Sway with Me

Chapter Thirty-One: The Confrontation

Isabelle smiled as she walked through the shop, she was a little taken back that Cristiano wanted her to come on holiday with him; the footballer wanted to spend time with his girlfriend without worrying about any rehearsals or interviews.

“Well look what the cat dragged in,” said a voice making Isabelle take a deep breath, she should have known that sooner or later that she was going to run into Irina; the Russian’s presence hadn’t disappeared since she had made herself known.

“Irina… it’s nice to see you again,” Isabelle said politely, she wasn’t in the mood to put up with the Russian especially since she knew that she was only here to upset her; Irina wasn’t going to threaten her in anyway.

Irina pursed her lips as she looked at the red head, she still didn’t understand what Cristiano saw in her and she had been waiting for a chance to confront Isabelle alone.

“So what can I do for you?” Isabelle said as she continued to look around the shop, she wasn’t going to be drawn into some stand-off; she was going to go about her day without any worries.

Irina watched her as she went, she wanted the red head to stand up to her and make her seem like the victim but Isabelle wasn’t taking any of the bait.

“Do you remember what I said to you when you first took an interest in my boyfriend?” Irina asked as she followed after Isabelle, the red head glanced at her as she remembered the threat that the Russian had given her; she had a feeling that she was going to get in some trouble soon.

“If you’re here to threaten me I’m not interested,” Isabelle said bored, she wasn’t going to allow Irina to think that she was going to get a rise out of her; she knew that she had done nothing wrong.

“He’ll grow bored of you, you know… Cristiano needs a woman that can satisfy him,” Irina said taking a jab at Isabelle, she knew that the red head had been a virgin when she had met Cristiano and she doubted the red head knew anything about sex.

Isabelle paused as she glanced at the Russian, she knew what she was doing and she had to take a deep breath so that she didn’t fall for her tricks.

“Yes a woman… not some whore who thinks spreading her legs will get her what she wants,” Isabelle said calmly as she held back a smile, she knew that she shouldn’t have taken that dig but she was sick of people ragging on her just because she wasn’t ready to have sex.

The red head turned back to what she was doing as she ignored the seething Russian, she could tell that the people around them were listening to what was being said.

Isabelle moved away from Irina, she had chosen to wear a aubergine deep plunge mini shift dress paired with black extreme strap single sole heeled sandals; it was warm and with the paps following her she wanted to look nice.

“How dare you,” Irina seethed as she stalked towards Isabelle, the Russian couldn’t believe that she had said that to her; she had thought the red head would roll over and back down but she hadn’t expected this.

Isabelle rolled her eyes as she looked at the brunette, she was built of a tough skin and had been since she had started ballroom; it was competitive and she knew that she needed a thick skin in the world to survive.

“No how dare you… there is nothing wrong with my choice in what I do with my boyfriend and it’s none of your business if I am having sex or not,” Isabelle snapped as she glared at the Russian, she shouldered her printed twill saddle bag annoyed; she took a deep breath before people in the store started clapping at what she had said.

Irina looked around shocked that people were approving of what Isabelle had just said to her, she knew that no one had expected this from the red head; she looked like a bit of a push over and wouldn’t stand up for herself.

“So why don’t you butt your nose out of my life and fly back to New York… Cristiano isn’t interested,” Isabelle snarled before she brushed passed Irina and exited the shop, she didn’t look back knowing that this had been a long time coming.

***

“So you told her off?” Cristiano said amused as he sat down next to his girlfriend, he smiled pleased to hear that someone had put Irina in her place; the Russian had never heard the word no and he was impressed that Isabelle had stood up to her.

The red head nodded her head as she looked at her boyfriend, she knew that he was proud of her but there was still a nagging feeling in the back of her mind.

“I did,” Isabelle said as she wondered how to approach the question with Cristiano, she knew that she was probably being oversensitive but she worried that this wasn’t enough for him; they had been together for six weeks now and they still hadn’t had sex.

“Okay… what’s bothering you?” Cristiano asked as he looked at his girlfriend, he could sense that something had upset her and it made him curious about what was bothering her; he took her head as he watched her knowing that it might have been something that Irina had said.

“Does it bother you that we’re not having sex?” Isabelle asked as she looked at him, she bit her lip knowing that she wasn’t ready to do so yet and she hoped it wouldn’t end their relationship; she looked down slightly as she thought about him breaking up with her over this.

“Isa why would you think that? I don’t care that we haven’t done anything like that yet… I don’t want to pressure you,” Cristiano said shaking his head, he smiled at the red head as he cupped her face and made her look at him; he kissed her lips knowing that he loved her and that was all that mattered.

“But even when we do… I’m not going to have any experience,” Isabelle said softly, she blushed knowing that she didn’t know anything about sex; she suddenly felt a little self-conscious.

Cristiano shook his head as he looked at her, he brushed a thumb against her cheek as he kissed her again; he smiled knowing that she was embarrassed but he was thrilled that he would be her first when the time was right.

“That doesn’t matter to me… I love you Isa and when you are ready, I’ll be happy to show you what to do,” the footballer said as he reassured her, he kissed her again as he brushed some hair from her face; he would never push her into doing something that she didn’t want to do.

Isabelle smiled as she looked at him, she didn’t understand what she had ever done to deserve someone him; she knew that he was special and she was happy that she had someone like him in her life.

“Gracias,” Isabelle said as she kissed him, she knew that anyone else would have gotten impatient like her ex-boyfriend had; she just hoped that he wouldn’t get bored waiting.

Cristiano smiled gently as he pulled her onto his lap, he held her close as he thought about how his life had changed since she had come into his life; Irina had been a distraction from his heartache while Isabelle had helped him truly move on with his life.

“I love you Isa… never doubt that,” Cristiano said as he kissed that, he knew that with the final that weekend they were going to have to work hard to make sure they went as far as possible.