The atmosphere in the car was extraordinarily eerie.
It was rare for Adán Rouco to talk so much with someone he did not know well.
Adán Rouco, who had always kept to himself, offered to help Jago Linares find a girlfriend.
“Mr. Jago is not young, and I have many girls who are good enough for Mr. Jago. If Mr. Jago is interested, it wouldn’t hurt to match him.”
Jago Linares was flattered and said with a smile, “I appreciate President Rouco’s kindness, but now I’m … mainly busy with work, so I will wait a few years.”
Adán Rouco’s lips curled up and he said no more.
Estrella Berrocal raised her small hand and gave him a surreptitious twist on the arm.
This man, was he on the wrong drug tonight?
Jago Linares did not expect Adán Rouco to be so approachable. I saw him often when I was looking at finances and other things, and I had the feeling that Adán Rouco was a cold and indifferent man.
Jago Linares continued the conversation and asked, “President Rouco, if I may know, your eyes are…”
As soon as Estrella Berrocal heard the question, fearing she had touched a sensitive spot with Adán Rouco, she immediately said, “Oh, his eye has had a little inconvenience lately, but he has undergone treatment and should be fine in a while.”
Jago Linares had the good sense not to continue.
Maybach arrived at Southern Gardens and stopped short.
Jago Linares greeted him: “President Rouco, Estrella, I’m here, I’m getting out of the car, thank you for bringing me today”.
Adán Rouco nodded slightly, his tone light, “Okay, he’s on his way.”
When Jago Linares got out of the car, Estrella Berrocal was relieved because Adán Rouco had given her the impression that he was barricading her at all times, and she did not even dare to say anything for fear of angering him by saying the wrong thing.
He looked up and peered at the emotion on her face, which was still very slight and unmistakable.
He asked cautiously, “Are you … angry?”.
“Why am I angry?”
Estrella Berrocal, confused as to her likes and dislikes, said with a frown of resignation, “I really what with Jago Linares, if anything … there would be now for you.”
“What did you say?” Adam Rouco’s volume suddenly went up a little.
Estrella Berrocal frowned and bit her lip as she said in a halting voice, “I mean I really have nothing to do with him, I showed him my wedding ring on my hand before you came tonight.”
Adán Rouco took her little hand, brushed his fingers over the diamond ring she wore on her ring finger and sighed softly, “It looks like that ring isn’t big enough and needs to be shown to be visible.”
Estrella Berrocal was amused and threw herself into his arms with a laugh: “So you’re going to buy me a ten-carat pigeon egg? How exaggerated it has to be ten carats….. I’m sure I’ll get mugged if I wear it outside.”
“The Holy City is well guarded, who would dare to rob, let alone Mrs. Rouco, that can’t be.”
“I don’t have the word Mrs. Rouco written in my head, not that people know me.”
Estrella Berrocal said the same thing without thinking, and Adán Rouco suddenly remembered something and frowned slightly.
They were … still in a state of hidden marriage, and no one on the outside still knew the identity of Estrella Berrocal, except her family, her relatives and some friends of her entourage.
“Star, we’re having a wedding.”
Estrella Berrocal was very excited about the wedding when she found out about it, but…
“I’m pregnant with my second child, and I’m having a wedding? I don’t think it’s necessary, and I’m really afraid of trouble, if we have a wedding, won’t we have to face all your uncles?”
“We don’t have many relatives in our family, you’ve met them all.”
“It’s a lot of trouble, and you’re still blind, so it’s going to be a lot of work.”
Adán Rouco emitted a slight “hmm”, which was fine, she was now pregnant and would be tired of all the wedding ceremonies.
…
Upon arriving home, Estrella Berrocal got under the covers after the shower and wrapped her arms around Adán Rouco’s waist.
He blinked and asked, “Are you so aggressive in pulling Jago Linares’ strings that you’re afraid he’s still thinking about me?”
“You’re firmly attached to my marriage certificate, do you think I’m going to be afraid of something like that?”.
said Adán Rouco and pinned her down.
Estrella Berrocal was quick to put her hands on his chest: “The doctor said not to do …”
Adam Rouco’s face darkened as he pushed her hands away and slept to the side, “Get away from me.”
“…”
Adam Rouco turned his back to him, relieving the fire in his body, only to have the small woman behind him wrap her arms around him again, clinging to him from behind.
“Are you … tempted? In fact … I could use … my hands to help you.”
After saying that, Estrella Berrocal felt her face heat up in a bad way.
Who had just spoken, it had to be her!
…
The next morning Estrella Berrocal slept until dawn.
Adán Rouco had already left for work and she looked at the time, it was ten o’clock.
She was wide awake when Adán Rouco left, her hands were still aching from yesterday’s tossing and turning …..
On the bed was a sticky note.
Scrawled on it were the words Thule –
“Mrs. Rouco, you had a bad time last night.”
Estrella Berrocal blushed, her heart skipped a beat, and she carefully put away the post-it note.
…
Rouco Group building, President’s office.
When Santino Yepes finished reporting on his work, Adán Rouco called him.
“Boss, what’s up?”.
“Go sign up for a Twitter account for me, and authenticate it while you’re at it.”
Santino Yepes thought his ears had gone astray, “Twitter?”.
Adán Rouco, who always appeared distant and without complexes, was he going to tweet?
“Boss, have you signed up for Twitter to …?”.
“Where are all the questions, I can’t play Twitter?”.
“No, no, of course you can play Twitter.”
It was just too big a surprise.
Ten minutes later, Santino Yepes registered and verified his Twitter account and handed it over to Adán Rouco.
Adán Rouco immediately told him: “Send me a tweet”.
“What tweet?”
“Post a picture of my wife and I with our marriage certificate.”
“…”
“Ah, yes, the text only says: “Mrs. Rouco, please take care of the rest of your life.”
The corner of Santino Yepes’ mouth twitched, when had the boss become so corny?
“Okay, I’m sending it right now.”
“Wait, does the text still say, hello Mrs. Rouco?”.
Santino Yepes collapsed completely, “…. BOSS, I think, it’s more literary to ask for more guidance for the rest of your life”.
Hello, Mrs. Rouco?
That was too middle class, it really didn’t fit the temperament of the great president.
“So be it.”
In any case, whatever was written, Adán Rouco didn’t care, the most important thing was to announce to the whole world that Estrella Berrocal was his wife Adán Rouco.
…
Estrella Berrocal was at home, bored and tweeting, when she came to the trending search, suddenly saw the words “Adán Rouco is married”, followed by the word “boiling”.
Estrella Berrocal was so surprised that she dropped the apple she was holding in her hand.
What the hell!
He clicked and saw that Adán Rouco had signed up for Twitter! There was a big V on the back!
The page only had one tweet and the photo was her marriage certificate!