Everybody Wants to Rule the World

Chapter Eighteen: Celebrations

Holding Hugh in his arms, Cristiano swallowed staring down at the little boy glad that he had him to himself for a little while; he wanted to spend some time with him before he left for the evening. 

Catalina had been overprotective of the little boy since he had been born and Cristiano couldn't help but worry about that; she would barely ever leave him alone with Hugh like she expected something to happen. 

It almost didn't feel really that he was father to three sons, Cristiano's only wish was for the three to get along; he wanted them to be brothers and not enemies. 

The bedroom door swung open and Catalina stopped at the sight of Cristiano holding Hugh, her stomach dropped at them and she knew that there was no way she could let this continue. 

"What are you doing?" Catalina asked hurrying over to Cristiano, she quickly took Hugh from him knowing that it was better this way. 

It hadn't escaped her notice how much the little boy looked like Hugo and the thought that Cristiano might figure out her discretions frightened her more than anything else; she had to make sure that didn't happen. 

Soon Camelia would be gone and Catalina couldn't wait for that moment to happen, she would feel a lot happier and she just hoped that whatever Hugo had planned would work. 

"He was crying for attention so I held him for a little bit," Cristiano replied wondering why she was being so weird about this, he had dealt with children before and he wished that Catalina would let him help her. 

It was strange what she was doing and things were starting to nag at the thoughts that something wasn't right here; Cristiano didn't want to think about what it was right now enjoying the time he had with his son. 

Catalina only nodded her head, she hated the guilt that she felt and she knew that she would feel better when there were no threats to what her son would inherit when Cristiano died.

***

"I think this calls for a celebration," Ricky Regufe said patting Cristiano on the back, they were out celebrating his son's birth and he knew that it had hurt that they hadn't been able to celebrate Mateo's birth like this. 

It wouldn't have been right for them to celebrate the birth of his bastard and Ricky was sure that Cristiano was still trying to find balance in his life between the son he had with Catalina and the two he had with Camelia. 

Ricky didn't know how Cristiano was going to manage but someone was bound to get hurt, he just hoped that it would all work out for his friend. 

"What did you call him?" Jorge asked sipping on his drink, he had been surprised when he had heard that Cristiano had gotten two women pregnant and he had been meaning to talk with his friend about something that he had heard. 

It had also come as a surprise to him that Matias was demanding to speak with Cristiano, there was a meeting set for tomorrow but Jorge couldn't help but wonder why the doctor wanted to speak with Cristiano. 

"Catalina was insistent on the name Hugh," Cristiano replied with a shrug of his shoulders, he didn't know why she had picked that name; he had been so sure that they had picked out the name Jonas for the little boy. 

Jorge and Ricky shared a look, they were silent for a moment knowing that this seemed odd and they knew that there was no way that this couldn't have meant something. 

"She named your son after your brother?" Jorge murmured checking if he had heard this right, he'd had his suspicions for a while and he knew that this was only one more sign that Catalina wasn't being faithful to Cristiano. 

Not saying a word, Cristiano sipped in his drink and tried to ignore it, he didn't know what to say but he couldn't shake his thoughts on his son being named after his brother.

***

"You have an amazing wife," Hugo slurred sitting down next to Cristiano, he had been waiting for the right moment to come and speak to his brother; he had been watching him all evening waiting for this moment. 

It had been an interesting couple of days and Hugo knew that Catalina was still worried that Cristiano would figure out that he was the true father of Hugh; he had promised to make sure they wouldn't have any problems from the blonde. 

Cristiano didn't say a word, it was clear that Hugo had enjoyed a little too much and he wasn't in the mood for listening to him; his mind was buzzing with the questions about his wife's behaviour. 

"And a very good mistress," Hugo teased watching Cristiano, he could see that this was going to be easy and he was already aware that Camelia hadn't had the chance to tell Cristiano. 

If his information was correct then Camelia was still unconscious but they had plans on waking her up tomorrow; it would be wonderful if he could rip apart her world before she did so. 

"What's that meant to mean?" Cristiano asked setting down his drink, he stared at Hugo who only grinned with a seductive smile on his face; he could still remember what had happened so clearly. 

Not saying a word, Hugo knew that his brother was starting to get annoyed and he knew that this was for the best; he didn't have time to relax before Cristiano punched him in the face and knocked him to the floor. 

"Cristiano. What the hell?" Jorge shouted hurrying to stop him, he didn't know what had happened but he knew that they didn't need to be fighting in public; he tried to calm his friend only to be pushed aside. 

Wiping the blood from his nose, Hugo knew it would all be worth it in the end; he looked up at his brother knowing that Catalina would be happy when he told her the news.

"You better not have touched her," Cristiano snarled glaring down at Hugo, he watched his brother knowing that he would kill him if he had touched Camelia; he ignored Jorge and Ricky who were trying to calm him down. 

Hugo shakily got to his feet, he was could only imagine what Cristiano was thinking and he only had to push a little more to get what he wanted. 

"She was begging for it... you should have heard her screaming my name," Hugo bragged smiling, he wasn't going to tell Cristiano that he had assaulted her since it would only serve to make his brother angrier plus it worked out better if Camelia had wanted it. 

Cristiano took a threatening step closer to Hugo, imagines started to fill his head of Camelia with Hugo; he couldn't block them out, he was furious at the notion that she had been sleeping with his brother behind his back. 

"Get out," Jorge demanded knowing that Camelia wouldn't do that, he had seen the way she was with Cristiano and there was no way in hell that she had been sleeping with Hugo. 

The only thing that worried Jorge was that Cristiano was very likely to fly off the handle, his brother looked so sure of himself and was filling his head with poison. 

"And her bastard..." Hugo said seeing that Cristiano was taking the bait, he barely had time to react before his brother attacked him and he knew that if he was this mad at him then Camelia was going to have a very interesting time. 

Jorge and Ricky tried to stop the fight, Hugo's words rang in the air and it was clear to them that it had been a deliberate reveal to cause trouble between Cristiano and the one woman he loved to cover something else up.