Adán Rouco first took Estrella Berrocal to a bookstore and bought her a bunch of maternity books on diet, sleep, exercise, do’s and don’ts and everything else.
At the checkout, the staff reminded, “Sir, ma’am, here are some books of similar content, would you like them together as well?”.
Adán Rouco spoke up right away: “All right, take them all.
After buying a bunch of maternity books again, at the end of the day, Adán Rouco put Estrella Berrocal to bed and went to the studio himself.
First a call to Santino Yepes: “Has the wife signed up for her pregnancy yoga class yet?”
“Boss, why don’t you hire a teacher to come teach your wife at home?”
Wouldn’t it be more convenient?
Adán Rouco is reflective: “It’s not good for women to be cooped up at home all day, so it’s good to go to a yoga class for pregnant women, to practice with other pregnant women and meet people”.
“It’s still the boss who thinks ahead.”
During the week, Adán Rouco goes to work, Paulita goes to school and Estrella Berrocal is home alone. Her best friends, such as Dulcina Calvo, also have their own jobs and there is not much company for her, she is always idle and Adán Rouco fears she will be bored alone.
After hanging up the phone, Adán Rouco looked at the table of maternity books, pinched his temples and looked around.
She hadn’t noticed any of this before, thinking that having a baby would be easy, but she didn’t realize that there would be so many things to pay attention to that she hadn’t noticed before.
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Estrella Berrocal, not quite asleep, stirs and her little hand unconsciously goes to touch Adán Rouco, but she feels nothing, and when she opens her eyelids, there is no one around her.
Estrella Berrocal, not in a good mood and with little sleep, gets out of bed and goes to look for Adán Rouco.
Adán Rouco is supposed to be in the studio.
Without knocking, Estrella Berrocal walked through the door and saw the man reading a book.
“Why are you still reading at this hour?”
As soon as she approached, she saw Adán Rouco reading maternity books.
Adán Rouco saw her coming, put the book aside, reached out and grabbed her wrist, pulling her to sit in his arms.
“Why are you awake and can’t sleep?”
Estrella Berrocal threw her arms around his neck and sank into his embrace, murmuring softly, “I can’t sleep soundly without you.”
Adán Rouco held out his hand and patted him on the back, lowering his gaze to ask about his forehead and nose: “So we’re going to bed?”.
“So many books, when do you plan to see them?”
“It’s always good to know where you stand, otherwise I’ll be very sorry if anything else happens to you or the baby.”
Estrella Berrocal curved her lips and reached out to touch his neck: “I was worried, but now I’m not worried at all because you are here, Mr. Adam. ”
Adán Rouco took her in his arms: “Go to bed, in the morning I will take you to yoga”.
“Hello … I don’t know if I’ll be able to practice it, I’m not flexible at all.”
Adam Rouco raised an eyebrow and looked down at her white, slender legs, “Aren’t you good at flexibility in bed, not yoga?”
Estrella Berrocal blushed and reached out to twist his arm: “… how is that kind of thing like yoga!”.
And that kind of thing, it’s about him doubling it….
Just the thought of that image made Estrella Berrocal stand up and cover her face.
What’s wrong with this man talking about these things?
Adam Rouco laughed lightly at her shyness and the smile in his eyes deepened. “It’s good to go practice, you’ll need your flexibility after you have a baby.”
Estrella Berrocal twisted his arm even more.
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The next morning, Adán Rouco sent Estrella Berrocal to yoga class.
The pregnancy yoga class was full of women with bellies, and Adán Rouco merely escorted Estrella Berrocal to the door before not going back inside, kissing her forehead softly and saying in a low voice, “I’ll be here when you get out of class.”
Estrella Berrocal gave him a hug around the waist, “I’m going in then.”
Adán Rouco watched his young wife get in before turning around and getting into the car, reaching in and picking up the maternity book next to the seat and flipping through it.
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As soon as she enters the yoga class, Estrella Berrocal senses a strange atmosphere.
Other pregnant women have husbands to practice with, but rarely come alone.
Many pregnant women looked at her with sympathetic eyes, as if they thought she was a single mother.
Estrella Berrocal awkwardly practices her first class.
During the yoga session, a pregnant woman sitting next to her practicing the movements, who looked a few years older than her, asked her with particular concern, “Sister, I see that you are quite young, why are you practicing yoga alone with a pregnant woman? Where is your husband?”
Can Estrella Berrocal say that her beloved husband is waiting for her outside?
She smiled awkwardly, “Today is my first day here, I didn’t know it was going to be with my husband, I’ll ask him to come tomorrow.”
“Pregnancy yoga is definitely better if your husband is with you, otherwise pregnant women can’t go on alone.”
Estrella Berrocal managed to hold out until the end of the class and, as soon as it was over, she changed her clothes and slipped out in a hurry.
Adán Rouco, seeing that the class was over, got out of the car and asked him with concern, “How was the training?”
Estrella Berrocal sulks: “Everyone else has a husband to practice with and I practice alone, people think I’m a single mother”.
When she thinks of this type of yoga for pregnant women, a busy person like Adán Rouco would not be with her, but she feels very jealous of other pregnant women who have husbands with them when they practice yoga.
Adam Rouco was stunned, his dark eyes staring at the small woman in front of him. “I don’t know, otherwise I would have accompanied you earlier.”
“Really?” Estrella Berrocal tilted her head and looked at him with wide eyes.
Adán Rouco nodded gravely: “Of course it’s true”.
Estrella Berrocal just wants an attitude: “It’s good that you have that attitude, but then, forget about yoga for maternity, I’m not going to force you to practice with me”.
She was about to get into the car when Adán Rouco looked toward the door of the yoga class, where several pregnant women were leaving, and Adán Rouco grabbed his wife’s hand and lifted her up in his arms.
Estrella Berrocal was a bit stunned by the embrace: “Adam?”.
“Can I come with you to yoga tomorrow?”
Estrella Berrocal was flattered: “Really?”.
“Really.”
The man also leaned over and gave her a tender kiss.
Estrella Berrocal blushes, she is out.
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In the following days, when Adán Rouco accompanied Estrella Berrocal to do yoga, the pregnant women who practiced with her looked at Estrella Berrocal with envy.
“Estrella, your husband is so handsome and so gentle and considerate to you, he must love you very much, you came alone the first day and we thought you and your husband did not have a good relationship.”
“Don’t be ridiculous, I saw Estrella making out with her husband by the car after Estrella got out of class on the first day, how can that be a bad relationship.”
Estrella Berrocal looked at Adán Rouco as she did so, so that day he had deliberately hugged and kissed her outside the car?
“Mrs. Rouco, why are you looking at me like that?”
“Think of yourself as being more grounded.”
Adán Rouco frowned slightly: “Punished?”.
“Yes, look, you are now doing maternity yoga with me, as are all the husbands, which has been very enriching.”
A long time ago, Estrella Berrocal would not have dared to imagine that one day Adán Rouco would accompany her in her pregnancy yoga like a normal husband.
After yoga, Adán Rouco opened his glass of water and handed it to her. Estrella Berrocal took a few sips and when he handed it back to her, the man took a few sips of water where she had drunk, in a natural gesture.