The Holy City, The Villas of Repulse Bay is dark inside.
Adam Rouco spent nearly twenty hours on the plane before arriving home, to find it empty.
Adam Rouco entered the villa, turned on the lights and, after setting down his boarding bag, stood by the floor-to-ceiling window to call Estrella Berrocal.
After three consecutive calls, no one answered, and Adam Rouco became worried, but on second thought, Paulita and Lucio were not home either, and Estrella Berrocal had probably taken the two children and Cari back to the old Rouco family home.
So Adam Rouco called the old house again and the phone was answered by Felipa.
“Hello Felipa, I just got home from a business trip, has Estrella returned to the old house with the two children?”
“Young owner, the two children were instead in the old house, two days ago, Young hostess sent the two children back to the old house, saying they would be near their grandfather for a while, but Young host himself stayed in the old house only one night, and the next day he went back to The Villas of Repulse Bay.”
Adam Rouco frowned a little, Estrella Berrocal had sent her two children to the old house and he was away on business, what was she doing living alone in The Villas at Repulse Bay?
Adam Rouco asked about the two children and Felipa said with a smile, “Don’t worry, Young owner, they are very well behaved, Lucio is feeding well and growing strong, Paulita is also very well behaved these days, she is more obedient than before and eats well without being pushed. ”
Adam Rouco holds his cell phone in one hand and unbuttons his shirt three times, exposing the sensual lines of his collarbone.
“Felipa, get Paulita, I’m going to talk to her.”
“Yes, Young Owner.”
Within seconds, Paulita came running over, her little hands clutching the phone and asking in a milky voice, “Who is this?”
“It’s your father.” Said Adam Rouco without a word.
Paulita let out an “Oh” and said with a beaming face, “You still know what to call me, daddy!”.
“…”
This bear of a child.
“How do you talk to Daddy?”
Paulita growled, “Daddy, I thought you didn’t remember me and my brother and Estrella when you were out there with all your pretty aunties. ”
“Who told you I had a pretty aunt over there, what’s that nonsense child saying?”
“Hmph, Estrella and I heard it all clearly.”
Adam Rouco didn’t bother to explain it to the little boy and said, “Paula Rouco, remember that daddy could never keep a pretty aunt out, let alone not love the family.”
“Dad, are you serious?”
“Of course I am. Papa asked you something, why did Estrella send you and your brother to Grandpa’s house?”
Paulita said frowning a little, “I don’t know, Estrella just said she would let me stay with my brother at my grandfather’s for a few days and she would come and get me and my brother in a few days.”
So, where Estrella Berrocal is now, presumably Paulita doesn’t know either.
She’s only been home for a few days and this woman has learned not to go out at night.
After hanging up the phone, Adam Rouco immediately called Santino Yepes and asked him to check Estrella Berrocal’s location.
…
Inside Lancer’s Bar.
Estrella Berrocal and Micaela have reserved a room for singing and drinking.
At first, Estrella Berrocal only knew Micaela from Adam Rouco, and then, when she met her, she learned from Adam Rouco that Micaela was a goddess, a big star, and that they had nothing in common.
But coincidentally, while Adam Rouco is on a business trip, Estrella Berrocal takes Paulita to a shopping mall and meets Micaela, who is surrounded by a group of journalists. Berrocal helps Micaela by impersonating her and distracting the journalists.
The two women then blurred and became friends.
As for why the two came to the bar tonight to hang out, it was naturally because of the men.
Estrella Berrocal asked curiously, “Isn’t it possible that when a man has been married for a long time, he loses interest in his wife at home and looks for women outside?”
Micaela took a slow sip of a beautifully colored cocktail and looked at her, “Did Adam Rouco cheat on you?”
Estrella Berrocal’s eyes twitched and she bit her lip, “I’m not sure, I just suspect it, this time he’s been away so long and he hasn’t even called me voluntarily, it wasn’t like that before, he called me and Paulita every day when he was away, but this time it’s so unusual, and I called and heard the phone There was a woman’s voice. Do you think he’s using his business trip as a pretext to visit the mistress he has abroad?”
“Could it be a misunderstanding?”
“I thought so too, but I asked him several times around that time where he was traveling and he wouldn’t tell me, which was very strange.”
Micaela also thought it was strange and frowned slightly. “Yes, if he doesn’t have a ghost in his heart, how can he be so secretive, when is he coming back?”
Estrella Berrocal leaned back on the beach, sighed and said with a sad face, “I don’t know, he hasn’t told me. Anyway, I’m going to stick it out this time and I’m going to make a point of not asking, I just want to see when he’s going to come clean with me.”
Micaela laughed out loud, “No, you send Paulita and Lucio to Grandpa’s house for that? Lately you’ve been dragging me every day to stay at the bar until the wee hours of the morning, also because you wanted to see when Adam Rouco would reach out to you…”
Estrella Berrocal’s brow furrowed slightly as she saw the heart of the matter, her cheeks flushing slightly in embarrassment, “Is my method stupid?”
“Stupid, of course it’s stupid. You’ll find out during this ordeal that I’m probably not even looking for you.”
Estrella Berrocal’s mouth twitched and she muttered under her breath, “… not so much…”.
That ruthless?
Micaela looked at her and laughed, “You’ve never been hurt by a man, have you? All men in this world can cheat on their wives. It’s a common problem for them, they have a new love and remember their old clothes are warm and they can come back to you. If it wasn’t illegal to kill someone, I would have stabbed them to death.”
As she finished the sentence, Micaela’s pretty, delicate face was taking on a murderous intent.
Estrella Berrocal looked at the side of her wonderful face and the sweat pores on her back bristled, “Nico, Mr. Nico… is this the type of person? I didn’t see that coming…”
Estrella Berrocal hadn’t had much contact with Nico Amengual, except for the last time they played cards together, when Adam Rouco and Estrella Berrocal had met him once, and looking at Nico Amengual, Estrella Berrocal thought the man was the type to keep clean.
“Would he be a man if his ass could be seen by a woman?”
“Micaela, you might have some misunderstanding with Mr. Nico, he doesn’t strike me as that kind of person.”
Micaela scoffed, “Nico Amengual is a gallant. It’s just that he’s a higher kind of scum than the lowest kind of scum.”
But scum is scum no matter the level.
That said, Micaela grabbed the cocktail glass in her hand and downed it in one gulp.
Estrella Berrocal instantly felt instantly bad for having heard this, forking a piece of watermelon with her fork and biting it into her wax-flavored mouth. The bar booth was noisy, but Estrella Berrocal was incredibly frustrated; if Adam Rouco had really cheated on her, she didn’t seem able to forgive him, even if it was only physically twisted, she didn’t seem able to accept it very well.
“And will you forgive Mr. Nico?”
Micaela didn’t think about it and simply said, “No.”