Devoted Love, Mr. Hayes’ Darling Wife

Paula Rouco woke up and walked out of the hospital in Severo Laris’ arms.

Paula Rouco slipped an arm around his neck and asked, somewhat puzzled, “Didn’t those doctors call me?”

Severo Laris said, “I don’t want them to hospitalize you and they wouldn’t dare petition to have you hospitalized.”

Paula Rouco caressed his lips, “There is a time when they are so obedient.”

Severo Laris looked down, glanced at the injured arm with thick gauze and said, “This is my hospital, so of course I am in charge, and of course you are in charge.”

Paula Rouco bristled, “In the eyes of a doctor, my scratching is a sick act and they’re not going to listen to me.”

Seeing her unconcerned, Severo Laris’ heavy heart lightened slightly.

Severo Laris, with a slight smile, looks at the person in his arms and thinks that naive romance is nothing more than that.

He led her to the car.

Paula Rouco leaned into his arms and nonchalantly asked, “Did I scare Susana and the others?”

Severo Laris stroked her long hair and kissed her softly, saying, “They are your good friends, how could they be frightened by you.”

Without another word, Paula Rouco snuggled into Severo Laris’ arms, closed her eyes and said, a little wearily, “Sleepy.”

Severo Laris put his arm around her, “Go to sleep.”

After Paula Rouco fell asleep, Severo Laris’ hand, which had been gently stroking the gauze wrapped around her arm, was full of pain.

When they got home, Severo Laris carried her upstairs and had just put her in the big bed when Paula Rouco woke up.

Paula Rouco’s little hand, tickling Severo Laris’ arm, said, “Severo, let’s go to Imperial and get the small bean sprouts.”

This time, instead of making the excuse that he was busy, Severo Laris agreed and said, “Yes, tomorrow we’ll go to Imperial to get the small bean sprouts, what do you think?”

“Really?” She was delighted.

“I’m not lying.”

Severo Laris looked at her mischievously and said, “After we see the little bean sprouts, we’ll go around Imperial University and stay two nights in the Imperial neighborhood, what do you think?”

Paula Rouco narrowed her eyes and smiled, “Good.”

It had been a long time since she had been out and this plan Severo Laris was talking about appealed to her.

…

The next morning, Severo Laris packed some simple bags and took Paula Rouco to Imperial.

The Imperial neighborhood, Severo Laris had always sent someone to clean it regularly, so even when we arrived in the Imperial neighborhood, the house was immaculate.

They arrived first from the airport and dropped off their luggage.

Then it was on to the little bean sprouts.

Paula Rouco called to make an appointment with the little bean sprouts in the plaza not far from La Villa Rouco.

When we arrived at the plaza, there were large flocks of farm pigeons and some parents with their children had bought feed to feed the pigeons.

Paula Rouco caught a glimpse of the small soybean sprouts sitting on a deck chair with their red backpacks.

Paula Rouco pointed to a small sprout not far away and said to Severo Laris with a smile, “That’s the little sprout.”

Severo Laris looked into an empty space, but smiled softly and complimented, “The little bean sprouts are lovely.”

Paula Rouco pulls Severo Laris.

Little Beanstalk asked, “Sister Paulita, is this the love of your life?”

Paula Rouco introduced herself with a smile, “His name is Severo Laris and he is the love of my life.”

The little bean sprout smiled and said with a cute smile, “Sister Paulita, your lover is so handsome, I like him very much. I imagined my daddy that handsome.”

Paula Rouco said to Severo Laris, “Little Beanstalk says you look like her daddy.”

Severo Laris suppressed the bitterness in his eyes and said sweetly, “Why don’t we be daddy and mommy to the little sprout for a day?”

As smart as Severo Laris is, he has a vague guess as to the identity of the little Jewish girl he imagines.Têxt © NôvelDrama.Org.

Paula Rouco froze for a moment, a little surprised to hear such a proposal from Severo Laris.

Severo Laris looked at her and said, “Why don’t you ask the little bean if she wants to?”

Paula Rouco asked the little bean sprouts, who clapped happily and said yes with a little smile.

Pointing to a family not far away, the little Beanstalk said, “Sister Paulita, I want to be like them and feed the pigeons with mommy and daddy.”

Paula Rouco smiled and rubbed the little bean’s little head and said to Severo Laris, “Severo, the little bean wants to feed the pigeons.”

“Good, now I’m going to get the feed.”

Severo Laris went to the kiosk a short distance away to buy feed, not forgetting to keep an eye on Paula Rouco not far away.

He bought two small bags of feed.

A bag of Paula Rouco and a bag of small bean sprouts.

He saw, not far away, Paula Rouco talking to the air and couldn’t help souring his eyes.

Severo Laris took a deep breath and tried to contain the heartburn and pain that was making his heart flip.

By the time Severo Laris approached, Paula Rouco and the little beaner were crouched on the ground, playing with a small pigeon.

Severo Laris hands the feed to Paula Rouco.

Severo Laris with a big boy and a little boy, feeding the pigeons.

The little Beanstalk asked, “Sister Paulita, can I see you and Brother Severo more often from now on?”

Paula Rouco said somewhat apologetically, “That may not be possible, Brother Severo is very busy.”

Instead, Severo Laris told her, “It’s okay, I’m not busy, I’ll take you out with the little bean sprout when I have time.”

The little bean sprout smiles with innocent romanticism.

After feeding the pigeons, Severo Laris and Paula Rouco sent the little bean sprouts together to La Villa Rouco.

Paula Rouco holds the little bean’s left hand and Severo Laris holds the little bean’s right hand, walking happily down the center.

Severo Laris, however, was quiet and wet-eyed.

Arriving at the entrance to La Villa Rouco, the little bean entered the villa.

Severo Laris and Paula Rouco said goodbye to her.

…

In the afternoon, Severo Laris again drove Paula Rouco to the Imperial University.

I did not drive there.

Severo Laris took out of storage the mountain bike he had ridden seven years ago, when he was a student. The bike was of good quality at the time, so even after seven years, the tires are still intact, inflated and not leaking.

Severo Laris pedals his bike toward Paula Rouco.

Paula Rouco turned her head and saw him not far away.

The white shirt flutters, overlapping the memory of Severo Laris, who was still a schoolboy.

Time, it seemed, had gone back in time.

As Severo Laris approached her on his motorcycle, one of his long legs brushed the ground and he gave her a small smile, “Hop on, Paula-san.”

Severo Laris wrapped an arm around her slender waist and led her to the bar at the front of the bike.

Severo Laris looked at her, “Sit nicely, we’re leaving.”

Severo Laris is a solid rider and Paula Rouco felt safe in his arms.

The wind cut her ears, all soft warmth. Waves.

The ride from the Imperial neighborhood to Imperial University has been morphing into what Paula Rouco saw seven years ago.

When we arrived at Imperial University, Severo Laris parked his bike in the school’s bike rack.

Holding hands, the two of them went for a walk to the school.

It’s not the end of Saturday, it’s a weekday, so the school is full of students.

With their impressive looks, Severo Laris and Paula Rouco wouldn’t look out of place in a group of college students.

As an unusual college couple.

Seven years later, the Imperial University has changed, the playground has expanded and the canteen has a new owner.

In the evening, Severo Laris ate with Paula Rouco in the school canteen.

Paula Rouco says, “The taste has changed.”

Severo Laris says, “Although many things have changed in these seven years, I will not change, I will always be where I am, waiting for you, whenever you turn around. I have always been the same Severo Laris who loved Paula Rouco so much. ”

Paula Rouco looked at him and smiled.