without you || n.j

Chapter Twenty one

Chapter Twenty One

Melissa left shortly after as she had another big baby to tend over, and by big baby I meant Marc as he can't get a single thing done without the help of Melissa.

It was already past noon and I haven't been able to get anything done since Sergio's been here in Madrid.

My eyes flickered to the calendar that was hanging on the wall by the fridge. My maternity leave was almost coming to an end. In less then two months time I would be going back to the clinic. The thought of having to leave Mariana with a babysitter made my chest tighten.

Now that Sergio was back in Madrid, I could now spend more time with Mariana.

"Where could we go today." I thought to myself. I stared at the little girl that was starting to get bigger. "You seem to be getting bigger, why not get you some more clothes."

In response she made little gurgling sounds. I guess that's a yes.

I rolled out the stroller that was in the corner of the room and set Mariana down. The baby bag was already set.

With the bag over my shoulder, I grabbed the stroller and was about to push her out the door. I walked past a mirror and glanced at myself. The horrific look on my face could be the next meme.

I still hadn't changed out of my pajamas and I'm a hundred percent sure the public doesn't want to see me bare faced with booty shorts and a tank top on. Not really the look I want to have when I'm out shopping for a baby.

"Okay... Maybe just a few more minutes." I said to the grinning child.

I quickly rushed into the room and threw on a black jumpsuit, and did my makeup. The record time was 10 minutes. Not bad.

"Now we can go." I pushed the stroller out the door and made sure to lock the door and grab my purse on the way out.

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"Cassandra! Over here!" The familiar voice yelled out.

I could her the voice I dreaded to hear was begging her to stop. "Rafaella stop it, you're giving us weird stares and people are starting to give us double glances."

I turned around and saw the two siblings with baseball caps on and matching black sunglasses.

My heart started beating 10 times faster then it was before when my eyes landed on Neymar's figure.

"Knock out of it Cassandra, he's with somebody now and you are too. Focus." I thought to myself.

I came back to reality and saw the siblings had move closer to me.

"It's been so long since I last saw you." Rafaella gushed. "And I miss this little princesa."

"It's nice seeing you again." I gave Rafaella a hug and gave Neymar a short nod. "What are you doing here?"

"Ney promised he'll take me out shopping today, and you?"

"The little princesa is getting bigger, so I wanted to go get her some more outfits." I pointed.

Rafaella eyes lit up. "I haven't shopped for Mariana in so long, let's go together! And Neymar needs to experience the world of shopping for babies."

All he could do was nod in agreement, only because of the stare his younger sister was giving him.

Rafaella cheered and quickly grabbed the stroller and started speeding down the sidewalk, leave Neymar and I in the back.

We started walking side by side in awkward silence until he spoke up. "I thought Ramos would be with you."

I wanted to correct him and say "Sergio" but I might as well shut my mouth, just to be safe. "He had to fly back to Madrid last night."

He didn't respond or make any gesture, like a nod or shake his head. It was another dead silent walk. Why did the baby store had to be this far.

"Are you and Bruna dating now?" I wanted to slap myself in the face, why did I have to say that. It made sounded jealous, which I'm not. Maybe a little, but still I'm not jealous.

"No. After last night, I figured she wasn't the person I wanted to be with. She wasn't the person I can't seem to get out of my mind" I could feel a smile creeping onto my face, but quickly straighten it out and had no emotions shown except a short nod. "You know who's that person?"

I glanced up at him and realized he had taken off his sunglasses. I was now staring into hazel eyes. I could feel myself getting lost in his eyes. The only problem was I couldn't look away.

I know what he was going to say, and I refused to let him say it. "Please don't say it." I begged.

He ignored my plead and proceed to say it anyways. "You. I can't get you out of my mind."

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AN: Short update I'm sorry. I haven't posted in so long due to writers block, but there will be more. Also thank you so much for 22k reads!! Love all you guys!!