Time flies like an arrow.


    Ten yearster, La Vi Rouco.


    It was the eighteenth Bar Mitzvah and birthday party for the youngest princess of The Rouco family, and therge courtyard of The Rouco family was filled with the smell ofundry and endless delicious cakes, scones and champagne on the openwn.


    The courtyard was as bright as day in the middle of the night, and there was great excitement.


    In the first floor living room, Roberto Rouco, on his crutches and in a rare good mood, asks his daughter-inw Estre Berrocal: “Where is Paulita? The guests are all here, but why hasn’t our birthday girle down?”.


    Estre Berrocal looks up and smiles slightly, “I’m sure she’s still changing, she’s been so spoiled by you and Adam that she’s never been in the habit of being punctual.”


    Roberto Rouco, unconcerned, red at her, “The precious granddaughter of my Rouco family, it is your honor to make her wait.”


    Estre Berrocal, did not argue with the old man, who was notoriously unreasonable for pampering Paulita.


    “Papa, I’m going upstairs to see if Paulita is ready.”


    …


    Estre Berrocal went upstairs and knocked on the bedroom door, “Paulita, are you ready? The guests are waiting for you outside, so hurry up, it’s not good to keep everyone waiting.”


    No one answered the bedroom door, so Estre Berrocal pushed it open and went straight in, opening the door to see the window just opposite, which was wide open, and a rope tied to it.


    Estre Berrocal was in a hurry and hurried to look out the window to see Paulita grabbing the rope and sliding down.


    “Pa Rouco, what are you doing?”.


    Pa Rouco’s hands trembled and she lost her grip on the rope and fell through the air!


    “Ah…!”


    A scream rang out in the backyard.


    Good thing thewn was downstairs and Pa Rouco had reached the downstairs window when she fell, so the fall wasn’t serious, but she did twist her ankle.


    Upstairs, Estre Berrocal was rushing downstairs to check on her daughter in the courtyard, and ran into her husband, Adam Rouco, on the stairs.


    “How old you are, why are you still too busy to walk?”.


    Adam Rouco grabbed Estre Berrocal’s wrist and looked at his wife with a slight frown.


    Estre Berrocal became distressed, “No, Paulita just climbed out of the second floor window and fell out!”.


    “What does this girl intend to do?”.


    “I don’t know, let’s go take a look!”


    Estre Berrocal pulled Adam Rouco with her and quickly ran downstairs.


    …


    In the backyard, Pa Rouco’s face was contorted in pain as she twisted her ankle, her hands rubbed her ankle and her dark eyes looked around for someone to help her up.


    A quick nce revealed a young waiter standing not far away.


    “Handsome! Handsome! Over here!”


    Pa Rouco cried out in pain when the waiter didn’t respond, “Help! Hey! Help!”


    As soon as someone yelled “help,” the waiter responded and looked toward the girl who had fallen to the grass.


    The young man was standing in the floating light, and when he looked back, his eyes were cold and proud, although he wore the most ordinary waiter’s suit, he had an “impressive” air about him.


    When she first saw Severo Laris, Pa Rouco had only one thought: what a handsome man.


    When Severo Laris approached with his long legs, Pa Rouco looked away and pointed to her ankle: “I’ve fallen and now I can’t get up, can you help me up?”.


    Severo Laris frowned slightly and although there was coldness in his eyes, the gentleman in his bones made her extend her hand.


    Pa Rouco reached out her own and ced her hand in the man’srge, slender one, and the moment Severo Laris tugged to lift her, she staggered to her feet and fell into his arms.


    “… I, I didn’t want to.”


    The two were extremely close, onerge, warm, masculine hand grasping her small, soft hand, the other holding her back to keep her from breaking her foot again.


    The man was so tall that Pa Rouco stood in front of him in slippers, his head just reaching her neck, and when he raised his head, his soft lips brushed the lump in her throat.


    Severo Laris’ eyes sank and he released the girl in his arms as if releasing a hot potato.


    “Behave yourself, Miss!”


    Pa Rouco’s face reddened and she stood with her feet propped against the wall. “The one who respects herself is you! I just looked up, why did you look down! If you hadn’t, I wouldn’t have kissed you at all, you did it on purpose!”.


    “…”


    Severo Laris, with a cold stare, didn’t bother with her and turned to leave.This material belongs to N?velDrama.Org.


    Pa Rouco pointed to his back and called out, “Hey,e here, you! Are you the waiter we hired?”.


    The man did not turn, but spoke in a cold voice, “Yeah, what’s the problem?”.


    Pa Rouco didn’t have any bad intentions, she just wanted him toe over and help her, but seeing him so listless … the girl’s heart went into y and hooked her lips.


    “You …e and take me!”


    The man growled in Severo Laris’ ears and red back at her, his dark eyes sharp and hostile, “Miss Rouco, although I am a temporary waiter hired by your family, my job is only to serve the coffee and water for this dinner and the smooth running of the whole thing, as for the matter of carrying you As for carrying you, I could have hired a footman at your disposal!”


    Anyway, they, The Rouco family, had plenty of money.


    Severo Laris’ sarcastic words were a tribute to the fact that Pa Rouco had been raised by her parents and elders and had never been teased that way.


    The girl clenched her little fist and said angrily, “What a little gentleman you are! I was only teasing you.”


    Severo Laris looked deeply and darkly into the girl’s scarlet and white face, with a serious and hostile tone, “Then remember also, Miss Rouco, that I don’t like to be teased.”


    With those words, Severo Laris walked away toward the banquet hall, unconcerned about the girl behind him who was having a tantrum.


    She still hadn’t said anything to her Mr. ito, she was even more desperate than her father!


    Pa Rouco puffed out her little mouth, her ankle was hurting and she was about to leave when she looked down and saw the waiter’s badge that had fallen to the floor.


    Pa Rouco bent down and picked up the tiny gold pin with the name Severo Laris written on it.


    His name was Severo Laris. It was a pretty name, and he was a handsome man, but a little grumpy.


    As soon as Adam Rouco and Estre Berrocal arrived in the backyard, they saw their daughter, who had broken her foot and was limping.


    Adam Rouco’s brow furrowed, “Pa Rouco, who gave you permission toe down from the second floor – don’t you want to die?”


    Pa Rouco’s neck twisted at the sight of her imposing father, “Dad…”


    Adam Rouco strides over, looks at his daughter’s ankle and then the height of the second floor and says, “Howe you didn’t break your leg?”


    Pa Rouco copses into Estre Berrocal’s arms, looks embarrassedly at her father and says with a small mouth, “Dad … I wouldn’t dare.”


    Estre Berrocal helped her daughter and said, “Adam, don’t lecture her yet. Why did youe down from that height, your father and I got really scared.”


    “My colleagues said they wanted to spend their birthday with me and they had a private room outside waiting for me to celebrate, but when I saw that you had arranged such a big birthday party for me, you wouldn’t let me sneak out if I did, but I couldn’t let my colleagues wait for nothing, so I tried to sneak out the back door by climbing down from the second floor … ”


    At the end of the sentence, under Adam Rouco’s stern eyes, his voice grew smaller, a thin gnat’s voice.


    “That’s no way to jump from a building, do you know how dangerous that is?”. Estre Berrocal raised her hand and pressed her daughter’s temple.


    Pa Rouco nodded, “Mom, I know I made a mistake, next time I won’t jump out the window.”


    …


    Among the guests at Pa Rouco’s eighteenth birthday party were Esteban Zaragosa and Mr. and Mrs. Esteban.


    Thus, Pa Rouco’s sprained foot was corrected with a “click” from Esteban Zaragosa, and she was able to walk across the floor in no time.


    Adam Rouco looked at his daughter and, lifting his chin slightly,manded, “Thank you, Uncle Esteban.”


    Pa Rouco did a couple of hops and, realizing that her feet really didn’t hurt anymore, smiled and said, “Thank you Uncle Esteban!”


    “No, thank you, happy birthday girl today.”


    Estre Berrocal took her daughter and said, “Paulita,e upstairs with me and change your clothes, you are dirty and the birthday party will startter.”


    Adam Rouco watched as his wife and daughter went upstairs together before entertaining Esteban ZaragosaSr. and Mrs. Esteban and going out into the courtyard together.


    “Your son didn’te today?”


    Esteban Zaragosa: “How could he note. He arrived early and went to y with your Lucio, who is not here at the moment.”


    Dulcina Calvo smiled and said, “President Adam, if our Taurus wasn’t a little younger, you would certainly be thinking of asking Paulita to marry our Taurus!”


    Adan Rouco changed the subject saying, “The children are too young to talk about marriage, my Paulita is still looking out the window today. It will be at least another ten years before they are worthy to talk about marriage.”


    Esteban Zaragosa rubbed his nose and said amused, “Do you really think your Paulita is not worthy, or do you think all the boys in the world are not worthy of your little princess?”


    Adam Rouco raised an eyebrow and joked, “I’m very critical of my future son-inw and it would be better if we didn’t get married for the sake of our families.”


    Among the crowd of animated guests, a little boy suddenly burst in, “Uncle AdamUncle Adam!”


    Esteban Zaragosa looked at the handsome boy running and panting through the crowd and whispered in Adam Rouco’s ear, “Herees the future son-inw who will marry your Paulita.”


    Angelo pulled a thick red envelope out of his school bag and said, “Tio Adan, this is a birthday present for Paulita from my father and mother. They had things to do in Imperial and couldn’t make it, so they asked me to greet you and Aunt Estre for them.”


    Adam Rouco epted the red envelope and, seeing Angelo’s sweaty face, frowned slightly, “Why are you in such a hurry, aren’t you busy with your studies at Imperial?”


    Angelo scratched his head and said cheekily, “Uncle Adam, it’s Paulita’s birthday, isn’t it? Uncle Adam, where is Paulita? I’m in a hurry, I’m looking for her.”


    Adam Rouco reached out and rubbed the boy’s head hard, “You’re a brat, you just came of age and you intend to kidnap my daughter?”


    “Nothing of the sort! I bought Paulita a birthday present, Uncle Adam, just tell me, my custom-made electric piano is heavy enough, I’m exhausted from carrying it all the way!”


    Adam Rouco smiled slightly, “Come on, I’ll leave you, Paulita is upstairs.”


    As soon as the words were out of his mouth, Angelo grabbed his birthday present and ran off in a huff!


    Esteban Zaragosa stroked his chin sidelong and said with a meaningful smile, “I think this boy is good. He makes a good couple with Paulita and, besides, Angelo and Paulita have grown up together as childhood sweethearts.”


    Adam Rouco threw a cold nce at his friend and said arrogantly, “I’m the one who has to decide if he’s good or not. If he wants to be my inws, I’m the one who has to decide if I like him or not.”