Holding Her, Loving You

Chapter Twenty-Seven: New Year Surprise

Cesc smiled as he wrapped around Belina and pressed a kiss to her cheek, the couple were at the Barcelona New Year party; the club held one every year for all of its players and staff and the footballer had begged his girlfriend to join him.

The brunette had agreed when Núria had insisted that she have Alejandro for the New Year, she adored the seven year old and she wanted nothing more than to spend time with her grandson after the years that she had missed.

“Lina you made it,” Gerard said as he bounced over to the couple, he grinned as he saw the look on Cesc’s face as he hugged the brunette; he hadn’t seen her since he had helped them move home.

Belina smiled as she returned the hug, she hadn’t really seen many of footballers since she had gotten back together with Cesc and fallen pregnant; she was a little nervous about what they must think of her after what had happened.

“Of course I did,” Belina said as she pulled back from the footballer, she was wearing a black pastel needle and thread gloss pencil dress paired with black heeled sandals; she still wasn’t showing and that was the least of her problems right now with Cesc’s constant worrying.

After his confession when they had moved into their new home, she didn’t know why he was scared about losing her but she had a feeling that it had something to do with how things had ended for them the first time around.

“I’m glad that Cesc convinced you to come,” Gerard said as he looked at his best friend, he knew that the footballer had something planned for when the clock struck midnight; he had helped his friend with the planning, he just hoped that Belina would say yes, they had wasted enough time in the past.

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“You look amazing,” Shakira said as she smiled at Belina, she knew that a couple of the other women weren’t pleased that the brunette had come to the New Year party but she was glad that Belina had; she enjoyed talking to the other woman since she was a breath of fresh air against the others.

Antonella nodded her head in agreement as she smiled softly at the brunette, she had to admit that while she had been a close friend of Daniella’s that she also enjoyed Belina’s company as well.

The brunette hadn’t done anything wrong and the Argentine was sick of listening to people accuse her of coming in between Cesc and his ex-girlfriend; Daniella had done that by allowing her son to bully Alejandro and that was her own fault.

“How is the baby?” Antonella asked curiously, she had heard from Lionel that the brunette was carrying Cesc’s third child; she had a feeling that the footballer would be very protective of his girlfriend since he had missed out on so much with their first child.

Belina smiled softly as thought about her unborn child, she still didn’t know why Cesc was so sure that it would be a baby girl but he was still being very protective of her; he was even watching her closely from across the room as he talked to his friends.

“The baby’s fine, the doctor says that he has a strong heartbeat,” Belina said as Shakira laughed softly, everyone knew that Cesc was sure that the baby would be a girl and that the brunette was offsetting him by saying that they were having a boy.

Antonella chuckled as she smiled at Belina, the brunette was clearly better for Cesc than Daniella had ever been and the brunette did feel sorry for her friend since she had been away.

***

Belina furrowed her brow as Cesc led her onto a balcony in the hotel where the party was being held, she didn’t know what her boyfriend had planned but she knew that he had something on his mind.

“You’re not going to throw me off the balcony are you?” the brunette joked as she looked at her boyfriend, he chuckled nervously and shook his head knowing that there wasn’t a better place to ring in the New Year; he hoped that she wouldn’t be too surprised by what he was about to do.

Cesc took a deep breath as he drew Belina close, he couldn’t believe that he had finally gotten his second chance and this time he wasn’t going to waste a moment of it; he had want he wanted and he was determined to have a family that he enjoyed coming home to.

“Cesc what’s going on? It’s nearly midnight and I promised that I’d call Alex,” Belina asked as she looked up at her boyfriend, even if she was wearing heels he was still quite a bit taller than her and she could see that there was something important on his mind still.

The brunette worried that this was about his dreams again, she knew that he was still having them since he was doing everything in his power to ensure that she was never alone when she went out in public; he feared that something would take her away from him.

“There’s something that I want to do at midnight,” Cesc said as he ran his hands down Belina’s bear arms and smiled at her; he knew that this was long overdue and he hoped that she would say the greatest word in the world to him.

Belina looked at him confused as her boyfriend led her over to the edge of the balcony, they had an amazing view of the city at night and Cesc knew it would be even more beautiful at midnight.

“Forgetting the break… we’ve been together for twenty-five and a half months,” Cesc said carefully as he kept a hold of her hand, he took a deep breath as Belina nodded her head; she didn’t know where he was going with this but she felt a nervous feeling in her stomach about what he was doing.

Cesc slowly got down on one knee, he looked up at Belina nervously as he produced the 9ct white gold carat diamond cluster ring that he had been carrying around for days; Gerard had helped him pick it out and was proud that his friend was finally doing this.

Belina clapped a hand over her mouth in shock as she looked at her boyfriend, she certainly hadn’t been expecting this even if marriage had been on her mind a lot recently.

“You mean the world to me Bel and I can’t lose you again, we have a beautiful son and another baby on the way and I know what I want,” Cesc said as he watched Belina, he could see the tears in her eyes and he knew that he had surprised her by doing this; he didn’t want to tell her how long he’d been carrying the ring around but he’d had it since they’d first been dating.

Cesc squeezed her hand knowing that he wanted her to be his more than anything, she was the love of his life and he wasn’t going to allow her to slip through his fingers again.

“Belina Gomez Sanz will you marry me?” Cesc asked nervously as he looked up at her, he didn’t know what else he could say but he knew that he would do anything for her; he would even ask again if she said no this time around.

Belina stared at Cesc speechless as she tried to find the strength to speak, she couldn’t believe that he had asked her to marry him; she hadn’t thought that this was what he had planned.

“Yes,” the brunette whispered as the clock struck midnight and the new year rolled in, Cesc grinned as he carefully placed the ring on her finger before he pushed himself up and kissed her, knowing that everything was going to be okay.