The vice president came out of his office and when he saw Esteban Zaragosa and Dulcina Calvo at the door he said with a quick smile: “Dr. Dulcina, don’t be angry with my nephew Fraco Mato for having offended you today, I’ll teach him a lesson later! This brat! He’s just looking for a fight.”
Dulcina Calvo’s eyes widened in disbelief, the vice president had apologized to her for not kicking them!
Esteban Zaragosa took Dulcina Calvo’s hand and opened her mouth slightly, “Let’s go.”
Dulcina Calvo did not forget to bow politely to the vice-president: “Dean, then we’ll go first!”.
“Okay, okay, let’s go.”
Back in the office, Dulcina Calvo asked curiously, “How did you manage to convince the vice president? In fact, he turned to us!”.
Esteban Zaragosa analyzed, “The incident itself was Fraco Mato’s fault, and if we go after him, Fraco Mato won’t feel any better, and the Vice President is afraid of trouble, so of course he wants to make a fuss.”
“Oh… too. but that Fraco Mato! I wish I could give him a big fat beating! Give him a whack on the head of a pig!”
Esteban Zaragosa lowered his eyes and looked at the little woman’s swollen fist, only to find it adorable.
The man hooked his thin lips and said lightly, “If you really want to do that, when he gets out of the hospital, I’ll have someone meet him in the alley and monk him for as long as you want.”
“… So, forget it! Let’s not do anything that is illegal.”
Dulcina Calvo bit her lip, a little flustered, and unconsciously tilted her head to look at Esteban Zaragosa and asked quietly, “You’re not really a gangster, are you?”
“What do you think, that a gangster looks like me?”.
Dulcina Calvo stared at the man’s handsome features and shook her head, under the impression that gangsters were supposed to have big gold chains and little watches and flowered shirts and tight pants and bean shoes.
The man in front of him, on the other hand, had a noble and clean air to the extreme, like a walking coat rack of a male model, and in no way looked like a person of high society.
Dulcina Calvo snorted at him, “Even though you’re my boyfriend, I don’t feel like I know you at all.”
Esteban Zaragosa looked at her gently, “There’s plenty of time to get to know me, but if you’re worried about me doing illegal things on a regular basis, there’s no need. I never do anything illegal.”
“…”
…
Adán Rouco receives a call from Esteban Zaragosa after work.
“The sample you sent contains mifepristone.”
Adán Rouco frowns slightly, “What is mifepristone?”.
Esteban Zaragosa: “Mifepristone is the main ingredient of the abortion pill, which induces abortion at a rate of up to ninety percent.”
…
The Rouco family mansion.
Adán Rouco arrives home without Estrella Berrocal and Paulita.
“Where are Estrella and Paulita?”
Felipa said, “The woman and the driver have gone to pick up Paulita and have not yet returned.”
Adán Rouco emitted a slight “hmm” and looked at his wristwatch.
Olivia Montes was back with Dante.
Olivia Montes smiled, “Adam is leaving early today.”
Dante shouted “uncle” and Adán Rouco stroked his head and said, “Dante, go play by yourself while I have to tell your mother something.”
“Yes!”
When Dante had left, Olivia Montes looked at him and asked, “What do you want to say to me?”
Adán Rouco’s eyes suddenly glazed over, dark eyes staring coldly at her, and Olivia Montes was startled.
“Can you, can you see with your eyes… yet?”
“I just recovered.”
Olivia Montes blushed slightly, “Did he just, did he just recover? How come you haven’t told us either, Dad, Dad doesn’t know yet, does he?”.
Adán Rouco didn’t seem to have the patience to play Tai Chi with her and got straight to the point: “Sister-in-law, I tolerated you addressing Estrella for a while, as long as you didn’t do anything out of the ordinary, I turned a blind eye, but that was only because, when big brother was dying, he grabbed my hand and told me over and over again to take good care of you and not to treat you badly mother and son. ”
Olivia Montes swallowed saliva and her voice trembled slightly, “Adam? you, what do you mean by that all of a sudden?”.
Adam Rouco’s voice was cold and stern: “Yesterday I saw you drug Estrella’s snack with my own eyes, and I have discovered that you drugged her with abortifacients. So what do you have to say in your defense?”.
Olivia Montes clenched her fists tightly, “I … have nothing to flake.”
Adán Rouco didn’t seem to care to say anything else to him, turned his back on him, pulled the tie around his neck and said in an indifferent voice: “Get out of the Rouco family”.
Olivia Montes flinched, her fingertips digging into his palm, her face instantly bloodied.
“Are you kicking me out for Estrella Berrocal?”
“It’s just an offer, and if you don’t take it, don’t blame me for kicking you out.”
With those cold words, the man went straight upstairs.
Olivia Montes looked at the cold back of Adán Rouco, her vision blurred, she closed her eyes tightly and took a deep breath, chills ran through her body!
Adam Rouco was really going to throw her out!
In the courtyard, the sound of an engine was heard, followed by the cheerful voices of Estrella Berrocal and Paulita.
Olivia Montes hurriedly wiped her eyes and adjusted her emotions, she could be down and listless, but never in front of Estrella Berrocal!
…
During dinner, Olivia Montes took it upon herself to raise the issue of the move with the old man.
The old man was puzzled, “Why do you want to move if you are well? It’s not convenient for you to move out and take care of Dante.”
Dante, who was sitting next to Olivia Montes, pleaded, “Mom, don’t move, okay?”
Olivia Montes’ heart ached at the thought of seeing Dante less often.
Unconsciously she looked at Adán Rouco, hoping he would give in, let her go this time for old times’ sake, but the man paid her no attention, not even a glance.
Estrella Berrocal would like Olivia Montes to move out, but from Dante’s point of view, she would feel even more lonely if she left.
Adán Rouco, who had remained silent, suddenly looked up and spoke: “Dad, since your sister-in-law wants to move out, you should stop holding her back, she has her own life and in the Rouco family we can’t keep getting in her way, her older brother left years ago and her sister-in-law is still young, she also needs to become independent”.
At these words, Olivia Montes blushed ashenly.
Adam Rouco’s meaning was clear, the implication was that she could still remarry and that she should not remain in the Rouco family any longer.
And Mr. Rouco, thinking that Olivia Montes had such thoughts, was naturally not in a position to hold her; after all, Oscar had been gone for so many years, and she wanted to meet him again, and Mr. Rouco certainly had no objection.
“If you miss Dante, you can come home and stay with her whenever you want, and if Dante misses his mom, you can come and stay with her for a few days. It’s convenient to move, but it’s still in the same town.”
Olivia Montes nodded desultorily and lowered her face, holding back tears for a long moment.
…
By the end of the night, Estrella Berrocal had finished her shower and climbed into bed.
Adán Rouco was leaning over the bed reading newspapers and came over and said, “Do you think your sister-in-law is acting strangely today? She actually wants to move out.
“Maybe she has someone in mind? It does seem inconvenient for her to live in The Rouco family.”
Estrella Berrocal frowned and said, “I don’t believe it, she’s still in love with you, how can she be in love with someone else?”.
“Persistent love?”
Adán Rouco put down his papers, turned around and leaned over her, ran his big hands through her hair and said, “Mrs. Rouco, you don’t put a label on me.”
I had never felt affection for Olivia Montes beyond that of a family member.
“It just seems strange to me, very strange.”
Estrella Berrocal was still thinking about the matter when Adán Rouco said to her in a light voice: “You should be the happiest when she leaves, you don’t care why she leaves, she’s gone and there’s no one in this house who will go against you.”
Estrella Berrocal laughed: “It’s true, we are finally going to be in charge!
She stretched out her arm symbolically, but Adán Rouco grabbed it with his hand and the man looked at her with ardor: “Master? Why didn’t you tell me before that you wanted to be the master, I would have done what you wanted.”
“Hmm?”
Estrella Berrocal was confused, and before she knew what she wanted to say, Adán Rouco had lifted her up and was on top of her….