Everybody Wants to Rule the World

Chapter Eleven: Not a Word

Matias Diaz sighed finishing checking Camelia over, she hadn't said a word since he had entered the room and he guessed that she was still in shock after what had happened to her. 

There was no way that Cristiano could have done this and the doctor was sure of that, it made him worry just who was stupid enough to lay their hands on the blonde that had such an important part in Cristiano's life. 

Joanna watched the doctor, she was still shaken from finding Camelia on the floor and she bet her life that this had something to do with the master's brother. 

Everyone knew that Hugo, while married had an eye for the female staff of Cristiano's home; no one dared speak up against him since they didn't believe that anyone would believe them over the General's brother. 

"We'll have to wait a couple of weeks to see if you are pregnant," Matias said shaking his head, the person that had done this knew what they were doing and he doubted that it would be easy to corner the person that had attacked Camelia. 

Snuffling Camelia nodded her head, she couldn't imagine what she would do if she did fall pregnant now; the idea of giving Hugo a child disgusted and scared her and she doubted that Cristiano would take it well. 

"I'll be back to give you a test," Matias continued gently, he was Cristiano's doctor and he doubted that the man would react well when he found out about this; unfortunately, Matias couldn't say a word because of the doctor-patient confidentially agreement. 

Camelia's secret would remain with him until she told him to tell anyone, she would need time to recover and Matias was sort of grateful that Cristiano was distracted with trying to get Catalina pregnant. 

It was going to take a while and Matias doubted that Catalina would be in any hurry to do so since trying for a baby kept Cristiano away from Camelia. 

Matias knew that Catalina had her maids collect a drink that would stop her from falling pregnant, he wondered how Cristiano was able to put up with Catalina.

Moving to leave, Matias took one more look at Camelia who was starting to look a lot better than she had when he had arrived; he doubted that she would ever forget what had happened to her last night. 

Joanna moved to show him out, she was just glad that Natasha had been able to keep Junior distracted; the poor boy didn't need to see the state that his mother had been in that morning. 

"Keep an eye on her," Matias murmured moving to leave the house, he didn't want to take any risks with Camelia's health and he knew that so much could be happening in her head right now. 

It was going to be a difficult road for Camelia to recover and Matias was sure that sooner or later she would be ready to speak up about what happened to her. 

"Will you be telling the master?" Joanna asked softly, she wasn't sure how Cristiano would react to the news about what had happened to Camelia; he wasn't likely to take it well considering how much he cared about the blonde. 

Hugo would one day have to face up to what he had done and Joanna could only hope that Cristiano would realise what sort of people his family were. 

Everyone could see that his family clung to him for wealth, they had long stopped being the family members that cared instead so focused on what they could gain from Cristiano. 

"I wish I could," Matias muttered shaking his head, he couldn't breathe a word of this to anyone unless Camelia gave him permission to; something that he doubted was going to happen. 

Camelia was very clearly going to bottle this away like what ever had happened when she was married to her first husband.

***

Taking a deep breath as she carefully climbed out of bed, Camelia got to her feet and padded over to the mirror on the far side of her bedroom; she was shaky on her feet and the ache between her legs didn't help but she needed to do this. 

Camelia hadn't breathed a word since Hugo had assaulted her, she had a feeling that her maids knew who had done this to her but she refused to think about it. 

Slowly removing her clothes, Camelia held back her tears while staring at the marks that Hugo had left on her body; it reminded her of all the times that Ricardo had done the same. 

Camelia shook her head taking deep breathes to steady her nerves, she had dealt with this before and she wasn't going to let Hugo win; he would not break her like Ricardo had done when they had married. 

"Never again," Camelia muttered to herself, she nodded to herself before getting dressed again and she knew that it wasn't going to be an easy task.

 There was no way that Camelia could tell Cristiano about this, it would be better that he didn't know what had transpired between her and his brother; she would deal with Hugo in her own way. 

Camelia didn't know what Hugo had thought would happen by doing what he had but she guessed that it had something to do with the fact that Cristiano was living the high life. 

Camelia had noticed how over-confident the rest of Cristiano's family seemed since she had arrived back in Lisbon, they seemed to think because he was a general that they could do what they wanted without consequences. 

It became very clear that they only bothered with Cristiano when they wanted something from him; Hugo hovered about like a bad smell and Camelia honestly felt sorry for his poor wife. 

Moving back to her bed, Camelia wanted to put this behind her and there was little that she could do to rush her recovery; she would never let Hugo get into her head.

***

Catalina sighed brushing her fingers over her flat stomach, she was pleased that there was still no sign of any sort of pregnancy; she had been extra careful to make sure that Cristiano didn't get her pregnant too soon. 

It also helped that Hugo had dealt with Camelia, the blonde was going to be less of an issue of her; Catalina could only imagine what the other woman was going through right now. 

"What are you thinking about?" Hugo asked wrapping his arms around Catalina, he kissed her neck and held her close knowing that he would have to return to his wife and children soon. 

Lilian was starting to get suspicious with the amount of time that he spent over at Cristiano's home now that his brother was back from war; she wanted him home to spend more time with their two children. 

"Just how well my life is working out," Catalina mused turning to face Hugo, she hated how her life worked sometimes but she had never been more content than she was right now. 

Catalina had the perfect husband and she knew that many women would kill for her position of power, she just wished that Cristiano would see how perfect she was for him instead of being stuck on Camelia. 

Hugo chuckled and kissed Catalina, he tugged her towards the bed and he knew that he would have to head home soon before his wife came looking for him; he didn't need any more grief off her or Cristiano. 

It had been an interesting couple of days and now that Camelia knew her place, Hugo was sure that it would be so easy to control her now; there was no way that she would risk telling Cristiano and facing his wrath when it came out what had happened.