Holding Her, Loving You

Chapter Fourteen: Redundancy

Belina stared at her boss speechless, she knew that they had been letting people go over the last few weeks but she had been working so hard that she had never considered that they would turn on her at some point.

“Gracias for everything that you have done,” one of the associates of the firm said making Belina nod her head as she carefully got to her feet; she had known from the moment that she had been called into the office that it wasn’t going to end well.

The brunette was wearing a cream shirt with pleated frill shoulder and black skinny trousers with zip detail paired with black leather shoe boots; she nibbled her lip as she shouldered her black textured satchel bag as she walked out of the office and headed for her desk so that she could pack up her things.

Belina swallowed as she quickly sorted through her things before she carefully pulled out her phone; she didn’t trust herself to be alone right now, she needed someone with her so that she could put on a strong face for Alejandro.

The six year old had so much going on right now that she didn’t know what to do, he wasn’t the same happy child that she had raised and the brunette worried what was going on that she didn’t know about; she feared that he was pushing her away.

“Cesc?” Belina breathed as her ex-boyfriend answered the phone, she hoped that she wasn’t disturbing him on his day off but she needed someone and he was the first person that she had thought of; she hadn’t even thought about phoning Gerard or Lionel since she needed her ex-boyfriend.

***

Cesc quickly ended the call and looked at Daniella who frowned looking at him, she knew it had been his ex-girlfriend; they had been enjoying lunch together while Carlota watched Lia for the day.

“Is everything alright?” the Lebanese asked as she sipped on her drink while Cesc pulled on his coat, he had known just by the sound of Belina’s voice that she needed him; he wasn’t about to let her down since everything seemed to be going well between them lately.

“I have to go,” Cesc said as he quickly paid the bill, he was suddenly glad that Daniella had driven herself to the restaurant after going shopping in the morning for clothes that she just didn’t need; the footballer couldn’t understand what he had ever saw in her.

Daniella frowned as she stared at her boyfriend of two and a half years, she had a feeling that there was something going on; he had been pulling away from her and she knew it would only get worse when he learnt what Joseph was doing to Alejandro.

Since she had found out that her son was bullying Cesc’s son, she knew that if her boyfriend ever discovered what was going on then he would end their relationship completely.

“I’m sorry… but something has come up,” Cesc said as he pressed a kiss to her forehead before he hurried away, he knew that he couldn’t tell her that he was going to Belina; he had picked up on the fact that Daniella disliked his ex-girlfriend and his son and didn’t want to add more problems to their crumbling relationship.

Daniella frowned as she stared after the footballer, she couldn’t believe that he had abandoned her like that for his ex-girlfriend; she pursed her lips knowing that she needed to do something otherwise she was going to lose him completely to another woman.

***

“Gracias,” Belina breathed as she looked at the footballer, she was a little surprised that he had dropped everything for her like that; she doubted that Daniella would be pleased about what he had done.

Cesc shrugged as he thought about what he could do to help, he couldn’t believe that Belina had been made redundant and he knew that it wasn’t going to be easy for her to find another job; he wasn’t going to allow her to leave Barcelona with their son.

“It was nothing,” Cesc said as he looked at her, she smiled at him making his heart skip a beat as he watched her; he had helped her move her stuff out of her office and now they were back at the apartment.

Belina sighed as she ran a hand through her hair as she thought about what was going on; she couldn’t believe that she had lost her job like that, she was suddenly glad that Cesc had bought this apartment.

The brunette knew that if he hadn’t then she would have struggled to pay for the house that she lived with Alejandro; she nibbled on her lip knowing she would have lost the house sooner or later.

“It’ll all work out Bel… I’ll help you in any way you know that,” the footballer said as he smiled at the brunette, he would do anything for her and Alejandro; he knew that it was only a matter of time before he acted on his feelings for his ex-girlfriend.

Belina smiled at him thankful, she really didn’t want to rely on him like Daniella did; she knew that the Lebanese was using the footballer, just like she had done with her ex-husband, she wanted what she couldn’t have.

“You don’t have to do that… I have some savings and I’ll work something out jobwise,” Belina said shrugging making Cesc frown, he didn’t want her to struggle in anyway and the last thing that he wanted for her was for her to be unhappy.

Cesc swallowed as he watched Belina, he couldn’t help but think about the kiss that they had shared two weeks ago; he wanted nothing more than to feel her lips against his again after everything that they had been through.

Belina wasn’t sure what happened next but she was suddenly kissing her ex-boyfriend while his hands held her close and started to help her out of her clothes; she moaned softly as his cold hands came into contact with her stomach.

“Cesc…” the brunette whispered as he started to kiss down her neck, she didn’t want him regretting this later on when he returned home to his girlfriend; the last thing that she wanted was to become the other woman.

The footballer pulled back slightly, he breathed hard as he watched her for a moment before he shook his head and cupped her face.

“I want this… I want you,” Cesc said as he tried to put what he was feeling into words, he didn’t want her to think that he was using her in anyway; he wanted to make things work between them again.

Belina swallowed as he ran a hand through her hair, he drew her close and kissed her again as he tried to show her how he felt.

“I’m still in love with you,” Cesc whispered as the two started to move towards the bedroom, he wanted her again and he knew that it would be a while before he could end things completely with Daniella; Lionel and Gerard had been right when they had talked about his feelings.

Belina stared at him speechless for a moment, she hadn’t expected him to say anything like that to her again; she knew that she shouldn’t feel the same but she did.

“I love you too,” the brunette whispered as she pulled him back into a kiss, she carefully allowed him to start undressing her; Belina just hoped that she wasn’t going to regret this later.

The brunette moaned softly as slowly she and Cesc undressed, the pair knew that this was going to make things interesting later on.