Unexpected Love

Chapter 44

Catalina.

"It's about to start!!" Samira ran into the living room where I was reading The Great Gatsby to Junior while watching over the babies.
Rani was on the verge of sleep while Selene was completely knocked out. Xavi was just laying there, staring at the ceiling, as contented as could be.

She vaulted gracefully over my favourite mahogany coffee table and landed right next to us on the plush couch, making Junior laugh heartily at her antics.

"Thanks for spending the night Sami, lord knows I needed the company." I sighed, marking the page we stopped,"We'll finish this tomorrow buddy, you okay with that?"

He nodded and grabbed the remote from the stand, switching to the right channel.

"It was no problem Catalina," Samira shrugged her shoulders,"Anything you or the kids need, I'll be there,"

"How was work today?" I asked as the players lined up in the tunnel.

"Hectic," she sipped her juice,"There were a bunch of tourists in the city so the store was packed to capacity by ten which was too early to be honest,"

"That's rough considering it's the middle of April." I sipped my juice.

"The paparazzi were following me again," she sighed.

"Oh no were there more of them? Did they get closer?" I asked in concern.

"Yes there were far more and they somehow managed to slip pass security." Sami looked tired.

"Do you think you need a bodyguard?"

"I might have to get one because Marco wants to make the relationship public,"

"Sami do you want that? That is a big step."

"I don't mind making it public knowledge, it's just the paps wouldn't let me live after this. I've never been in the spotlight like this before. How do you deal with it Catalina?" she questioned.

"Cris and I are very public figures, our faces are literally everywhere even before we got together. He is a top level footballer and I do extensive work with WHO, UN and the Brazilian government, so much that I was amazed that people even recognized me in the streets." I started,"So when Cris posted the first picture of us together three months into the relationship, we knew there was no turning back. The press witheld nothing and proceeded to relentlessly bombard us during the first two years."

"That must have been rough,"

"It was certainly annoying," I grimaced,"But we worked through it. We developed a system and an understanding that that was a part of our lives. Obviously we shut them out of certain aspects of our lives, we couldn't have those infamous sources and leaks so we limited our friends circle to people that we could trust. But we went about with our normal day to day activities. And in doing so I more or less figured out their gameplan. So they got what they wanted, the pictures. You pop up every once in a while and they'll eat it up,"

"Have they ever made up rumours about you and him breaking up?" She asked and I grinned.

"What?" She asked as I was on the verge of full scale laughter.

"Sami that is an everyday occurance. I swear Cris and I have broken up at least 65 times between 2013 and now."

"Oh no," she laughed.

"There was one particular time where I did fuck with them a little bit." I laughed.

"When?" She raised her eyebrow.

"We hadn't posted anything with each other in like five months at one point in time,"

"Whattt?" She exclaimed.