Love Will Find A Way

Part One - Chapter Four: Strange Infatuations

The next two days seemed to pass by quickly for Nicole as she waited to hear back from her doctor about her results; she didn’t dwell on it too much since she had a lot of work to focus on.

The brunette was wearing a navy peplum top with knot detail and black pencil skirt in leather paired with black pointed high heels; it was quiet today and there wasn’t much for Nicole to do.

“Well, look who it is,” Cristiano said making Nicole look at him shocked, she was a little surprised to see the footballer in the library where she worked.

The other women and players had warned Nicole about Cristiano stating that even though he was in a relationship with Irina; he was still known for bedding different women and he clearly was after something if he had come looking for her.

Nicole couldn’t understand why Irina would want to have a boyfriend like that but the brunette could guess that it was to do with boosting her own career rather than caring about what her boyfriend was doing behind her back.

Cristiano leant against the main reception counter and looked down at Nicole, who was signing several new books into the computer system; it had taken a lot of work to track her down and now that he had, he was pleased with himself.

“How can I help you today Cristiano?” she asked politely as she stopped what she was doing and looked up at him, the brunette was going to kid herself into thinking that this was some sort of accident.

She knew that given Cristiano her full attention wasn’t going to end well; Cristiano grinned coyly wondering why he had never seen her before.

“You’re a very difficult woman to find Miss Bartolini,” the footballer commented making Nicole raise an eyebrow at what he said.

“How is it that all my team mates have met you before I did?” Cristiano asked as the brunette returned to what she was doing after realizing that this was just a social call for him; she had no interest in the footballer and hoped he wasn’t going to annoy her too much.

“I think you were busy…” Nicole said shrugging uninterested in him while Cristiano frowned at her answer and her actions; the footballer was used to women throwing themselves at his feet when he spoke to them but Nicole didn’t even seem to care that he had come looking for her.

“Maybe I can take you to dinner sometime to get to know you better?” he suggested making Nicole snort in response, it now made sense why he was here; the elderly librarian across from Nicole looked up and chuckled under his breath at Cristiano’s attempt to ask Nicole out.

“Haven’t you got a girlfriend to annoy?” Nicole pointed out making the elderly man laugh as she stood up and collected the books she had just signed in; she needed to put them on the sleeves and she didn’t want to waste time with the footballer.

“I’ll go put these books away Arthur,” she said to him before she walked off leaving Cristiano behind with Arthur, who was still laughing; he couldn’t believe that she had just turned the footballer down like that.

“Don’t be down hearted my boy, many a man has tried but women like Nicole need to be wooed,” Arthur said taking in Cristiano’s stunned expression as Arthur’s wife appeared and looked at him.

She rolled her eyes unsurprised while Nicole had walked away like that, there was no way that she would agree to be with someone like Cristiano.

“And with your track record, she’ll never agree,” she muttered making Arthur stop laughing and look at his wife; he knew she was right, the brunette had been through enough and she didn’t need someone like Cristiano messing with her.

The two shared a knowing look that made Cristiano suspicious before they looked back at him; he could sense that they knew something about the brunette and it only seemed to feed the hunger that he had for Nicole.

“Who can blame her after what that boy did,” Marisol said spitting the word boy from her mouth as if it was a disease; Cristiano looked at Marisol, taking notice of how protective she was of Nicole.

Marisol shook her head and walked away making Arthur sigh and look at Cristiano, he could see the curiosity that seemed to the feeding the footballer need to know the brunette.

Arthur quickly stood and slipped into the back room after his wife leaving the pair alone as Nicole returned and slipped back into her seat; she shot the footballer an annoyed look wondering what he was still doing in the library.

“So how about I take you to dinner tonight?” Cristiano pushed making Nicole look at him as if he was mad; she couldn’t believe that he wasn’t giving up.

She was so sure that he would get bored soon that he would leave plus she didn’t want to be involved with a man that had a girlfriend at home waiting for him.

“Wouldn’t your girlfriend Irma mind?” Nicole asked making Cristiano chuckle as he leant forward and brushed a piece of Nicole’s hair behind her ear; Nicole stiffened at the movement as she looked up at him, she wasn’t used to anyone touching her like that.

“Irina wouldn’t mind since she’s gone to America for the week,” the forward said smugly letting his hand rest on Nicole’s cheek, he wanted nothing more than to learn about the woman that seemed to consume all of his thoughts; he had never experienced this before and he wasn’t sure what to make of all of this.

“I couldn’t even if I wanted to… it’s Friday which means I have dinner with my brother’s family,” Nicole said pulling away abruptly making Cristiano sigh; she hoped that this would be enough to drive him away, she swallowed as a determined look formed on his face.

Suddenly he smiled and looked at Nicole, who looked at him confused as he pulled out his mobile and started texting as a plan formed in his head; he wasn’t going to allow her to deny him for long.

“I will see you later then,” Cristiano said as he turned around and walked out of the library pulling a phone to his ear; one way or another he would be having dinner with her tonight, he knew that if she didn’t agree then there was always Sergio that he could count on to help him.

Nicole watched him leave completely confused, she didn’t know why but she couldn’t shake the feeling that something had happened and this wasn’t going to be the last time that she saw him today.

“What the hell just happened?” Nicole asked as Arthur reappeared from the back room, he looked at the brunette and chuckled as he sat down and looked at her; he could tell when a person was infatuated with someone.

“I think Cristiano likes you,” Arthur said making the brunette roll her eyes as she turned back to her work, she didn’t believe that for a moment; Cristiano didn’t like anyone but himself and she doubted he would have any interest in someone like her.

Arthur grinned as he wheeled his chair towards Nicole, he couldn’t remember the last time that a man had come calling for the brunette; she hadn’t been the same since Jesse had hurt her and she deserved to be happy.

“Don’t give in to him to easy… make him work for it,” Arthur said winking at the brunette, she looked at him confused before he smiled at her and moved back to do his work; she watched him wondering why he had said that she had no interest in the footballer at all.