella Berrocal clenched her fist as she looked coldly at Jonathan Tasis, “You’ve said as much that you want to bring him to justice, but which of the things you’ve asked me to do is legal?”
“Well, since you abandon the plan, I’m not going to force you, I can help you to go on Adam Rouco’s side and on the north side, as long as you manage to steal the chip. Only, think it through, it’s only one chance, and if you give up, you’ll never get the chance to get revenge again.”
“I’ve already thought about it.”
Estrella Berrocal dropped this and simply turned and walked out of the office.
Jonathan Tasis picked up Analena Lozada’s photo and gently caressed it, smiling as he murmured, “Now that the game has started, there’s no stopping it, is there, Analena?”
…
Estrella Berrocal left the Yahua Film and Television Company and went to the Rouco Group.
When he arrived at Adán Rouco’s office, the latter was in full official activity.
He did not knock at the door and when he entered, Adán Rouco did not seem to notice his presence, stood behind him and gently covered his eyes with his hands.
Leaning in, he pressed his lips to the edge of her ear and, in a rare moment of skin, asked in a deliberately thick voice, “Guess who I am?”
Adán Rouco raised his hand and grabbed her by the wrist, pulling her into his arms.
Disgusted, Estrella Berrocal dropped into his lap and threw her arms around his neck, glaring at him, “Why are you so disinterested?”.
The man’s large hand squeezed her waist, his other hand stroked her long hair, and he asked in a muffled voice, “Are you sure you don’t want to go to the hospital to get checked out?”
Estrella Berrocal leaned further into his arms, “No, actually it’s just that I suddenly missed you so much that I wanted to skip a shift. I don’t feel bad anymore.”
Adam Rouco kissed her forehead and said softly, “But I have a lot of things to do and then I have a meeting, so I’m afraid I won’t be able to stay with you.”
“Then get to work, I’ll just sit here and watch you, I just want to see you.”
She rose from his arms and sat obediently on the couch to the side.
Every once in a while I would look at a magazine and every once in a while I would look at him.
It must be said that men who are seriously dedicated to their work are truly the most attractive, especially when they are naturally good-looking like Adán Rouco, who is handsome in himself and has an aura of nobility that draws even more attention to him.
It was not long before Adán Rouco was summoned by Santino Yepes to a meeting and was left alone in the office.
The president’s office, without cameras.
He approached the table and glimpsed the smart chip, which stood out.
Estrella Berrocal extended her hand, hesitantly, and exchanged the “impostor chip” she had ready in her pocket for this one.
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