Estrella Berrocal touched the bite mark on the back of Adán Rouco’s hand and frowned a little, she had bitten it when she was in labor and could not control it, she had not expected it to be so deep.
She touched the wound and asked in anguish, “Does it hurt a lot? Do you want me to give you some medicine to dress it?”
Even if he healed, the back of his hand would still have two rows of bite marks.
Adán Rouco stretched out his hand and placed it over his eyes: “Go to sleep. I will tell Felipa to prepare you something to eat and bring it to you”.
Estrella Berrocal pulled away from his big hand and said, “I just woke up, I’m not sleepy yet, come here, let me see your face.”
She remembered that when she had given birth, she had punched him on the left side of his face and punched him not too hard for the bastard words he had deliberately said.
Estrella Berrocal raised her hand and touched the left side of his face, which was still a little red.
“Adam, I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to.”
“I don’t blame you, get some rest.”
Estrella Berrocal lay down obediently and, after a moment, her little hand scratched Adán Rouco’s palm: “I want water”.
Adán Rouco poured her water, helped her up and leaned on her arms, brought the glass to her mouth and fed her.
Estrella Berrocal gulped the glass and then licked her lips, still a little thirsty.
Adán Rouco poured him another glass of water and fed him.
…
Estrella Berrocal was put to sleep by Adán Rouco for another three hours or so, and when she awoke, it was dusk in the west.
Felipa brought a fragrant meal and nourishing soup and Adán Rouco helped Estrella Berrocal half recline on the pillows.
Estrella Berrocal wanted to eat alone at the small table, but Adán Rouco did not give her a chance to do so, only asking her, “Do you want the soup or the food first?”
Estrella Berrocal said, with sweetness in her heart, “Let’s have a couple of mouthfuls of soup to wet your throat.”
The man took a spoonful of chicken soup and blew his thin lips before passing it to his mouth.
Estrella Berrocal did not open her mouth for a moment and looked at him in amazement.
“What’s all the fuss about, letting me feed you with my mouth?”.
“…”
She blushed and immediately opened her mouth to drink the soup.
I don’t know if it was because Felipa’s cooking had improved, or because Adán Rouco had pampered her hands, but the soup was delicious to the core.
After a few sips, Adán Rouco began to feed her, fearing that she was too full.
Estrella Berrocal didn’t like carrots, but the dish included steamed carrots. “No carrots, I want to eat shredded meat.”
“Good girl, you have to take a little of both, it’s good nutrition and you recover fast.”
The carrots and shredded meat were put in their mouths along with the rice.
Felipa couldn’t help but be happy to see the loving couple and said, “Young abuelita, if you want to eat something else tomorrow, let me know and I will prepare it and take it to the hospital. You are recovering and it is good for your health to eat well.”
Adán Rouco asked uneasily, “Is there anything he shouldn’t eat while he recovers?”
Felipa replied, “Nothing cold, spicy, sautéed, but whatever you want to eat, especially chicken soup, fish soup and other nutritious soups.”
Adán Rouco nodded slightly: “Do more and send him”.
“Yes, sir.”
When the meal was over and Felipa gathered her things and left, Estrella Berrocal went back to lie down on the bed.
Adán Rouco stared at her: “What are you looking at me, you can sleep now”.
Estrella Berrocal frowned, “… Why do you want to sleep again, I didn’t just wake up?”.
It was a brutally simple way for this man to keep her, to keep her like a pig.
It would take two months to be in recovery, and if I was like that for two months, would I come out of recovery so fat that I couldn’t even see people?
Adán Rouco asks: “And what do you want to do? Play with my phone or watch TV?
“I want to talk to you.”
Adán Rouco is particularly communicative: “Go ahead, I’m listening.
Estrella Berrocal stretched out her arms to him with a sweet smile.
“To do what?”
“For pampering.”
Adam Rouco bent down and reached out to take her in his arms and lean on her, his large hands gently stroking her hair, smoothing the fur as if holding a puppy.
Estrella Berrocal leaned back in his arms, closed her eyes slightly and asked with a smile, “By the way, I haven’t named my brother yet. What should we name him?”
Adán Rouco thought for a moment: “Lucio Rouco?
Estrella Berrocal thought it sounded good, “Lucio, then. I want to see the baby.
Adán Rouco did not want her to get out of bed now and told her, “Let’s go tomorrow, you have just given birth today and it is not good for you to get out of bed.”
“Okay then.”
Estrella Berrocal wrapped her arms around his waist and rubbed her face against his, “Adam, it turns out you really mean a lot to me.”
“What do you mean it turns out, meaning you didn’t feel that way before?”.
Estrella Berrocal smiled and let out a chuckle, “I thought it was important before, but after today, it’s even more so.”
“Hmm.” The man lowered his head and kissed the top of her hair.
Estrella Berrocal said, “When you hadn’t come to the hospital today, I was in a lot of pain and I didn’t want to have the baby, and if you hadn’t come, I don’t think I would have been able to have it for a while.”
“It’s my fault for almost missing such an important moment. I shouldn’t have gone on a business trip when you were about to go into labor and almost missed the birth.”
“It’s not your fault, the baby was so eager to get out that it came out ten days early.”
Adán Rouco contemplated her, with a deep and serious look: “Whenever you need me in the future, I will be at your disposal”.
“Mmm.”
Estrella Berrocal replied sweetly, curving her lips as she nuzzled his neck and snuggled into his arms.
…
Estrella Berrocal was hospitalized for more than half a month under the iron rule of Adán Rouco.
When she returned to the Fou family, Adán Rouco sent for a sister-in-law to stay at home and take care of the baby without Estrella Berrocal having to worry about anything.
Estrella Berrocal’s recovery was very easy, except for the night feedings, which were a lot of work, but Adán Rouco took care of everything else.
During the recovery period, Estrella Berrocal gained a lot of weight.
When she had her baby, she followed Felipa’s advice not to wash her hair every day, as she would catch a cold, so during the summer Estrella Berrocal only washed her hair once a week, in bed, with the help of Adán Rouco.
When Estrella Berrocal was almost out of recovery, she looked in the mirror, seeing herself fat and ugly, and almost despaired.
Adán Rouco told him that he had just come out of recovery and that his body had just recovered, so he was not grilling, that he would not be able to stock up on blood without eating, and that he should wait for his body to recover before going on a diet.
After a serious lecture, Estrella Berrocal sat down next to him, like a rabbit with its head shrunken, and had to eat in earnest.
During the recovery period, Adán Rouco did not allow him to stay up late, did not let him play with his cell phone in bed, went to bed at the end of the day and did not care much for the children.
Summer was almost over and Estrella Berrocal was out of recovery when she received a letter in the mail.
When she opened it, it was a letter informing her of the finalists for the fashion week show.
Estrella Berrocal wondered when she had submitted her candidacy. She hadn’t submitted any articles, so how could she receive a shortlisting letter?