Unexpected Love

Chapter 9

Cristiano

I tried to stay calm but I started to shake instead.

With anger, digust or disbelief, which one I did not know but I didn't like how any one of them felt.

Catalina quickly grabbed my hand under the table and entwined her fingers with mine, her simple touch sending a pleasant warmth throughout my body.

"Just relax, baby. It will be fine." She whispered in my ear softly. I loosened up immediately but the same mixed feeling of dread and anger still lingering omniously over my conscience.

"And here comes the she-devil right now," Adelia said, rolling her dark eyes.

I started to panic even more.

Victor averted his attention to somewhere else, probably used to this kind of altercation by now and knew not to interfere. Adam shook his head in digust and Diana looked like she was ready for an all out fight. Catalina just took on that look that you can't even read. A half smirk that she was known for when dealing with an unwanted obstacle. I've seen it on the rare occasions and long story short she was nearly always right and so she got her way and won many of those fights.

Then she appeared at the table, right next to Adelia who retracted her hand quickly from the close proximity it was to her, as if she would have burned the skin right off of her. She smiled and it did not reach her slightly drooping eyes.

Although she looks beautiful, I know that on the inside, beneath the makeup, the jewellery and the fancy dresses, she is ruthless and vindictive.

"Good evening everyone, It certainly has been a while," Irina spoke up in that accent that used to love but hate with a passion now. 

"Good evening Irina, pleased to see you," Adam said wearily before the pause got too long and embarrassing.

"Glad to see all of you out and about, Catalina, Adelia you're looking well for once and my my especially you Diana. I haven't seen you in the media in what seems like ages," Irina replied voice laced with malice and sarcasm.

"I haven't seen you either Irina, have you really done anything even remotely related to modelling this year?" Diana retorted,"I heard AVON dropped you from their beauty campaign."

Adam and Victor snorted very loudly. Adelia broke out into a fit of silent laughter and Catalina just continue to smirk, almost to the point where it seemed like she was planning something sinister. Irina pretended not to hear what Diana had said.

Her eyes drifted across the round table, glaring daggers at Catalina for a bit (I don't know what's the history with the two of them, I honestly thought they didnt know each other) before coming to a stop at me.

For the first time in a whole year, our eyes locked on each other.

She sneered. I stared back, quite sure my face was betraying all the emotions I felt a this time. Four years of what I thought was tranquilty I spent with her, revealed itself to be just total emptiness and deceit.

"Well isn't this quite a coincedence..." She started but stopped halfway because of the fact that Catalina placed her hand on mine that was on the table and began to massage it. Her eyes darted between the two of us and she put two and two together. Irina glared at Catalina even more fiercely, as if she was trying to make something bad happen to her right now. Catalina just took a sip of her water, then raised her eyebrow as if daring Irina to say something out of line.

"After all those times I didn't want to believe it but then again... I really guess we're very much alike after all, aren't we Hernandez?" Irina asked, shallow blue eyes flashing with disbelief and contempt.