“In short, you can’t lie to me, you can’t do anything dangerous, and for me and for Paulita and Lucio, you have to be a good and law-abiding citizen.”
Adán Rouco couldn’t help but laugh, “When have I ever given you the wrong impression that I would do something illegal to make money?”
“There are too many people whose hearts are blinded by money, in case you suddenly get carried away by it. I’m just reminding you that nothing is better than nothing.”
Rich?
Mrs. Estrella probably does not know that the last thing Mr. Adam needs is money.
I forgot to mention that he owns several rainforests in Latin America and Brazil, and has purchased many private islands in Australia and India, which generate huge sums of money each year from government toll fees alone, as well as from tourism.
Money is nothing more than a number to him, and gold and silver mines are not one ten-thousandth as important as the people he holds in his arms.
Adán Rouco leaned over, tucked her in and kissed Estrella Berrocal on the forehead, his voice low and muffled as he began, “Honey, from now on, in everything I do, I’m putting you and the baby first, okay?”
Yes, very much so.
Estrella Berrocal’s heart was sweet, so sweet that even when she fell asleep, the corners of her lips would lift unconsciously.
…
Twenty hours later, Italy.
Esteban Zaragosa is covered with examination instruments.
“Are you planning to put me under house arrest now?”
Esteban Zaragosa looked annoyed at Tom Paul and Claudio Belles.
Tom Paul shrugged, “Although I wouldn’t dare do this to you in normal times, now His Excellency has given the order that we have to cure your stomach problem by any means. Since you are always uncooperative, we will have to strap you to this treatment bed.”
Claudio Belles looked at Esteban Zaragosa in the hospital bed with his arms up in the air and said, “Honestly, it feels really good right now seeing you tied to the bed without freedom, it feels like a harsh revenge.”
Tom Paul smiled cheerfully, “I’m doing super well too, the normally bloodless White Wolf is now strapped to my hospital bed as a guinea pig, I couldn’t be happier.”
Tom Paul and Claudio Belles smiled at each other and both high-fived.
Esteban Zaragosa: “…. When I get out of bed, I will have all of you to wait for you”.
“So scared, Claudio, why don’t we get on a plane and fly to South Africa tonight and hide out.”
Claudius Belles reached out and smacked Tom Paul upside the head, his face turned serious: “Then stop acting, you’d better save Esteban Zaragosa’s life or His Excellency won’t forgive you!”
“I don’t think it’s your Excellency who can’t do without me, it’s you who can’t do without me!”
Tom Paul and Claudio Belles were still fighting, Esteban Zaragosa was distracted and his dark eyes were slightly cold, “Can you get out and leave me alone? I was fine, but I’m dying from all the noise.”
Claudio Belles extended his hands and left the room with Tom Paul.
Out of the room –
Tom Paul: “You don’t think he’s going to kill himself over a love affair while alone in the room, do you?”
Claudio Belles rolled his eyes, “If he kills himself, I throw his body to the fish.”
If Esteban Zaragosa is the kind of fool who martyrs himself for love, Claudio Belles is the first to disagree!
Inside the room, Esteban Zaragosa turns on his cell phone, puts on his headphones and listens repeatedly to the recording sent by Adán Rouco.
Inside the recording is the voice of Dulcina Calvo.
His girl also said that, although he was a dangerous man, she couldn’t help but miss him.
I really wanted to have her and protect her, but as she said, it was … too dangerous for her.
…
Half a month later, The Holy City.
After Esteban Zaragosa’s departure, Dulcina Calvo continued with her life in two places, working, nothing had changed, but it was as if everything had changed again.
In the apartment he rented, Esteban Zaragosa still had a man’s shirt hanging on the balcony, which he said he left to protect himself from wolves, so that if a man in the building across the street saw a man’s shirt hanging on his balcony, he would stop thinking about it.
In the bathroom, there is Esteban Zaragosa’s used toothbrush and mouthwash cup, a couple’s model, hers in pale pink and his in pale blue, which they chose together at the supermarket.
In the sink was also his razor and his usual aftershave.
Everything was there, but how could people suddenly disappear.
Everything was like a dream.
After all these days, Dulcina Calvo still finds it hard to digest what happened that night on the hospital rooftop. If she had not seen it with her own eyes, she would not have believed that such a beautiful and adventurous experience could take place in her anodyne life.
Now that she thinks about it, maybe she was always nervous, or simply refused to admit it; a man like Esteban Zaragosa is nothing like a normal person, no matter how you look at it.
Perhaps it was because she had unconsciously wished so much that he was like her, an ordinary person, that she had ignored how special and different he was, how his identity, his origin … was unexpected but expected.
Dulcina Calvo was fuming when the doorbell rang.
Shaken, Dulcina Calvo got up to open the door, “Who is it?”.
A quick look through the cat’s eye showed that the other man appeared to be a delivery man.
“Messenger, is this Miss Dulcina speaking? You have a package, please open the door and sign for it.”
Dulcina Calvo didn’t think much of it and opened the door ready to sign. “Who sent me the package? …”
Just as I looked at the delivery box, I received a violent slap to the back of the head and fainted.
…
Two hours passed when Dulcina Calvo woke up again.
She was awakened by a loud roar.
When he opened his eyes, he was 30, 000 feet up in the air with his hands and feet tied.
“Who the hell are you! Get off me!”
The man in the mask gave him a contemptuous look and sneered, “I just looked at you while you were sleeping and didn’t see anything remarkable about you. I didn’t think White Wolf would like a green apple like you.”
Dulcina Calvo was confused, “What White Wolf, you are the green apple! Your whole family is a green apple! I’m warning you! Let go of me now!”
The man sneered and pointed towards the helicopter, “Are you sure you can leave now that I’m letting you go? This is at high altitude, even if I let you go now, where do you plan to escape to, jump?”
“You!”
“I advise you to behave yourself, I’m not interested in hurting women, and I’ve only kidnapped you to make a deal with White Wolf. When the deal is done, I will naturally let you go safely.”
Dulcina Calvo glared angrily at him, “Bah! Aren’t you interested in hurting women and kidnapping them to use them as a threat for that White Wolf thing?”
Dulcina Calvo, seeing that the man didn’t flinch at all, softened her tone again and pleaded, “Dude, I really don’t know any White Wolf, Black Wolf! Just let me go … let me go to the ground! Okay?”
“You’re a funny girl, now you drop to the ground and don’t call the ‘police’ to arrest me?”
Dulcina Calvo: “… But I don’t know any White Wolf”.
The man pulled out a photo and flashed it before his eyes, “Are you sure you don’t know this man?”.
Dulcina Calvo’s eyes twitched when the man in the photo, none other than Esteban Zaragosa…