Adam Rouco looked at Estrella Berrocal’s exasperated look and couldn’t help but smile, “That’s all you remember so far?”
Estrella Berrocal copied the pillow she was holding in her hand and snapped it at him, “What the hell is this, you got someone outside, and this is no big deal?”
“I really didn’t keep anyone, it was a misunderstanding.”
“Then why did you lie to me? You’re here and now.”
Adam Rouco, thinking that it seemed impossible for Ms. Adam to get away without telling the truth in this matter, merely said, “It’s true that I lived in a woman’s house during my stay in Z. It is also true that the woman’s voice you heard on the phone when you called me at that time was not coming from the television set.”
Estrella Berrocal gave him a stern look, “Adam Rouco, you big liar!”.
With that, Estrella Berrocal got up and was about to leave when Adam Rouco snapped at her arm and pulled her back.
“You’re out there with someone, why do you keep pulling me, go get your girlfriend, get off me, get off me, get off me!”
“You’re rushing me before I finish talking, Mrs. Adam, I’ve never seen you so aggrieved.”
Estrella Berrocal was on the verge of tears, “It is you who admitted it, how can I accuse you of anything?”.
She had given him two children in vain! He had deceived her magnificently!
Adam Rouco hugged her tightly and said, “I didn’t keep anyone out, it wasn’t just me who lived in the woman’s house, Esteban Zaragosa was there, and some other people also lived in the woman’s house.”
“Adam Rouco, do you really think I am stupid, that I am so gullible?”
Adam Rouco looked at her serious little face and couldn’t help but laugh, raising his hand to pinch her little nose. “If I really wanted to lie to you, what clue could I let you take?”.
Estrella Berrocal’s face turned red with anger, “You …! It looks like you plan to lie to me a lot in the future.”
“That woman is not really a lover I keep, we are technically accomplices.”
“Adam Rouco, why didn’t I realize before that you were so good at making up stories?”
Adam Rouco thought it didn’t make sense and said, “The woman’s voice you heard is known to Dulcina Calvo as Claudio Belles, a partner of Esteban Zaragosa, ask Dulcina Calvo if you don’t believe me. Esteban Zaragosa and Claudio Belles are in an international organization, and I’m going to Z because there are some problems in their organization.”
“You lie, Adam Rouco before you were not like that, now why are you full of lies, yes you told me before that Esteban Zaragosa was a murderer and part of some organization, ok, I believe you, then what help can you be if you go there when their organization is in trouble?”
Adam Rouco took a deep breath, “If you really want to know, I will tell you, you are my wife and you have the right to know everything I am.”
“…”
…
Half an hour later, Estrella Berrocal was dumbfounded.
“So, the moment you left for Z, you didn’t tell me, you didn’t contact me because you were afraid to give away your whereabouts.”
Adam Rouco nodded, his gaze examining his young wife to see if he scared her.
It was clear that Estrella Berrocal did not seem capable of accepting him as he was, and Adam Rouco hastened to add, “But don’t worry, I have been retired for a long time, I have gone out little since I had Paulita, and in the last two years, with you, I have been even less prone to return to that identity, and this time, I come purely to do Esteban Zaragosa this favor.”
Estrella Berrocal suddenly remembered that all her men were fighting with swords and pistols, and she quickly reached out and touched Adam Rouco. “Are you wounded, then?”
Seeing how worried she looked, Adam Rouco smiled slightly and took her in his arms, “I’m not wounded, besides even if I were, it’s been so long that if I had been wounded I would have healed long ago.”
Estrella Berrocal hit him with a clenched fist: “What are you laughing at, what’s so funny, Adam Rouco, listen, I’m not going to let you go on doing such dangerous things. You are not alone, you have a wife, two children and dad, who has already lost your older brother, and if even you …”
At the mention of that word, Estrella Berrocal stopped talking.
Adam Rouco lowered his eyes a little, looking at her deeply, “I won’t do it, I can’t do without dying now.”
“You can’t give up, but there are guns and bullets without eyes … if anything happens to you …”
As he spoke, Estrella Berrocal’s eyes soured.
Adam Rouco bowed his head and kissed her, “That’s it, I won’t do such dangerous things anymore.”
“Now I don’t believe you.”
“I’ll be sure to tell you before I do.”
Estrella Berrocal looked at him, “Then promise me you won’t lie to me or hide anything from me in the future. Swear it.”
Adam Rouco raised his finger and said, “Then I swear that if I ever lie to Mrs. Adam and hide from Mrs. Adam again, they will not let me die …”
Before he could say the words, Estrella Berrocal’s fingers were directly on his lips.
“What are you talking about, who told you to curse yourself?”
“Wasn’t it you who made me swear?”
Estrella Berrocal: “…. I only asked you to pledge, I didn’t ask you to curse yourself!”
Adam Rouco had a slight smile in his eyes, “Now do you believe me?”.
Estrella Berrocal let out a grunt of mirth, “But what you did is still wrong, you didn’t even warn me before you went to do something so dangerous, I thought it was a normal business trip, I’m not going to forgive you now.”
Estrella Berrocal hugged the blanket just above her head and ignored him, Adam Rouco hugged her through the blanket, “Honey, do you have to be so heartless, I’ve made a well for you, I’ve mined all the diamonds upstairs and this is how you treat me?”
“Diamonds?”
Estrella Berrocal’s eyes lit up, a mine?
Then she scoffed, “That’s a lot of money to do the work of selling your life, and you can get a mine back in one go.”
Adam Rouco: “… So, for the sake of the diamonds, don’t be mad at me either.”
Estrella Berrocal pushed him away with some anger: “I don’t want your broken diamonds, I don’t live with diamonds, you are more important than any well or any diamond, I want you to be safe and sound!” Adam Rouco If you keep this up I’m going to get really angry.”
The man’s gaze bore into her, his eyes full of affection, “Then show me how important I am.”
With that, Adam Rouco raised his hand and pulled her into his arms, lowering his head and kissing her.
Estrella Berrocal resisted a little at first, but as she was kissed, she became more compliant and, little by little, her arms became entangled around Adam Rouco’s neck.
Adam Rouco pulled off her sweater that was in the way, “Honey, it’s been a long time since we’ve had a deep conversation.”
Estrella Berrocal blushed a little, “Me, I haven’t showered yet.”
“Wash it after the exchange and save yourself from washing twice.”
“…”
As they exchanged words, Estrella Berrocal did not forget to continue what she had just said, “Adam Rouco … you will not be allowed to lie to me again …”
The man concentrated on what he was doing and gave an answer in a low voice: “Well, if I lie to you again, I will be punished to not being able to touch you for a month.”
“…”
What kind of rules are these?
Estrella Berrocal: “And what if you find someone else to eat the meat?”
“Then punish me.”
The corner of Estrella Berrocal’s mouth twitched: “…”
That’s a very powerful response.