Paulita climbed up and ran upstairs to look for Estre Berrocal, but the little girl searched the room without finding any sign of Estre Berrocal.


    “Star, Star, Star, Star, where are you?


    Ten minutester, Paulita wasing down the stairs with a disappointed little face, carrying her little school bag, and Adán Rouco, sitting on the couch, grunted, “Have you figured it out yet?”


    Paulita stood on the stairs with her mouth swollen and her arms crossed like a small cockatoo: “Hmph!”.


    Adán Rouco got up and left the house, leaving only his back and a message for Paulita, “Come with me if you don’t want to bete”.


    Paulita stood still for a minute and then reluctantly followed her like an ant.


    Dad was in a bad mood and so was she.


    Paulita followed with a whisper of protest, “I haven’t had breakfast yet! Do you want to starve me to death?”


    Adán Rouco frowned, pursed his thin lips and ordered Felipa: “Prepare some breakfast for him to take with him on the road”.


    “Yes, Third Young Master.”


    Felipa prepared a ham sandwich, heated a carton of milk, put it in a stic bag and handed it to Paulita, “Remember to eat it.”


    Paulita grabbed her breakfast, red at Adán Rouco and ran out to the car with her school bag.


    Felipa could not resist asking, “Third Young Master, Third Young Grandmother she …”


    “Don’t tell the old man about this for now.”


    “Yes, Third Young Master.”


    …


    Estre Berrocal arrived in S and first stayed in a hotel, resting sufficiently before going to the local agency to look for a house.


    His n, for the time being, was to stay at S for now and hope for a changeter.


    He had just left the Holy City and his mind was scrambled, he had no idea where to go or what his ns were for the future.


    After a day of house hunting with the agent, he finally decided on a one-bedroom apartment.


    Rent in S is not cheap, and so is rent. If you want to rent the whole ce, it usually costs more than 3. 000 a month, which is a bit expensive for Estre Berrocal, but she didn’t want to share a room with strangers, so she chose a single room with its own bathroom and kitchen.


    “Miss Estre, this one will cost you two thousand a month, and you’ll be fine on your own.”


    “Then I’ll take this one.”


    “Okay, I’ll call thendy and ask her toe over.”


    After a long time, Estre Berrocal finally paid the bond and the rent, and when thendy and the agent left, she cleaned the house.


    Thendy was a bit of a neat freak and came regrly to clean the house when it was unupied, so Estre Berrocal only had to do a little cleaning.


    After packing, he took a hot shower andy down on his bed, hoping to fall asleep soon, after two days of travel, but when hey down on his bed, he couldn’t sleep.


    That night he would have seen Analena Lozada, and by now, he would have been with her again.


    He had let himself go, he had decided to do it, but the idea of him with Analena Lozada made his heart ache.


    Shey on her bed, thinking about it, not knowing how long it would take her to fall asleep, but stunned she saw Analena Lozada abusing her Paulita.


    Paulita was beaming and clutching her tummy saying she was hungry, Analena Lozada kicked Paulita away and Paulita’s forehead fell on the coffee table, spilling blood everywhere….


    “Paulita!”


    Estre Berrocal woke with a start and sat up violently, letting out a long sigh as she took in her surroundings.


    Luckily it was a dream …


    I wonder if Analena Lozada would have been nice to Paulita if she had really been with Adán Rouco.


    After all, Paulita was not Analena Lozada’s daughter.


    That thought made Estre Berrocal even more upset and she just pulled the phone card out of her phone and tossed it aside.


    He was afraid that, if he thought about it, he would not be able to resist contacting Adán Rouco and Paulita.


    But she and Adán Rouco, after all, were impossible. … Her father’s death would alwayse between them.


    …


    Half a monthter


    The Holy City, Rouco Group building, president’s office.


    “Boss, Miss Juliet is here.”


    Adán Rouco’s eyes sparkled with surprise, “Juliet Sarinana?”.


    When Julieta Sarinana entered the office, she saw the files on Adán Rouco’s desk and smiled slightly, “Adán, you’re not still looking for Estre Berrocal, are you?”


    Adán Rouco closed the files and asked, pursing his lips, “Why have youe to see me in the office? Is something wrong?”


    “I just wanted to see you, can’t Ie see you if I have nothing to do? Now that Analena Lozada is alive and well, are you much better, by any chance?”.


    Adán Rouco said “yes”, without answering too much.


    Julieta Sarinana added: “I heard from special assistant Xu that you have been rting a lottely, Adán, is it true that you are rting a lot or is it … that you are trying to numb yourself with that? Can’t you let Estre Berrocal go like that?”.


    Adán Rouco raised his wrist to check the time and said formically, “I have a meeting in five minutes, so I won’t fire you.”


    Adán Rouco took the papers and got up to leave the office when Julieta Sarinana called him: “Adán! You kept Estre Berrocal with you partly because of Paulita and partly because Estre Berrocal looked like Analena Lozada, you were ashamed of Analena Lozada, so you wanted topensate by keeping Estre Berrocal with you, but now that Analena Lozada is back, you don’t have to feel guilty. …”


    Before Julieta Sarinana could finish her sentence, the man turned his back on her, stood still and interrupted in a cold voice: “I’m afraid I never thought of Estre Berrocal as Analena Lozada, and Estre Berrocal bears no resemnce to Analena Lozada either. ”


    “You dare to say you never loved Analena Lozada?”


    “No.” Two categorical words.


    Julieta Sarinana was stunned; she had never thought that Adán Rouco would respond so emphatically.


    There was no reason for Adán Rouco to lie to him, but how was it possible that Adán Rouco did not like Analena Lozada at all, when he had been almost inseparable from her?


    Adán Rouco was about to leave when, suddenly, a diamond ring slipped out of his pocket and rolled to Julieta Sarinana’s feet.


    Julieta Sarinana knew this diamond ring, which had been worn by Estre Berrocal.


    He bends down and picks it up.


    Adán Rouco turned and held out his hand: “Give it to me”.


    A faint smile tugged at the corner of his lips, “Adam, are you really in love with Estre Berrocal?”.


    The man took the diamond ring straight from her hand, not intending to answer the question, and just as he pulled away, Juliet Sarinana snorted, “And what am I?”


    Adán Rouco did not stop: “A friend”.


    “A friend? I don’t want to be your friend.”


    Adán Rouco did not return the look. “I apologize if I have done anything to throw you off before, but from now on, if you don’t think you can be my friend, we won’t see each other anymore.”


    Juliet Sarinana looked at the man’s cold, desperate back and smiled sadly.


    Yes, how could he forget that Adán Rouco had such a cold heart that now he could not even be a friend?This belongs ? N?velDra/ma.Org.


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