The Proposal

Chapter Three: Problems Arise (Or Not)

It had been a week since Dolores and Suzanna announced that Cristiano and Sophia were now engaged and so far nothing had changed between the couple.

Sophia wasn’t speaking to Cristiano and was avoiding him when she could while Cristiano was trying to prove he could behave by spending time with Anastasia, who seemed thrilled by his attention.

Sophia was currently out shopping with Irina, who had become a close friend of hers when she had been dating Cristiano; the two were sitting in Starbucks talking about Sophia’s engagement to Cristiano.

“I can’t believe you’re engaged to Cristiano,” Irina said laughing making Sophia roll her eyes at her friend; the blonde believed that other than Irina, Cristiano had a bad taste in women.

Irina chuckled before taking a sip of her iced flavoured latte; she had always thought that Sophia and Cristiano were perfect for each other even if they didn’t see it.

“I mean… after Gerard I know you swore of dating for a while,” she said mentioning Sophia’s ex-boyfriend making the blonde flinch.

Gerard was still a tender subject for the blonde after what he had done to her, even after a year it still hurt to think about how they had broken up.

Irina smiled softly at her friend before squeezing Sophia’s hand, she knew that it was still hard on her especially since she had been dumped for her own half-sister.

“Maybe this is what you need,” the Russian said thoughtfully making Sophia choke on her strawberries and cream frappuccino blended crème.

She stared at her friend wondering what she was thinking, she didn’t see how any of this could be what she needed right now.

“So to get over someone I need to get married,” Sophia said making Irina laugh and shake her head, she knew how hard it had been for her when her boyfriend had proposed to someone else live on television.

“That’s not what I’m saying… you need someone to love you Phia and maybe this thing with Cristiano could be your chance,” Irina said making Sophia smile at her and nod.

She knew the Russian had a point even if she didn’t agree that marrying Cristiano was a good idea.

Sophia smiled at her knowing that this wasn’t going to be easy, she wasn’t prepared for the life that Cristiano lived and she knew that she was going to need Irina’s help if she wanted to survive.

***

Slipping out of his jacket, Cristiano slowly kissed down Anastasia’s neck as they slowly made their way over to his bed.

Anastasia smirked as she started to unbutton his shirt and kissed her way down Cristiano’s neck; slipping his hands round her back Cristiano slowly undid the zip on the back of dress.

It was only when they reached the bed, that Cristiano realized he had a problem, no matter how hard Cristiano tried he couldn’t get Sophia off of his mind.

“Is there something wrong?” Anastasia asked as she started to unbuckle his jeans, making Cristiano shake his head as he tried to clear his thoughts and focus on what he and Anastasia were doing.

“Never better,” he said as Anastasia grinned and slipped her hand into his boxers; however she frowned at what she felt, she pulled back as she looked at him hurt.

Cristiano closed his brown eyes knowing what she was about to say.

“Baby… you’re not hard for me,” she whined making Cristiano groan as she started to stroke him in an attempt to get some sort of reaction from him; however nothing she seemed to do worked.

The footballer pulled her hand out of his boxers and shook his head, he kissed her lips as she pouted knowing that he had to do some damage control now.

“I’m sorry nena… I’ve just been stressed lately,” Cristiano said as he pulled back from her completely.

He watched as the blonde stared at him carefully before she nodded her head; it was only early September and the season was only just starting for him.

Anastasia watched him for a moment, her green eyes stared into his brown ones before she nodded her head and pecked his lips; she didn’t know what was going on but she knew it had something going on.

“Okay then,” the blonde said before she started to get dressed making Cristiano look at her confused.

He didn’t know what was going on but he couldn’t understand what was going on but he didn’t like it and he knew it was Sophia’s fault.

***

Sophia made her way into the living room as she returned home from shopping with her friend.

She knew that Irina had a flight tomorrow so that she could return to New York; she was glad that the Russian had been able to help her in some way.

The blonde jumped as she spotted a dark figure sat in the living room, it took her a moment before she realised that it was Cristiano.

“Jesus… Cris what are you doing in the dark?” she said holding a hand to her heart.

Cristiano continued to sit in silence glaring at her, the blonde raised an eyebrow at him confused wondering what was going on as she moved further into the room.

“What have you done to me?” he asked her making Sophia looked at the obviously distressed Portuguese, who was now standing up.

His dark eyes focused on her as he thought about how things had changed so much for him since he had become engaged to the blonde.

“I can’t look at other women without feeling guilty… I couldn’t even have sex with Anastasia,” he snapped before Sophia realized what had happened.

Cristiano glared at the blonde as she started to laugh, she was laughing at his misery and he didn’t like it one bit.

“It’s not funny,” Cristiano snapped as he glared at Sophia, who couldn’t stop herself as she looked at him; she knew that it wasn’t funny but she couldn’t help herself.

“It is… the great Cristiano Ronaldo bad boy of Real Madrid, can’t get an erection,” she said laughing while Cristiano watched her, frowning he quickly stormed out of the room while Sophia tried to calm herself.

After a few minutes she headed for the back garden where she knew Cristiano would be and so that she could put her stuff back into her apartment before Dolores dropped Junior off.

Cristiano was sitting by the back garden pool with his two dogs; he didn’t look up as he heard Sophia exit the house, he stared at the floor as she came and sat next to him.

The blonde sighed as she looked at him while Cristiano continued to stroke Marosca, he couldn’t believe that this was happening.

“I’m sorry… but it is; come on Cris you have to see the funny side here. I mean Real Madrid bad boy and renowned player can’t get an erection,” she said before she started to laugh again even if she didn’t mean to do so it was something amusing.

Cristiano glared at the blonde as he stared at her bitterly, he couldn’t believe that she found this funny while he was suffering.

“Of course the forever virgin finds it so funny,” he said making Sophia look at him, Cristiano knew that he shouldn’t have said anything but he wanted this to stop.

“I mean why else would Gerard Piqué dump you...” the footballer said smirking.

Sophia blinked back tears as she looked at him for a moment before she pushed herself to her feet and walked away to her apartment so that she didn’t burst into tears.